From OXCGN:
"While there are still conflicting reports that Free Radical is under administration, or that members have left and formed a new studio called Pumpkin Beach, or that the studio has just been shut down forever without notice, what seems clear is that the Timesplitters franchise, created by Free Radical, which many of us hoped to see made for the new generation will probably now never be made.
Timesplitters was one of the first console games to offer gamers a simple map editor, which, as anyone who has fooled around with Far Cry 2's excellent editor can attest to, is incredible fun. Sure the games hardly had any plot, but they were very satirical of movies and games. Now, that announced fourth game, in production for more than a year, will probably never come.
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Somehow a PlayStation prototype of TimeSplitters 4 has been unearthed on eBay, and many are waiting for the package to meet its new owner.
Excited to see these prototypes out there and I hope the internet can play them.
From the leaked screenshots, it looks better than the recent cancelled Timesplitters game imo.
Many high-profile games have been canceled. Here are the ones that should come back in some way, shape, or form.
Some of these games were never played by or released to the public....how do we know they were ever actually good?
THQ, make our dreams come true
not that i overly liked Timesplitters much... but I thought its level creator was great fun back when I was a kid.
so I don't really care what happens to the game, but for the gamers that do want it, i hope it happens for you :)
For me, Goldeneye on N64 and Timesplitters 2 have had the most play time with fun and laughter with mates and family over any game since.
Timesplitters may not have ever been groundbreaking or GOTY material, but it was fun, fast, and social.
If this is the end of Timesplitters then we are left with serious shooters and I hope someone tries to be satirical and fun with all the same ingredients: humour, bots, pace, locations, and great art.
The loss of yet another great development studio. Sadly - not the last.
If only someone at the team had the brains or courage to tell them to STOP making Haze and instead focus on TimeSplitters 4/
"While there are still conflicting reports that Free Radical is under administration, or that members have left and formed a new studio called Pumpkin Beach"
why dont these idiots wait until they actually know whats going on, then report NEWS.....