As was teased yesterday, TimeSplitters developer Free Radical Design's fate was to be revealed on February 4, but it looks like someone couldn't keep quiet about the exciting news -- the company has been bought by Crytek.
Haze writer and all-around funny guy Rob Yescombe broke the news to 1UP, saying that "After seven long weeks of uncertainty, I can confirm that Free Radical is now out of the woods. We've been bought by a really, really good company."
"It's the smoothest deal we've ever done. It all went through quickly, efficiently, fantastically...," continues Rob. He also says he hopes Free Radical can get back to its previous size, and that he's unsure what'll happen to TimeSplitters 4.
"We'll find out over the coming weeks," he finishes. Please, oh please don't let TS4 become a causality; the concept art was too unbelievably cool to go to waste.
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8:30 PM on 02.03.2009
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What happened to Serious Sam?
I hope this means a proper TS4 release. The franchise is responsible for some of my most memorable FPS experiences of the last generation.
Dude, what?
Free Radical was founded by a bunch of guys who were responsible for Goldeneye 64 and the original Perfect Dark.They're also the folks behind the TimeSplitters games. Every single one of the above games has been more memorable than Crysis, and you don't need a $2000 PC to play them.
Haze was a stumbling block that could be blamed just as much on Ubisoft.
Shit, I wonder if it's on Steam or something...
On another note, I hope they still get to develop Star Wars Battlefront III (Not sure if they lost the rights when their future was uncertain).
Thank goodness they were saved. Free Radical is an awesome developer, no matter what anyone says. Sure, Haze sucked (Apparently), but it was their first foray into next-gen development, so I'm more than willing to give them another chance. I can't wait to see what comes of this purchase.
But with some emphasis on the "could". I for one am very optimistic!