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Say goodbye to Free Radical and hello to Crytek UK photo

Following Tuesday's news of TimeSplitters and Haze developer Free Radical being picked up by Crytek, it's now been confirmed that the studio has seen a name change. From this point forward, we will all have to refer to Free Radical as Crytek UK.

On the acquisition, Crytek boss Avni Yerli had this to say: "The combination of this team, the Crytek network and our CryENGINE technology will be a foundation for outstanding gaming experiences and a magnet for the best talent in the UK."

So, TimeSplitters 4 with a Crysis-like level of graphics, confirmed? Personally, I'm really going to miss seeing the name "Free Radical." It had a certain ring to it, y'know what I mean?

[Via VG247]


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vexed alex's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/05/2009 13:43
vexed alex
Eugh. Haze. So bad.
Archwright's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/05/2009 13:45
Archwright
I will also miss the Free Radical brand. I just hope the are able to keep their quirky charm.
Mr Wrighty 987's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/05/2009 13:48
Mr Wrighty 987
Im really happy to see a happy ending for this team because they did have some very good games
JJBro1's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/05/2009 13:50
JJBro1
What does this mean for battlefront 3?!
brainderailment's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/05/2009 13:51
brainderailment
Too bad they're only being remembered by Haze.
A New Challenger's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/05/2009 13:53
A New Challenger
I'm going to start calling them Chained Radical.
munkee's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/05/2009 13:54
munkee
time for me to apply for a job :D
Jordan Devore's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/05/2009 13:55
Jordan Devore
For the record, I only used a Haze image because I've pretty much used all of the good TimeSplitters ones on Destructoid already. :D
SentinelX7's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/05/2009 14:08
SentinelX7
Lets hope TimeSplitters 4 gets put back on the front burner
Remo's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/05/2009 14:08
Remo
As long as I get my Timesplitters 4 I'm happy.
twincannon's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/05/2009 14:08
twincannon
How the fuck does Crytek buy anything? They must've been in bad shape.
PhazonYoshi's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/05/2009 14:17
PhazonYoshi
They can buy FR because they deserve every penny they got from Far Cry and Crysis, and they got quite a few pennies, despite the proposed piracy rates.
Dan CiTi's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/05/2009 14:21
Dan CiTi
That's a good start.
Holyetheline's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/05/2009 14:23
Holyetheline
But new names don't make new games!
Archwright's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/05/2009 14:38
Archwright
@A New Challenger's post
"I'm going to start calling them Chained Radical."

Or FreeCry, CryRad, FreeCy Radical, Radical Crying.

Can anyone do worse than these?
Jaren Face's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/05/2009 14:45
Jaren Face
C'mon Timesplitters 4. I'll buy 2 copies if it comes out.

But as Archwright said, I hope that if they do release it, it has the same charm and humor the previous TS had. That was one of the elements that I loved from the series... aside from the bots. The bots were awesome.
DanlHaas's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/05/2009 15:15
DanlHaas
Timesplitters 4 set on a tropical island: confirmed.
GunSlap's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/11/2009 22:58
GunSlap
I agree with quite a few of the posts above, just give me my Timesplitters 4 and no one gets hurt!
The Amazing Shenazin's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/19/2009 23:00
The Amazing Shenazin
Timesplitters 4 plox
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