Free Radical Design Is Back, Developing Next TimeSplitters Game - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 20 May 2021 / 1,893 Views
Publisher Deep Silver has announced Free Radical Design has been reformed by key members of original Free Radical Design team. This includes founders Steve Ellis and David Doak.
Free Radical Design will start development on the next entry in the TimeSplitters franchise in the coming months. The developer is based in Nottingham and is currently focused on building the studio before starting development.
"It’s this unique style that earned the TimeSplitters series a large and passionate following who will, without doubt, be excited by the formation of Deep Silver’s latest studio and will look forward to learning more as the franchise moves forward," said Deep Silver global brand and marketing director Paul Nicholls.
Free Radical Design studio development director Steve Ellis added, "To finally be able to confirm that the studio has been formed and that we have a plan for the next TimeSplitters game is incredible. While we cannot tell you anything more at the moment, we look forward to sharing information in the future."
A new Deep Silver Studio is coming - Free Radical Design pic.twitter.com/N5qTTcZfsW
— Official Deep Silver (@deepsilver) May 20, 2021
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Sheeeit, they have Steve and David back in the lead?
Let's cross our fingers they still got it!
Let's at least have some remasters in the meantime, please.
I think that would be a good way to both help build the dev team and reintroduce the IP which is not widely known at present.
Both would also benefit the new game in the long-run.
You are not wrong, most played game on my GameCube back in the day. Damn, good times.
I've got a copy of Timesplitters in my cupboard on the chance it gets added to Xbox BC. Tbh, even that might work on the basis of my point above.
Hey Mr Bond, Dr Doak called!
He wants his Door Decoder back!
First Perfect Dark and now TimeSplitters? Good to see some awesome IPs coming back.
Wonder if they are still based where they used to be. Might be time for a new job. EDIT: They are... nice, wonder if they need a webguy.
Finally, someone (at Embracer Group) see's some sense and revisiting the series.
Its been an age the last game, but can't wait for another release! Never thought I'd see a new TS game tbh.
This is really exciting news! I love the series, and I am happy they are not jumping into a remaster/remake, but going all in on a new game. We have of course seen before old developers strugling to make something good in the modern age, so we will have to see quality before we believe it.
Is the competition fiercer and the bar higher though? When Future Perfect came out, it had a fully fletched-out campaign, more than 100 Arcade challenges, Split-Screen multiplayer with 13 different modes, a map maker and online multiplayer.
Overwatch only had the online multiplayer (7 modes) and had loot-boxes, yet it won several game of the year awards.
It rather seems like the bar is set lower now.
And the only modern games I can think of that recreates a similar FPS gameplay to Timesplitters would be DOOM and perhaps Wolfenstein. Both are ironically even older franchises.
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