Latest Reviews of Free Radical Games
Mini Review TimeSplitters (PS2) - A Fantastic Foundation with Flaws
Running out of time
Despite releasing just two years prior to TimeSplitters 2, TimeSplitters finds itself noticeably lacking in a number of key areas. It’s not dissimilar to how the gap between 2 and Future Perfect felt, though that was of course three years. Just as Future Perfect pulled a lot of content from its predecessor, 2 would in turn...
Make like a banana and split
The first-person shooter has gone through many changes over the years. It took a long time to perfect the formula on consoles; we didn’t receive Call of Duty right out of the gate, oh no. There were fundamental experiences that shaped the course of history for the genre, be it Wolfenstein 3D, GoldenEye, Halo, or...
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News Embracer Collapse Continues, with TimeSplitters Dev Allegedly Next on the Chopping Block
Free Radical allegedly under threat
Embracer’s well-documented collapse looks poised to claim another casualty, with VGC reporting the re-established TimeSplitters dev Free Radical could be next on the chopping block. As you may already know, the Swedish firm went on a massive acquisition spree for several years, but a collapsed contract has...
News Crytek UK Don't Rule Out Doing Timesplitters 4 In The Future
Free Radical may be gone, but Crytek UK have now taken their place, and the chances of Timesplitters 4 with them
Speaking with Develop, Crytek UK's Karl Hilton commented:Going forward, weve always made it very clear that we want to build original games and were going to do that, and we are concepting some of that up at the moment. Its...
News Playstation 3 Struggles Hampered Haze
Haze was not the best shooter ever
Surprising seeing as it came from the now defunct Free Radical. A development team known for pretty awesome shooters. Karl Hilton of Cytek UK (basically what used to be Free Radical) protested that part of the problem with the team's Haze was due to the learning curve of the Playstation 3 platform."We spent...
