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Rob Yescombe speaks out about the future of Free Radical, with the developer seemingly being acquired by Crytek...
Free Radical's in-house script writer, Rob Yescombe, has spoken out about the future of the ailing studio, stating that German developer Crytek has purchased Free Radical Design from its administrators.
This news comes from 1up, with Yescombe reportedly saying, "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. I'm so excited I'm lost for words. It's the smoothest deal we've ever done. It all went through quickly, efficiently, fantastically..."
Free Radical's administrators are due to make an announcement about the future of the studio today, so hopefully we'll have official word on this a bit later on. Prior to Yescombe's outburst, British publisher Codemasters was thought to be the most likely suitor for Nottingham-based Free Radical.
Whatever the case, Free Radical would certainly be a good fit for fellow FPS specialists Crytek. Perhaps it can even develop some console games for the creator of the Crysis series at long last. Both studios have been careful to retain the intellectual properties of titles they've developed in the past, rather than leave them in the hands of publishers.
UPDATE: Free Radical's administrator, Resolve Partners, has now confirmed Crytek's acquisition of Free Radical. Speaking to Edge Online, Resolve noted that Crytek had purchased the company at auction as several businesses were interested in the acquisition.
The 43 jobs that remained at Free Radical (after 140 jobs were cut over Christmas) have been secured by the Crytek acquisition.
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Added:Mon 28th Mar 2011 19:33, Post No: 8
Crysis 2 has now been released so therefore Talk of Timsplitters 4 at Crytek UK must be on the agender. I expect we'll know in a month or 2 what's happening. However, my worry is, Free radical design were renowned for the Timsplitters comedic almost cartoony concept of their games. Crytek is much more into the 'unkown serioussnes' of games and following a set story. Looking at the Crysis series for example. I'm anticipating a Timesplitters game with incredible graphics, but I doubt it'll follow suit to the previous timesplitters games and will almost feel like a totally new game and not another sequel. =/
Added:Tue 25th May 2010 09:55, Post No: 7
I hope that Timesplitters 4 is still in development somewhere at Crytek UK, but I fear that the studio is now dominated by Crysis related projects. After all, Timesplitters hardly fits with the Crytek brand.
Added:Tue 25th May 2010 03:53, Post No: 6
(although it would seem wasteful to bin such a promising project from a much loved series) This is very true....its now 2010...and still nothing...im hoping the next e3 crytek will shock everyone with ts4...also i heard they re-registered the 2005 game timeplitters future perfect and wanted to recreate with hd graphics...soooooooo not sure what the hell is going on with ts4 which im sure was almost finished....future perfect and ts2 are both the greatest fps shooter ever created and i will never forget the good and funny times
Added:Thu 05th Feb 2009 13:45, Post No: 5
CryTek an Free Radical surely has to go down as one of he best partnerships around. The finest PC FPS creators with the finest console FPS creators - just please no Haze 2!
Added:Thu 05th Feb 2009 13:11, Post No: 4
The Crytek/FRD acquisition surely has to be a good move, with Crytek finally entering the console space.
Added:Sat 03rd Jan 2009 10:50, Post No: 3
Hey haze was absolutly crap no matter what system it was on another example of poor next gen developement.Just a pity some game makers spend so much time and money making crap,we all expect top notch games for ps3 and 360 this wont be the only collapse in the present economic climate
Added:Fri 26th Dec 2008 09:59, Post No: 2
well thanks to the contract they signed with sony to make it a ps3 exclusive has cost em big time, maybe a few more developers should take notice the xbox has more users than the ps3 and the 360 is/has more shooters on it than any other console out at the minuit so time splitters could have come out on 360 with guranteed sales topping the same as cod/gears of war ect.
Added:Tue 12th Feb 2008 22:13, Post No: 1
TS4 better friggin sign with microsoft. that would be bomb to play on Xbox LIVE.