Free Radical Design Closes its Doors, Permanently.

sims

i would rather not

• Dec 18, 2008

• #1

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The employees of the game design company Free Radical arrived to find that the doors leading into their office were locked.

After the poor reviews of Haze and the struggle to find a publisher for Timesplitters 4, the company was forced to close down, permanently most likely.



This really sucks. Timesplitters was my favorite FPS, and I was really looking forward to the fourth.

 

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Todd Khool the Cyborg

Member

• Dec 18, 2008

• #2

Oh man this stinks!

 

Kroze

Member

• Dec 18, 2008

• #3

Wow... the makers of gems such as Goldeneye, Perfect Dark and Timeplitters are now all gone...
This saddens me very much so...

 

super

newbe comic artist

• Dec 18, 2008

• #4

What! TimeSpliters was one of my favorite FPS

 

Alexmonk0

Member

• Dec 19, 2008

• #5

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/administrator-confirms-free-radical-demise

A little more detail on the situation. They are apparently still operating, just at a severly reduced capacity and with no specific publishing deals, so it isn't really looking all that hopeful, that's not to say that all hope is lost, however.

 

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Todd Khool the Cyborg

Member

• Dec 19, 2008

• #6

I hope they don't go away!

 

Mikesword221

The man with no plan.

• Dec 19, 2008

• #7

Like I said in #srb2fun, I don't suspect there closing cause they didn't give the employees any warning. They would have at least sent a E-mail.

 

glaber

Emblem Radar Ready

• Dec 22, 2008

• #8

Kroze said:

Wow... the makers of gems such as Goldeneye, Perfect Dark and Timeplitters are now all gone...
This saddens me very much so...

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Rare is still around.

 

Chaos Knux

Daww, a mother and her foal

• Dec 22, 2008

• #9

Meh, I hear Free Radicals aren't good for your health anyway. *killed in the most insane method possible*

 

Warpshade

Usually lurks somewhere.

• Dec 26, 2008

• #10

Chaos Knux said:

Meh, I hear Free Radicals aren't good for your health anyway. *killed in the most insane method possible*

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*Walks away from Chaos Knux in a disappointed manner*

In my opinion TimeSplitters 2 was better than Future Perfect, although it may just seem that way because of the comparative leap of change between TS and TS2 being more than TS2 and TS:FP. Second Sight was pretty good too.

 

Kroze

Member

• Dec 26, 2008

• #11

glaber said:

Kroze said:

Wow... the makers of gems such as Goldeneye, Perfect Dark and Timeplitters are now all gone...
This saddens me very much so...

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Rare is still around.

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Actually Glaber, everyone that worked on those first two titles mentioned left Rare and went to Free Radical to work on Timesplitters in the middle of Perfect Dark's development cycle.
Why do you think Rare all of a sudden started sucking after that and headed in a completely different direction?