THQ Nordic announced the acquisition of the Timesplitters video game trilogy, as well as the Second Sight franchise.
Unveiled footage of the cancelled TimeSplitters game emerges after Free Radical's closure, igniting fans' nostalgia and hopes for a revival.
From looking at the gameplay, it just looks like Fortnite, this would have been very poorly received by timesplitters fans.
I'm glad this got cancelled, what's with the Fornite knockoff? TimeSplitters was an FPS, not a 3rd person battle royale.
What were they thinking?
I got into a minor disagreement with their staff shortly after the closure, after i commented about a Timesplitters HD remaster to gauge public reception before such a big project here:
https://www.linkedin.com/fe...
Looking at the gameplay footage, it's clear that the staff (no matter what level) we're out of their depth, putting lots of hours into a game that would of been DOA if Embracer didn't shut it down.
They removed the footage. Here it is if anyone's interested: https://youtu.be/BesmfPD8fj...
It's basically a Fortnite clone. Seems like a good decision to cancel this game.
TimeSplitters got cancelled for a second time recently, but for what reason? And is there any hope for another comeback?
To be honest the odds of this ever being good or recapturing the original trilogy were always going to be slim to none. The franchise was a product of its time. Look at how misplaced nostalgia met reality with Goldeneye and Perfect Dark. If you have to use old IP then most of the time you have to completely reinvent it from the ground up.
TimeSplitters studio Free Radical Design faces closure before Christmas, Embracer CEO Lars Wingefors has privately acknowledged.
I hope those (selectively) against acquisition of studios are now satisfied.
The embrace of Embracer feels more like a death squeeze. ☠ Hopefully the Time Splitter property doesn't get abandoned completely, and I would hope at least some of the key creative minds behind the originals are sought within a new studio taking the helm.
you hate to see it... if only there was someone capable of bailing them out and providing them with the capital to make new games in the franchise.
If the studios were bought, the studio leaders got paid right? Millions...
Let them help out their teams now...
Very sad news :-( I was really looking forward to the return of TimeSplitters. I had a blast with those games
Timesplitters 4 as a PS5-era launch title would make me lose my absolute (insert curse word for crap).
Possibly the best news of the year as THQ won't just sit on it like Crytek did. Hopefully anyway.
HD Collection would be badass!
Yesss! Finally, a breath of life for this incredible franchise!
Another acquisition? Dont get me wrong i dont mean that in a negative context, I'm quite happy actually. Its just whether or not it will be utilized meaningfully.