TimeSplitters Fans Rejoice - Work On A New Game To Begin In The "Coming Months"

What unexpected and incredible news!

Yes!!!! TS2 and 3 are my favorite FPS games ever!

Oh yea!!! F**king FANTASTIC news! I cannot wait for this one. Can't wait to see how many characters there will be to unlock. Timesplitters is just such a fun series, super glad to see this.

"The Splitter mothership's comin' down! Yee-haa!"
But also...
"One wrong move and we're all paradoxed."

Hopes they will do even a Switch version.

EA should take a few notes and try to revive some of the companies from their graveyard, but I doubt any of the talented employees would return.

I miss Dead Space...

Wow this is incredible news for FPS fans.

I've enjoyed all three Timesplitters games, but 2 is best. The dam level is so good, and the mini games are awesome. The best 1 to 4 player snake game is in Timesplitters 2, and the lunar lander game is awesome too.

@60frames-please
you will have to buy a $40 amiibo to play the mini games in this one

Fantastic news. Loved this series

Earliest we will see anything from this is 2025, I reckon

Great news but very ealy on and we don't even know if they will do a Switch version. I hope so as it is one my favourite arcade games of all time

I have mixed feelings about this. I loved Timesplitters, but it's been 16 years and even if it's some of the same developers, times change and so do people.

...Also considering the market these days there's a very real possibility this game will have microtransactions and loot crates and what have you, and I'd sooner get shot by Sergeant Cortez than buy into that.

Woah! No way! Not only is Timesplitters confirmed to be in production but they also revived Free Radical to do it?! And it actually has key staff attached? This is the best news I have seen on the site in awhile

The former Rare employees are key here! That’s a huge accomplishment getting them on board again, gives hope this could be great.

Finally! Timesplitters 4 might be a reality someday!

Is Graeme Norgate also in the new old team? No TimeSplitters without his soundtrack!

This is one of those 'normality has been restored in gaming' announcements lol. Splendid news.

I bet this means we can look forward to a rerelease of the first two games. Hopefully they have online support!

This is excellent news!!

good to here that a new timesplitters game is in the works

i wonder if we will get HD remasters of the first 3 games too? (probably not, but it would be cool)

Why was this announcement not saved for e3

Let the talk beginn "Timesplitters" being ported to the Switch.
I actually see this as a Xbox or PlayStation game.

I doubt Switch will be the primary console by the time this game comes out

This is such great news - even if my high hopes aren't reached I'm so pleased to see Timesplitters get some love. If it hits Switch I'll definitely give it a go.

Awesome news, A great game series.

YESSSS!!!!! This would have to be one of my personal Top Five IPs I have wanted to see revived, and hearing that the original designers are working on it gives me genuine hope that this comeback will be truly special.

Timesplitters is perhaps my favorite FPS ever. I spent countless hours creating complex maps and themes in the MapMaker on all three original titles, and just as many enjoying them with family and friends. I still remember going into my first created map on the original TS with my two cousins just after bringing my PS2 home on the day it launched. Up till then we'd been accustomed to the flat, basic polygons of GoldenEye 007 and Perfect Dark, but seeing that high-detail corridor under the flickering lights I'd programmed for the first time, one of them remarked, "You MADE this!" It was one of those moments in gaming that burns into your memory.

Sadly the series ended despite its success and popularity shortly after being bought up by EA. As with most "retirements" of such IPs, the reason was as simple as following the money. Online was just hitting mainstream use, and publishers like EA wasted no time exploiting it with things like Map Packs and game design that emphasized each player having their own system, copy of the game, etc. over local split screen multiplayer. Franchises like TS didn't fit the business model with local multiplayer focus, infinite replayability via the MapMaker, and use of bots to fill out battle rosters (Halo's Forge tried to build upon TS' MapMaker but its lack of bots rendered the mode useless for most players), so it quietly disappeared.

My hope for this rebirth of the Timesplitters franchise is that A) it will be permanent, and B) that Free Radical will take advantage of the power of current platforms to allow the MapMaker to be bigger, more complex, and customizable than ever (including the ability to make outdoor arenas).

It could well become the best multiplayer FPS of this time.

funny story: there is an amusement park in italy which has a rollercoaster ride called "Time Voyagers" with the same font and approach of the whole TS IP.
I went there years ago and said where did I see this oh wait that is a forgotten gamecube game I bought for 10€ and never played.
back home I tried the game and BANG. great IP, all three games pack a punch and are only limited by graphics and engines 11 years old. I look forward to see what could happen if they bring this to a today system. my hidden fantasy is a TS game with Borderlands cel shaded graphics.

YES YES YES! I'M SO HAPPY. Timesplitters is one of my favourite game franchises. I've been waiting 15 years for this. I guess I'll wait another 3-5 years

Due to the former Rare devs that worked on Time Splitters they did feel like technical / spiritual successors to Perfect Dark. They even had the same coloured health / armour bars from Goldeneye.
While there may be a different team working under the company co founders it will be interesting to see what new gameplay mechanics will be introduced. Be that from other FPS games or original.

Will be many years away still

First let me check my calendar to see that it’s not the 1st of April. This is incredible news. I had hopes this day would come when the timesplitters assets were seized by I think thq Nordic, but now having some of the key players on board to do this, I’m even happier. Timesplitters 2 and future perfect either one I could put in my top 5 favorite games of all time. It’s easily my favorite fps

Wasn't this the franchise that died because they couldn't decide what character would be on the boxart, or am I thinking of a different franchise? Either way, this probably won't be my kind of game, but its still cool for those who want it.

This is great! I hope TS Rewind stays in production for release also, they've come so far now.

Great news!!!!!!!!!!!! One of the best fps series with the best music too and local multiplayer!

Music examples:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIUl0thIKO4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsetlRd-nvs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V70aqXNy0MY

Timesplitters 4
bring it on !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Honestly, I put hundreds of hours into TS with my brother, and friends. I'm done with it. I'm just going to let it live as a good memory of long ago

Best news of the week!

Only played Goldeneye and Perfect Dark on the n64.

Missed the Timesplitters games. How do they compare?

This could totally prise me away from Halo in the multiplayer department. Timesplitters 2 & 3 are among my faves; the fun factor in all the games modes set a new benchmark, which many FPS have failed to reach since.

Wow did not expect this
It's great news
Still like the other games
Wonder if thay will re-release the other game as well

So excited this series is coming back, I loved these games on the Gamecube. Hope they port those games to current consoles while the new game is being developed

Ha, just read an article from a couple of months ago in Retro Gamer all about Timesplitters, and them hoping to do more.
Well there you go!

Holy shoot. We could see a true new timesplitters...

No way! Seriously excited, TimeSplitters 2 is possibly the best local multiplayer game of all time.

Time to split!

Incredible news.
I would even grab a duo pack with 2 and 3 that had wide-screen

Wasn't there a rewind or remake happening?

@Oswinner Blistering fast FPS action; like GoldenEye 007 and Perfect Dark, there's no Jump button. But with the ability to design your own levels (along with unlocking a slew of regular ones) and dozens of characters that range from soldiers to monkeys to duckmen to robots with goldfish bowls as their heads (which you could shoot and watch the fish flop on the ground), it's both fantastic and hilarious. Oh, and you can program any combination of bots and modes for local multiplayer, just like in Perfect Dark. As for the visuals and audio, as you'd expect there's a generational improvement.

Excited but nervous. TS2 was one of my favorite games of all time, and 3 was great too. But... the model of unlocking tons of characters these days usually involves some sort of micros. And at one point TS4 was in development. So this could be 3 years from now or never.

OMFG!!! FREE RADICAL AND TIMESPLITTERS ARE COMING BACK!!! 😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁

As the spiritual successors to GoldenEye and Perfect Dark, TimeSplitters 2 and TimeSplitters: Future Perfect were the best first person shooters on the Gamecube, next to Metroid Prime 1 & 2.

@Itsahme Yeah I was going to say, Rewind has come so far. I'd rather they just partner with those devs so they can make a fully functioning product come together quicker/better

They could always give us a remastered collection of the first three games before making this fourth new one.

I'm happy about this announcement, but at the same time i'm somewhat concernd it might pick up some bad influences from Halo and CoD. TPFP already suffered from that.

YES. REMASTERS TILL THEN PLEASE.

@Varkster The irony the original developers started and reform new game developer studios after EA shutdown their original studios.

Here is the list:
Westwood Studios = Petroglyph Studios
Bullfrog Productions = Two-Point Studios, 5 Lives Studios, and 22Cans
Origin Systems = Cloud Imperium Games and Portalarium

YEEEEEEEES! I spent so many hours playing TS2 with friends. We used to use firewire cables to connect multiple PS2s together to play on different TVs. All aspects of this game were great. The single player was memorable and multiplayer was so good!

I did not see this coming.

@screechums I'd be willing to buy a cheap NFC card if it was necessary to play snake and lunar lander!

At first I thought that they should focus on the next gen consoles and not bother with the PS4 and Switch. But now I think they should focus on the Switch version because of several reasons :

First of all, the Timesplitters games are mostly fondly remembered by Gamecube fans because of the lack of competition on the platform and because of the Goldeneye /Perfect Dark filiation.

Secondly, the blue ocean strategy, there is barely any competition in Switch, there are some great FPS (Doom ethernal, Splatoon 2) but not much, the completion is way more ferocious on the other platforms.

Third, obviously Free Radical won't be able to compete with the the army of developers working on Call of Duty or the likes, and we don't want some modern style shooter with some open world battle royale or photorealistic graphisms. They need to bring that old cartoon art style, and the Switch is powerful enough to do that. I think they should just acquire an Unreal Engine licence, and aim for some 900p/60fps. They can always port it to other systems after that with minimal efforts. They need to focus on the gameplay instead of the technology, that what ruined Haze. How can you make a fine game is the tech is not ready?

And my last point,the Switch has a massive user base, it should be enough, also gyro aiming is glorious.

Speaking of controls, they need some kind of legacy controls that mimick Goldeneye's, and Timesplitters 2's aiming. Just like they did in Timesplitters 3. It's all about nostalgia, but let's not alien the people that haven't played those games back then.

Man,I'm so hyped. It's a good time to be a Goldeneye nostalgic. First there is that indie take with the SPIES game, then IO interactive is working on a James Bond game, Microsoft has a Perfect Dark reboot cooking, and now Free Radical Design rises from its grave with key staff member.

I'm very hyped, and very happy too.

This is as good as news get. I have been waiting for a sequel since I learned what a sequel was... probably from this franchise all the way back in 2005(?) I am so psyched Free Radical will be designing this. Employees who worked on Perfect Dark and Goldeneye. This is perfect. I am so happy about this.

I've always considered this a cousin to Goldeneye and Perfect Dark considering the pedigree of devs, and now they're back? This might just be the thing to bring me out of FPS retirement.

I look forward to the new game in 2025

I will forever have super fond memories of playing TimeSplitters 3 on the GameCube back in the day. What a rad time and underrated shooter.

For some reason, I always felt like it was a natural progression from Golden Eye -> Perfect Dark -> TimeSplitters in terms of notable shooters on Nintendo systems. So this is splendid news!

Still the greatest news in the last couple of years.
Hope we get a HD pack or something The Switch really needs a Timesplitters game!