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DJswirlyAlien · « **on:** February 09, 2012, 12:09:05 AM »

Been a while since the last snippet TS4 info (a week after E3 2011 to be precise) but rumours are circulating that not only TS4 is alive and well but will have an announcement on it very soon.

For those of you who know me, I have been a life long enemy of the TimeSplitters franchise and was immensely happy when it crashed and burned back in 2008. For those of you who don't know me, I am immensely sarcastic when I'm excited...

CookieMcCrumble · « **Reply #1 on:** April 26, 2012, 11:22:03 AM »

"Sources" claim to have seen Timeplitters 4 in action.

In the latest edition of OXM:

"Trusted OXM sources have claimed that they’ve seen TimeSplitters 4 running. That’s no guarantee that it’ll be released – at least one version of Star Wars: Battlefront 3 was cancelled without ever being announced – but it’s a promising sign."

DJswirlyAlien · « **Reply #2 on:** April 27, 2012, 03:00:57 AM »

Interesting to read up on the collapse of Free Radical Design. http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2012-04-26-the-collapse-of-free-radical-design

It seems such a shame that 2/3rds of the original brains of TS will be missing from this game but the thought that the a large part of the original team of free radical exists and are making kick-ass mp games still.

SpiritSharD · « **Reply #3 on:** April 30, 2012, 11:24:52 AM »

Quote from: DJswirlyAlien on April 27, 2012, 03:00:57 AM

It seems such a shame that 2/3rds of the original brains of TS will be missing from this game but the thought that the a large part of the original team of free radical exists and are making kick-ass mp games still.

They're going to go and do something to cock it up, you mark my words!

CookieMcCrumble · « **Reply #4 on:** April 30, 2012, 11:33:38 AM »

Crytek said this a few days ago, regarding TS4:

“For Timesplitters 4, with ever spiralling development costs, massive teams and endless crunch we decided on a more radical development strategy. In short, the experiment was to implement the infinite monkey theorem.

With cloning being a far too expensive option, we spent all of the development budget on buying monkeys on the black market. Those seven monkeys are now sat in a room with typewriters and lots of mirrors, and we fully expect TimeSplitters 4 to be finished soon. Rumours are that they haven’t written any code but just tease the press from time to time. Those damn monkeys.

PS: anyone got any bananas?”

So take from that what you will, but the general consensus seems to be that the game is in fact *not* in development. Now I read that differently and it looked like they were saying it was... I guess it's one of those teasers that could go both ways.

DJswirlyAlien · « **Reply #5 on:** April 30, 2012, 12:17:18 PM »

Quote from: CookieMcCrumble on April 30, 2012, 11:33:38 AM

Crytek said this a few days ago, regarding TS4:

“For Timesplitters 4, with ever spiralling development costs, massive teams and endless crunch we decided on a more radical development strategy. In short, the experiment was to implement the infinite monkey theorem.

With cloning being a far too expensive option, we spent all of the development budget on buying monkeys on the black market. Those seven monkeys are now sat in a room with typewriters and lots of mirrors, and we fully expect TimeSplitters 4 to be finished soon. Rumours are that they haven’t written any code but just tease the press from time to time. Those damn monkeys.

PS: anyone got any bananas?”

So take from that what you will, but the general consensus seems to be that the game is in fact *not* in development. Now I read that differently and it looked like they were saying it was... I guess it's one of those teasers that could go both ways.

rofl. i wish this was true!

sileter · « **Reply #6 on:** May 01, 2012, 04:28:41 AM »

ts4 is dead http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-04-27-crytek-timesplitters-4-is-not-in-development plus the fact that free radical is closed down now, with crysis 3 and homefront 2 in development theres no teams to work on ts4

DJswirlyAlien · « **Reply #7 on:** May 01, 2012, 03:18:24 PM »

Quote from: sileter on May 01, 2012, 04:28:41 AM

ts4 is dead http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-04-27-crytek-timesplitters-4-is-not-in-development plus the fact that free radical is closed down now, with crysis 3 and homefront 2 in development theres no teams to work on ts4

Sounds like its on hold again.

CookieMcCrumble · « **Reply #8 on:** May 01, 2012, 06:52:51 PM »

Yeah it's a very cryptic message, but personally I read it as a "It might exist, but then again it might not exist" sort of thing. To me they didn't say one way or another.

They may have an extra team working somewhere in the background, it may be on a back-burner, it may not exist at all, only Crytek know for sure right now, but I for one can't understand why everyone is reading that text and immediately taking it as "Nope, doesn't exist." It doesn't say that in black and white to me, at all.

ktuludarklord · « **Reply #9 on:** May 01, 2012, 08:14:50 PM »

A beta is in testing in Hanger 18, Area51

DJswirlyAlien · « **Reply #10 on:** May 01, 2012, 10:49:05 PM »

Quote from: ktuludarklord on May 01, 2012, 08:14:50 PM

A beta is in testing in Hanger 18, Area51

Its not, its Call of Duty. They're working on perfecting cloning experiments there!

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