Editing TimeSplitters (section)

=== Future ''TimeSplitters'' games (2007–2023) ===
Following confirmation in 2007 that work on it had begun,<ref name=":0" /> ''TimeSplitters 4'', having failed to secure a publishing deal,<ref name=":1" /> was placed on hold when Free Radical was taken over by Crytek, becoming Crytek UK in 2009.<ref name=":31" /><ref name=":32" /> This was followed in 2014 by the closure of Crytek, at which time, the majority of staff were relocated to Dambuster Studios.<ref name=":33" />

In August 2018, Koch Media acquired the rights to ''TimeSplitters'', and by 2019 had hired series co-creator Steve Ellis to plan the series' future.<ref name=":7" /> Work on "[bringing] the ''TimeSplitters'' franchise back to life" was confirmed in May 2021 with the reformation of Free Radical Design (as part of Deep Silver), although development had not yet begun on the game by that time.<ref name=":30" /><ref name=":34" />

In November 2021, [[Microsoft]] added [[backwards compatibility]] to the [[Xbox Series X and Series S|Xbox Series X/S]] and [[Xbox One]] for both ''TimeSplitters 2'' and ''TimeSplitters: Future Perfect'', as part of an Xbox 20th anniversary event.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Sansonia|first=Manson|date=2021-11-15|title=TimeSplitters 2 and 3 Added to Xbox Backward Compatibility|url=https://gamerant.com/timesplitters-2-3-xbox-backward-compatibility/amp/|access-date=2021-11-19|website=Game Rant|language=en-US}}</ref>