Editing TimeSplitters (section)

====Untitled ''TimeSplitters'' game====
In August 2018, [[Koch Media]], a subsidiary of [[Embracer Group|THQ Nordic AB]], announced that they had acquired the [[intellectual property]] and publishing rights for ''TimeSplitters'', with the intention of publishing future games in the series via their Deep Silver publishing company.<ref name=":25">{{Cite web|last=Phillips|first=Tom|date=2018-08-15|title=TimeSplitters has a new owner, and plans are afoot|url=https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2018-08-15-timesplitters-has-a-new-owner-and-plans-are-afoot|access-date=2021-01-29|website=[[Eurogamer]]|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Sheedlo|first=Ty|date=2018-08-16|title=TimeSplitters Franchise Gets Acquired and is Returning|url=https://screenrant.com/timesplitters-franchise-acquired-returning-thq-nordic/|access-date=2020-11-21|website=[[Screen Rant]]|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":7">{{Cite web|last=Tailby|first=Stephen|date=2019-08-14|title=TimeSplitters Co-Creator Will 'Help Plot the Future Course' of the Series as He Joins THQ Nordic|url=https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2019/08/timesplitters_co-creator_will_help_plot_the_future_course_of_the_series_as_he_joins_thq_nordic|access-date=2020-11-23|website=[[Push Square]]|language=en-GB}}</ref> In August 2019, THQ Nordic announced in their financial report that Steve Ellis had joined the company to "help plot the future course for [the ''TimeSplitters''] franchise."<ref>{{Cite web|title=How Koch Media is ensuring classic brand comebacks are worth the wait|url=https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2019-11-14-how-koch-media-is-ensuring-classic-brand-comebacks-are-worth-the-wait|access-date=2021-01-29|website=GamesIndustry.biz|date=November 14, 2019 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Doolan|first=Liam|date=2019-08-14|title=TimeSplitters Co-Creator Joins THQ Nordic To "Plot The Future Course" Of The Series|url=http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2019/08/timesplitters_co-creator_joins_thq_nordic_to_plot_the_future_course_of_the_series|access-date=2019-08-14|website=[[Nintendo Life]]|language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":7" /> Ellis stated that the series' "time has now come" and expressed hopes that "the original team will join hands again."<ref>{{Cite web|last=Khan|first=Zermena|date=2019-08-17|title='Time Has Now Come' for TimeSplitters 4, Says Co-Creator|url=https://www.playstationlifestyle.net/2019/08/17/steve-ellis-talks-timesplitters-4/|access-date=2020-11-21|website=PlayStation LifeStyle}}</ref> Later that month, Dambuster Studios, which includes several former Free Radical staff members, replied to a fan on Twitter, confirming that Ellis had a team "handling the next ''TimeSplitters'' product."<ref name=":21" /> The series' other creator, David Doak, confirmed in an interview that he "isn't directly involved with this new interpretation," but expressed a desire to see it return as a "social experience", rather than a traditional boxed-game product.<ref name=":14">{{Cite web|last=Potter|first=Aaron|date=2020-07-02|title=TimeSplitters at 20: How the Cult Classic Series Laid the Groundwork for Modern Hero Shooters|url=https://www.usgamer.net/articles/timesplitters-20th-anniversary-2020-interview-free-radical-design-feature|access-date=2020-11-23|website=[[USgamer]]|language=en}}</ref>

On 20 May 2021, [[Deep Silver]] announced via Twitter that it was reforming Free Radical Design as a new Deep Silver studio (based in [[Nottingham|Nottingham, England]], location of the original Free Radical headquarters)<ref>{{Cite web|last=Moyse|first=Chris|date=2021-05-20|title=TimeSplitters studio Free Radical reunites for new series entry|url=https://www.destructoid.com/stories/timesplitters-studio-free-radical-reunites-for-new-series-entry-629732.phtml|access-date=2021-05-20|website=[[Destructoid]]|language=english}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Shea|first=Brian|date=2021-05-20|title=New TimeSplitters Game Officially In Development As Free Radical Design Reforms|url=https://www.gameinformer.com/2021/05/20/new-timesplitters-game-officially-in-development-as-free-radical-design-reforms|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210520050934/https://www.gameinformer.com/2021/05/20/new-timesplitters-game-officially-in-development-as-free-radical-design-reforms|url-status=live|archive-date=May 20, 2021|access-date=2021-05-21|magazine=[[Game Informer]]|language=en}}</ref> to create the next entry in the ''TimeSplitters'' franchise.<ref>{{Cite web|title=TimeSplitters studio Free Radical Design reforms with original founders|url=https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2021-05-20-timesplitters-studio-free-radical-design-reforms-with-original-founders|access-date=2021-05-20|website=GamesIndustry.biz|date=May 20, 2021 |language=en}}</ref> It was also announced that the new Free Radical would be headed not just by Ellis, but also by Doak, marking the return of both franchise creators amongst other "key original members;"<ref name=":30">{{Cite web|last=Valentine|first=Rebekah|date=2021-05-20|title=TimeSplitters Studio Free Radical Reforms to Make a New Entry at Last|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/new-timesplitters-officially-announced-from-new-studio-founded-by-original-devs|access-date=2021-05-20|website=[[IGN]]}}</ref> however, it did confirm that development on the new game had not yet started,<ref name=":34">{{Cite web|last=Phillips|first=Tom|date=2021-05-20|title=Deep Silver founds new Free Radical Design to work on TimeSplitters|url=https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021-05-20-deep-silver-has-founded-a-new-free-radical-design-to-work-on-timesplitters|access-date=2021-05-20|website=[[Eurogamer]]|language=en}}</ref> and would begin "in the coming months", once the studio was fully established.<ref>{{Cite web|last=McWhertor|first=Michael|date=2021-05-20|title=New TimeSplitters game in the works, Deep Silver confirms|url=https://www.polygon.com/22445448/new-timesplitters-sequel-announced-deep-silver-free-radical-design|access-date=2021-05-20|website=[[Polygon (website)|Polygon]]|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":30" />

On 8 November 2023, it was reported that [[Free Radical Design]], who is owned by [[Embracer Group]], was at risk of being closed. People close to the company said that the studio was part of an evaluation and employees had been notified that it could be closed.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Embracer's TimeSplitters studio Free Radical faces closure |url=https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/embracers-timesplitters-studio-free-radical-faces-closure/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231108171025/https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/embracers-timesplitters-studio-free-radical-faces-closure/ |archive-date=8 November 2023 |access-date=9 November 2023 |website=VGC|date=November 8, 2023 }}</ref>
In the lead up to Christmas 2023 it was announced that Free Radical had closed. Many of its employees posted goodbye messages to Twitter and the official website was updated to read "404 Company not found :(".<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.pcgamer.com/timesplitters-studio-free-radical-design-has-closed-employees-say-we-join-an-ever-growing-list-of-casualties-in-a-broken-industry/ | title=TimeSplitters studio Free Radical Design has closed: 'We join an ever-growing list of casualties in a broken industry' | website=PC Gamer | date=December 11, 2023 | last1=Chalk | first1=Andy }}</ref>