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Deep Silver Re-Forms Free Radical Design, Announces New ‘TimeSplitters’ Game!
Fans have been pining for the return of the cult favourite shooter series TimeSplitters for a long time, and now Deep Silver has given them what they wanted. Not only has the publisher reformed Free Radical Design (which created the series), but has announced that the team is beginning work on a new TimeSplitters game!
Per Gematsu, the resurrected Free Radical Design will begin work on the new TimeSplitters game “in the coming months”. The new Free Radical Design team is made up key members of the original team, including founders Steve Ellis and David Doak.
In a press release, Deep Silver global brand and marketing director Paul Nicholls stated “It’s this unique style that earned the TimeSplitters series a large and passionate following who will, without doubt, be excited by the formation of Deep Silver’s latest studio and will look forward to learning more as the franchise moves forward.”
Steve Ellis added, “To finally be able to confirm that the studio has been formed and that we have a plan for the next TimeSplitters game is incredible. While we cannot tell you anything more at the moment, we look forward to sharing information in the future.”
For those unfamiliar with the TimeSplitters series, the first-person shooter was created by the same minds who created GoldenEye 007 for the Nintendo 64. A mix of sci-fi, horror and humour, TimeSplitters has humans battling against a race of alien beings known as the TimeSplitters, who travel through time changing the course of history in order to bring about humanity’s destruction.
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Bloody Body Horror Revealed in ‘Stellar Blade: Blood Rain’, Currently in Development [Trailer]
Shift Up has shifted things dramatically from 2024’s action-adventure game Stellar Blade, offering up a body horror bonanza in the newly announced sequel, Stellar Blade: Blood Rain. The sequel is currently early in development, but if the trailer is any indication, players will be in for plenty of body horror.
Continuing the story from the original Stellar Blade, Blood Rain will star a new protagonist named Eve. Earth has been abandoned, and what is left of humanity has fled to a Colony in outer space.
Shift Up had mentioned during a Q&A following its latest earnings presentation last month that development on Blood Rain (which was still unannounced at the time) was progressing smoothly, and was on track to meet their targeted quality standards.
Shift Up stated that with this new title it would be transitioning to a first-party service model, effectively moving away from the restrictions the game experienced with original publisher Sony, which had the game under an exclusivity agreement for the PlayStation 5. “This will allow us to lead marketing strategies that fully reflect the distinctive identity of the Stellar Blade IP, and we expect to communicate the unique appeal of its universe to players more directly and effectively.”
Whether this means that Xbox Players will finally be able to play the original game (or its sequel) is still not clear. Meanwhile, Stellar Blade is reportedly being ported to the Nintendo Switch 2, but no official confirmation has been made.