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Crytek discussing possibility of TimeSplitters 4, needs Crysis 2 shipped first

by Griffin McElroy on Jan 30th 2011 7:30PM

Our anticipation for Crysis 2 just skyrocketed for a terrible, terrible reason. See, in a recent interview with CVG, Crytek CEO Cevat Yerli responded to a query about the possibility of a new entry in the TimeSplitters franchise by saying, "Yeah, we have been discussing it, but nothing has been confirmed yet, so let's see after Crysis 2." The developers of the chronologically unstable series, Free Radical, were purchased by Crytek back in 2009, and now have their hands full with developing Crysis 2's multiplayer component.

Don't get us wrong -- we're definitely looking forward to Crysis 2 based solely on its own merits as an innovative first-person shooter. But we also want a new TimeSplitters, and if that means we have to ship Crysis 2 before it's ready to free up resources, then, well, that's an egg we're willing to break.

Source: CVG

Tags: crysis-2, crysis-2-multiplayer, Crytek, crytek-uk, free-radical, timesplitters, TimeSplitters-3, TimeSplitters-Future-Perfect

Reader Comments (77)

BOOOM!

It's about damn time. I can't imagine how great a timesplitters game would be in this day and age. Bring on the ducks!

@Brained And the monkeys!

@Brained

And JoBeth Casey! And.... Damn, those games NEED a TS4.

@Brained

I would rather play Timesplitters 4 than Crysis 2 :/

Timesplitter 2 and 3 were the best shooters I've ever played, Crysis was just the prettiest :/

Pscht, screw that.
Bring on that delicious egg joystiq's talking about!

@Indefinite Implosion

I just want to crush someones head with a brick.

@draknahr
It's easier to crush someone's egg with a brick!

http://blog.lib.umn.edu/lieb0116/architecture/Atomic%20Bomb.gif

@Iron Man

O.K., O.K. We get it already Mr. Stark!

But I want a New Timesplitters right now!

@Jawmuncher

But Daddy, I want it nooooooowww!!!

@Jawmuncher
Why don't you split time and get it when it comes out?

@Nolan North

Yes, why don't I?

It's time to - do I need to say it?

@Mehbah
All right, IT'S TIME TO... *looks*

....i gotta go.

It lives! This series was one of the best FPS I've ever played. Where else could you play as a 2 foot monkey with a flamethrower in multiplayer? Not to mention all the different challenges they had and of course, Anaconda's awesome music.

SHIP CRYSIS ALREADY!

@Hatman88 Oh my god I loved Anaconda's music, imma go listen to it right now

@Hatman88

...In a disco filled with Dinosaurs. I logged over a week in gameplay time on Future Perfect.

@bigwhiteyeti Just a week?

i will buy crysis 2 if it means a new timesplitters will get made! i dont know how that relates to it, but it has to mean something, right?

@BLipp18

Ensure their financial security.. BUY CRYSIS 2

@BLipp18 can't hurt

Crytek won't be making TimeSplitters 4 until someone figures out how to shoehorn Cry into the title somehow.

@Epoque CrySplitters?

@Epoque
TimeSplitters 4: Quit Yer Cryin'

@Epoque

TimeCryers

First person that says "It's criers" gets punched.

@Epoque

Time crysis! wait a minute?

@Epoque CrymeSplitters?

unlike joystiq, i won't even apologize.

ship crysis 2 NOW, so we can get some timesplitters 4 going.......

But the multi-player isn't ready, judging by the demo... :(

Don't do this to me Joystiq, I need a good mulitplayer FPS to play until the next Battlefield(or TimeSplitters) comes out.

@NewEraBlood

You mean until Brink comes out....:P

Battlefield and the like are just too much of the same these days. :\

I'd much rather have TimeSplitters than Crysis

@wcarnation

I couldn't agree more, seriously....

Is that...is that the golden gun?

i had zero idea that TimeSplitters was this famous, i always thought it was an unknown shooter with a map editor. the only reason i bought it at the store was because it said it came with a map editor, i spend hours making levels and then playing the level with bots. i dont remember if it had a story or not but the map editor was the greatest thing to me at the time

@Shadsy Arcade Challenge mode was my favourite part as well. It was quite addicting, and kept me playing TimeSplitters 2 long after my friends moved on to Halo.

F YES!!!! Its time to split! er again

@MasterBrief
I read this as "F YES!!!! Its time to split HER again"

Wait, just the POSSIBILITY?

What was the point of purchasing Free Radical if they weren't going to have them work on the game they were supposedly making?

I hope Crytek doesn't plan on using Free Radical as just a multiplayer touch-up studio from now on.

@Lerkero

Maybe they've already been working on it and they just don't want to talk about it until after crysis 2 ships.

Future perfect is still one of my favourite games ever made. Would LOVE the online multiplayer. It would be madness.

They need to stop playing with my heart, I've been hurt to many times.

I wonder how many monkeys they can render at once with cryengine 3?

Yes please!

So the last like, million posts were made by Griffin McElroy. Has he taken over the whole site? I hope so.

FK YEAH

Have people really forgotten about Haze? Free Radical did a nice job with Timesplitters but their most recent game Haze was TERRIBLE. And from I'm hearing they ruined Crysis 2's multiplayer....I have no faith in them for any game until I actually play them..Don't hype this up until they prove themselves after the disaster that was Haze, they were shutting down for good reason until Crytek saved them.

@Kougeru
Don't believe everything you hear. If you have a ps3 or 360 you may formulate your own opinion on the multiplayer, the demo is coming soon to PC as well. Haze lacked all the character and variety of the timesplitters games, but was far from a disaster. reviewer scores were lukewarm, but the average user score is 8.1 on gametrailers.

@Kougeru I don't think they ruined anything. The concepts an mechanics are there, and its beautiful. They just need to do something about the lag (maybe dedicated servers a la Battlefield, since EA is publishing?) and up the strafe speed a bit.

@Kougeru http://kotaku.com/5336188/haze-developers-say-ps3-technical-issues-impacted-game-design

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