Post by JPController on May 8, 2009 15:12:54 GMT -5
The number 3 the hot topic for this year
3 years ago, there was a game, that took place in a galaxy, far far away. Let's recap, back in November there was leaked footage of a new game being developed by Free Radical.
Now lets go to a month later, more specific December 18, 2008
UK developer Free Radical Design, the team behind Haze and the Time Splitters franchise, have closed their doors, apparently permanently, according to a number of inside sources.
The sources confirmed to Kotaku earlier reports that employees were locked out of their offices today in Nottingham. A meeting held later in the day ending with the closure of the independent developer, sources say.
While the shut down was a surprise to some within the company, it sounds like it wasn't to all. We've heard that some Free Radical Design employees were jumping ship in the week or two leading to today's news.
Free Radical's last game, Haze, was widely received as a mediocre game, but the company was working on a follow up for their popular TimeSplitters franchise and rumored to be working on a Star Wars: Battlefront game for LucasArts.
Sources say that the company recently lost the development deal for the LucasArts project, something that could have led to this end of year shut down.
The sources confirmed to Kotaku earlier reports that employees were locked out of their offices today in Nottingham. A meeting held later in the day ending with the closure of the independent developer, sources say.
While the shut down was a surprise to some within the company, it sounds like it wasn't to all. We've heard that some Free Radical Design employees were jumping ship in the week or two leading to today's news.
Free Radical's last game, Haze, was widely received as a mediocre game, but the company was working on a follow up for their popular TimeSplitters franchise and rumored to be working on a Star Wars: Battlefront game for LucasArts.
Sources say that the company recently lost the development deal for the LucasArts project, something that could have led to this end of year shut down.
Now, May 2009 a link sent to me by Redskins took me to a German Star Wars Battlefront 3 fan website. Where there was a April article which contained news on a development which speculates Crytek UK had taken over the project that was developed by Free Radical. This is speculation and as of yet hasn't been confirmed, but it is a glimmer of light, that could shine bright within the following months.
So is it possible that Star Wars: BattleFront 3 will be continued, or was it a April Fools prank?
Sources: Kotaku
