Free-to-play TimeSplitters envisioned by Crytek CEO
Crytek's CEO has stated that he'd love to see the TimeSplitters franchise return, though it'd likely be a free-to-play title, rather than a retail release.
Crysis 3 will be developer Crytek's final retail boxed product. Why? Because the company is becoming entirely focused on free-to-play games.
Warface is the developer's next major FPS title, and it will be free-to-play. However, CEO Cevat Yerli has since noted the possibility of a new TimeSplitters game as a free-to-play title, too. "I love TimeSplitters, I'm a huge TimeSplitters fan particularly of the multiplayer part. I love the idea, I love the brand, I love everything – but the publishers don't. That's reality," Yerli said.
Speaking to VideoGamer (via Joystiq), Yerli admits a desire to work on the game. However, he noted that "we can't develop it the way Free Radical had started it before we acquired [Free Radical]."
A shift to free-to-play could make a new TimeSplitters possible. "I wish we would develop it," said Yerli. "I don't want to spend our own money on the project in a retail business... [but] I love the picture of a TimeSplitters running on GFACE," the company's upcoming online service.
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replyJeff Mattas posted a new article, Free-to-play TimeSplitters envisioned by Crytek CEO.
Crytek's CEO has stated that he'd love to see the TimeSplitters franchise return, though it'd likely be a free-to-play title, rather than a retail release.-
Please let them bring back timesplitters! That's my favorite fps series. I keep bringing this topic up with my friend because I don't think timesplitters would do good nowadays! However I think it would be a good downloadable game. I kind of like this free to play idea but I assume this would mean no campaign and no map editor!
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If Crysis 2 is any indication, I'm so not buying this game until it's on Steam.
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though it'd likely be a free-to-play title, rather than a retail release.
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Wait, what, what does Crytek have to do with timesplitters?
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They own the IP because they bought Free Radical (Aka Crytek UK).
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It was very different, this biggest issue I have with it is how much they slowed the game down from TS1&2. The whole point is cartoon level chaos in an FPS and that's minimized by slowing it all down. Also, I want my 54,238 kill matches back :(
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Agreed, I wish I knew why it was so hard :(
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Well why do todays shooters have so few guns? Where are the "fun" weapons like proxy mines? Why can't I choose which guns will be placed in the map? Why am I expected to aim while turning on a console, when it's very annoying?
Halo is the template for console shooters and thats why I don't play them-
Yeah, I seriously miss the days of loads of ridiculous weapons. I remember when shooters had variety!
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Timed, Proxy, and Remote mines need to make a fucking comback. Also the god damned laptop gun.
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Huh..that actually sounds like a good idea. Timesplitter's characters were always kind of very stylized ala TF2, and I think selling hats/outfits/weapons fits that property pretty well.
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Yup, hell you could have modern branding all over a purchasable character like a NASCAR driver/car and it wouldn't look out of place in the slightest.
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