Timesplitters 4...

**minkey_monkey** Thu Nov 15, 2012 11:17 am

I found this article today: [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]

It made me sad Sad

The future of the Timesplitters series remains undecided, according to Crytek's CEO.

In an interview with CVG, Cevat Yerli revealed that the team isn't currently working on Timesplitters 4, and that a retail release would be out of the question anyway.

He said, "I wish we were working on it, I will say that. I think hopes are high, but change has to happen in the platform space. I'm very excited potentially about the idea of a TimeSplitters for G-Face.

"The thing with TimeSplitters is, if we made a sequel to TimeSplitters, nobody would accept this apart from some fans, and we don't know how big the fan community is, unfortunately. And we don't want to design this as a packaged goods game that launches on a console, and even if we wanted to I don't think publishers would like the idea. That is the truth, and that was the truth even before we bought Free Radical."

Timesplitters was originally developed by Free Radical, which Crytek obtained in February 2009. Despite fan hopes that this would mean a 4th entry in the popular shooter series may see release, Yerli reveals there just wasn't enough industry demand.

He explains, "The concept behind TimeSplitters was pitched around before we took over and Free Radical had no luck. We think even on CryEngine and with Crytek behind it there would be fundamental issues with the concept.

I love the idea, and I wish we'll work on it, but currently we are not working on it.

Anyone holding out that the game could be resurrected through Kickstarter shouldn't hold their breath, though. The team apparently discussed it, but felt that it wouldn't be appropriate to rely on fan funding given the studio's size.

Yerli admitted, "I've been asked this question internally and I said, 'how can we do a kickstarter? It wouldn't feel right.' I suppose if someone really, really wanted to...

"I guess the other issue is this; the reality also is we're quite a large company, but also we have capacity limits and we don't want to hire 15 people just to do this game. Kickstarter is a concept we thought about seriously... we'll see. Time will tell."

But I also found a petition that is currently being started to see how much demand there would be for a HD collection of the Timesplitters series. So if you loved them and want them on the current platforms go sign here: [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] and even if you don't please SIGN IT!!! lol because I really want it and it's something that Crytek are following. But they require 300,000 signatures if they are to go ahead/ think about doing it Sad