Crytek is on the verge of announcing the return of the TimeSplitters franchise with a new game.
"Gun-wielding monkeys are finally making a comeback! A fourth Timesplitters title is to be announced soon," it says in its rumours section.
The TimeSplitters FPS series has been on a hiatus since the 2005 release of the third game, TimeSplitters: Future Perfect on PS2, Xbox and GameCube.
A fourth game has, however, been rumoured for some time, most recently by a report citing a 'high-ranking industry source at Crytek' which claimed development on the fourth game is underway with a plan for its release on the next-gen PlayStation 4 and Xbox 3 consoles.
Developer Crytek UK - originally Free Radical before Crytek rescued it from meltdown - officially confirmed to CVG back in 2007 that work on Timesplitters 4 had begun. It even released concept art before its long-time no-show stirred up rumours of its cancellation.
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21 comments so far...
skabone on 31 Jul '11 said:
great.....another fps, tho one admittedly that was a bit different to the pack. I hope this will be as distinctive now as it was then. just please - no killstreaks
Legendeer on 31 Jul '11 said:
Dont refer to Timesplitters as 'another FPS' no matter what the context!!!!
So many Hours of my life spent playing the 'Virus' Mutliplayer mode wired up to a multitap
AaronRider on 31 Jul '11 said:
Great news! One of my favourite co-op game ever!
dannyhulse on 31 Jul '11 said:
I took it upon myself to fix your obviously broken comment, I hope you correct your original statement soon.
Thanks,
Your Pal, Dan.
WHITEyy118 on 31 Jul '11 said:
I agree.
I'll be over the moon to see this back. So many hours of fun before FPS became 'serious'.
gmcb007 on 31 Jul '11 said:
It's been too long!
flash501 on 31 Jul '11 said:
Simply put, this will be a day one purchase. As others have said, this isn't just any fps, this is the fps!
BG88 on 31 Jul '11 said:
i hope this is true , i remember when we was at school around 12-13 years old 1of my friends got timesplitters 1 with his ps2 a few of us went round playing some games ect and we thought wed try it out, what a addictive fun series it was from then onwards, no2 was just pure fun amazing, if 4 come out and was anything like the others ya cods and battlefields could go f**k off coz i know what would be in my disk tray.
Rojoco on 1 Aug '11 said:
TIMESPLITTERS!!
Thank you Crytek! Make this happen and I will love you forever!
laminated0 on 1 Aug '11 said:
the timesplitters game produced (read ruined) by EA doesn't count as a true sequel to timesplitters 2. This new timesplitters will be great if it does happen though which seems evident it will. Finally a FPS with actual personality and humour with excellent gameplay and multiplayer could be on the horizon.
AegisK on 1 Aug '11 said:
Does this mean there is still hope for Star Wars Battlefront III too?
PandyBear on 1 Aug '11 said:
It's Time to Split!
Ais4Audi on 1 Aug '11 said:
martinawatson on 1 Aug '11 said:
+well done dan nice fixing,
Timesplitters come on ,do it do it do it,
MPH on 1 Aug '11 said:
I hope the brick makes a return along with the silly challenges... I loved trying to smash every pane of glass and all the plates on that mansion-y level. I also loved popping the undeads' heads off with the shotgun. TS is simply awesome.
flash501 on 1 Aug '11 said:
Ah, memories!
Malmo on 1 Aug '11 said:
About bloody time! It could be amazing with crytek's engine behind it too.
I just hope they stick to the old formula. Timesplitters was always so simple, i'm pretty sure you couldn't even jump on it, or was it that you couldn't crouch? i can't even remember, but either way it was simple, hilarious, and damn fun.
there's a million shooters out there nowadays and in order to distinguish them from one another developers are packing them full of new features by the bucket load. Killstreak rewards, deathstreak bonuses, loads of abilities some of which are just plain daft. They're getting so complicated and hard to balance.
The funny thing is, with all the shooters out there, there's none that are really simple and fun like timesplitters was, so in essence, just being like it used to be, timesplitters will actually be a stand-out-from-the-rest kind of game.
flowerday11 on 1 Aug '11 said:
YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
about time indeed! what a great game, i f*cking love timesplitters!
Magicbigsi on 1 Aug '11 said:
I only have one word to say....YEEEEEEEEEEEES!
I spent so much of my life playing TS. The game was so original back then! I remember sitting there trying my hardest to complete a level just to see where I would end up next! I just hope they do it justice!
Bring on the time crystals, monkeys, zombies, russians, aliens, viruses and mental hospitals!
Very_Silver_Ownz on 1 Aug '11 said:
Did someone say Timesplitters ?
Enough of the monkey business who mentioned Timesplitters ?
http://i56.tinypic.com/svqb00.jpg
GlobalNightmare on 1 Aug '11 said:
It's about bloody time!
I can't wait to be saved from all these damned serious shooters and start having fun again.
BRING ON THE MONKEYS!!!!!!