In yet one more blow to the gaming trade, VGC has reported that Embracer Group might quickly be closing the Nottingham-based UK studio Free Radical Design.
The crew was reformed again in 2021 to revive the basic FPS franchise Timesplitters, however it appears to be like like which will now be beneath risk on account of Embracer Group’s ongoing restructuring programme.
In keeping with individuals near the studio, Free Radical Design has been topic to analysis and the staff have now apparently been knowledgeable of the potential closure. Whereas it isn’t particular on the time of writing, VGC states that a number of notable staff have revealed posts on LinkedIn to state they’re on the lookout for work, and now we have been in a position to independently confirm this.
A number of studios have already been impacted by Embracer’s restructuring, together with the likes of Crystal Dynamics and Beamdog. Embracer had beforehand acquired an absurd variety of studios and properties however has since fallen on exhausting occasions, significantly after its shares plunged following a failed deal price $2 billion.
Whereas the unique Timesplitters continues to be to at the present time a PS2 unique, GameCube homeowners have been in a position to take pleasure in TimeSplitters 2 and Timesplitters: Future Good in 2002 and 2005 respectively, with each receiving important acclaim.
Ought to Free Radical Design shut, it is at the moment unknown what may occur to the Timesplitters IP.
