The TimeSplitters remake has probably been canceled after an Embracer firm electronic mail acknowledged developer Free Radical Design might be closed subsequent month. The writer’s current restructuring course of has seen a lot of studios closed and several other recreation tasks canceled, and it looks like TimeSplitters is about to affix that listing.
TimeSplitters developer is within the closure session course of
Following rumors of the developer’s closure just a few days in the past, father or mother firm Embracer has despatched out an inside electronic mail that acknowledges the potential of this. The e-mail, as seen by VGC, sees firm CEO Lars Wingefor affirm Free Radical is going through closure on December 11:
As we transfer via the session course of and face the potential closure of Free Radical Design on 11 December 2023, I wish to categorical my gratitude to your dedication and the exceptional work you’ve achieved and nonetheless maintain doing. This can be a difficult time for all of us however particularly for you, and our focus is to help you as a lot as we will throughout this transition.
Free Radical is a UK studio and the nation’s employment legal guidelines require Embracer to seek the advice of the studio’s workers for at least 30 days earlier than they’ll make any redundancies. This provides time for the exploration of how to keep away from closure, comparable to one other firm taking up the studio.
By September 30, 2023, Embracer’s restructuring course of had seen 900 workers lose their jobs. This contains “discontinuing a lot of studios,” comparable to Saints Row developer Volition, in addition to layoffs at Tomb Raider developer Crystal Dynamics and Remnant 2 writer Gearbox. The corporate has additionally “decreased the variety of tasks in a number of different studios”, and whereas the names of these tasks haven’t been formally revealed, it looks like the TimeSplitters Remake is a kind of.
Simply in the present day, layoffs had been additionally introduced at Refrain developer Fishlabs. Guardian firm Plaion, which is itself owned by Embracer, confirmed the lack of 50 jobs in a press release to Eurogamer. The studio’s upcoming recreation, identified internally as Mission Black, has additionally ceased growth because the remaining members of the crew transfer on to present co-development tasks.
