This is spreading around the Internet faster than a video on YouTube and that is that Free Radical the developer of the TimeSplitter series and lately Haze has been forced to close its doors forever due to the global economy.
Even now the office lines are not responding and according to reports the meeting that was held at the local pub caused problems as the manager wished to do a credit check on them all before serving, so cash was handed over and the manager went back to his usual charming self within minutes.
Now even though this is making its rounds on the Internet their has still be no official confirmation from the developers if this is truly the case but if it is indeed true then their current projects such as the latest TimeSplitters and Star Wars: Battlefront might not be completed.
We will let you know more on this once we hear something
*UPDATE*
It has been confirmed that the rumours are indeed true, the following is from The Nottingham Post
“A Computer games company which employs 185 people has gone in to administration.
Staff at Free Radical Design, which is based in Bostocks Lane, Sandiacre, turned up to work this morning to find the locks had been changed.
A note stuck on the door told them to attend a meeting at the nearby Novotel at midday.
Cameron Gunn, of Resolve Partners, the administrators that have been called in to deal with the firm, said: “The company was placed in to administration yesterday afternoon.
“We will be spending the next three or four days assessing the financial position of the company but it’s business as usual, although we have asked that almost all of the employees apart from a skeleton crew remain at home.”
“All employees have been paid up until the end of December and we hope to make another announcement before Christmas or very soon thereafter, but we must stress at this stage that it’s business as usual.”
So it seems that the developers who brought you a sharp shooting monkey has sadly sunk into the deep.
Our regards goes out to the employees at the once brilliant Free Radicals.