Free Radical Design

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wikipedia:Crytek UK|Crytek UK, formerly known as Free Radical Design, is a video game developer based in wikipedia:Nottingham|Nottingham, United Kingdom, probably best known for Second Sight and the wikipedia:TimeSplitters (series)|TimeSplitters series. After going into financial administration, it was announced on February 4, 2009 that the studio had been acquired by German video game developer wikipedia:Crytek|Crytek and would be renamed Crytek UK. Crytek UK has a good relationship with the city of Nottingham due in part to its sponsorship of the Gamecity festival and its recruitment drives with Nottingham Trent University.

History

Initially, most of Free Radical Design's employees previously worked for the game developer wikipedia:Rare Ltd.|Rare. While at Rare, they (David Doak, Steve Ellis, Karl Hilton, Graeme Norgate and Lee Ray) worked on the wikipedia:Nintendo 64|Nintendo 64 first-person shooters wikipedia:GoldenEye 007 (1997 video game)|GoldenEye 007 and wikipedia:Perfect Dark|Perfect Dark. From late 1998 to early 1999, this team left Rare to form Free Radical Design, which was established in April 1999, their first release being wikipedia:TimeSplitters|TimeSplitters for the PlayStation 2 in 2000. It was known for its very fast paced gameplay and its particular emphasis on multiplayer rather than story. TimeSplitters attracted attention at the time because of the former Rare employees' work on the critically acclaimed GoldenEye 007. Its sequel wikipedia:TimeSplitters 2|TimeSplitters 2 became the highest-ranked first-person shooter on the PlayStation 2.

On December 18, 2008, it was reported that the studio had shut down, though it was later confirmed that the company had gone into administration, leaving 40 of the original 185 staff still employed. On February 3, 2009, wikipedia:Haze|Haze scriptwriter Rob Yescombe announced that Free Radical Design had been purchased by German games developer Crytek which was then confirmed by Crytek themselves the following day. In 2010, Crytek UK moved from Sandiacre to brand new offices in the new central Nottingham Southreef development. The £50 million investment will allow Crytek UK to "grow over the next few months".

Games


=As Free Radical Design
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*wikipedia:TimeSplitters|TimeSplitters (2000)
*wikipedia:TimeSplitters 2|TimeSplitters 2 (2002)
*Second Sight (2004)
*wikipedia:TimeSplitters: Future Perfect|TimeSplitters: Future Perfect (2005)
*wikipedia:Haze|Haze (2008)

=As Crytek UK
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*wikipedia:Crysis 2|Crysis 2 (2011)
*wikipedia:Crysis 3|Crysis 3 (2013)
*wikipedia:Homefront 2|Homefront 2 (TBA)

=Cancelled
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*wikipedia:TimeSplitters 4|TimeSplitters 4
*wikipedia:Star Wars: Battlefront III|Star Wars: Battlefront III
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