The first day at E3 brought many announcements. One of those announcements was a GoldenEye remake, exclusively for the wii. It has 4 player split-screen with original characters and modes from the N64 game but will also include online multiplayer. The game will contain Daniel Craig and not Pierce Brosnan as bond and a new storyline, different from the original. It will be released this year, in November (apparently) and the graphics seem a little disappointing, even for the wii, but you can make your own mind up on that.

Do those health and armour bars may remind you of something?

David Doak and Steve Ellis formed Free Radical Design in 1999 and were joined by Graeme Norgate,  Karl Hilton and Lee Ray. All of which worked previously at Rare, the company that made Goldeneye.

The TimeSplitters series can be considered to be GoldenEye’s legacy. The same enjoyment has carried through. The multiplayer brilliance and most obviously the HUD as examples.

If GoldenEye is considered to be one of the best games of all time and there is clearly market demand for such a game, what has happened to TimeSplitters 4?

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What does this mean? It could possibly mean Crytek wishes to rerelease TimeSplitters Future Perfect on PC as suggested by some.

Maybe they will create an enhanced version with CryEngine 3? Could it be rereleased on console as well?

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According to Crytek’s CEO, Cevat Yerli, the acquisition of Free Radical Design was due to the “multiplayer experience” Free Radical Design was well known for (Except HAZE). For now at least, it seems all that experience is being put towards Crysis 2. They are working on multiplayer online features according to Cevat Yerli.

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Graeme Norgate has uploaded a previously unreleased track made for TimeSplitters Future Perfect to youtube. On the video he has placed some images but also some text where he states “FRD is dead, Long Live Crytek UK”. Does this mean Free Radical Designs legacy is also dead? Let us hope it lives on with Crytek UK. Continue reading for the video and quotes from the text.

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