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| Formerly |
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| Company type | Subsidiary |
| Industry | Video games |
| Founded | April 1999 (original)[1] May 2021 (revival) |
| Founders |
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| Defunct | 3 February 2009 (original) 11 December 2023 (revival) |
| Headquarters | , England |
Key people |
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| Products | TimeSplitters |
Number of employees | 50+ (2022) |
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| Website | www |
Free Radical Design Ltd. was a British video game developer based in Nottingham. Founded by David Doak, Steve Ellis, Karl Hilton and Graeme Norgate in Stoke-on-Trent in April 1999, it is best known for its TimeSplitters series of games.[2]
After going into financial administration, it was announced on 3 February 2009 that the studio had been acquired by German video game developer Crytek and would be renamed Crytek UK.[3] Crytek had 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.[4] In 2014, the studio was closed, with a majority of the staff transferred to the newly formed Dambuster Studios.[5][6]
In May 2021, two of the original founders, Doak and Ellis, reformed Free Radical Design under Deep Silver to create a new entry in the TimeSplitters series. Two years later, the second iteration was shut down on 11 December 2023.
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- ^ McWhertor, Michael (3 February 2009). "Crytek Buys Free Radical". Kotaku. Gizmodo Media Group. Retrieved 28 April 2017.
- ^ This is Nottingham (27 October 2009). "Gaming firm Crytek to be first tenant at Nottingham's Southreef". Nottingham Post. Local World. Archived from the original on 20 June 2010. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
- ^ Sarkar, Samit (30 July 2014). "Deep Silver buys Homefront from Crytek, moves Homefront: The Revolution to new studio". Polygon. Vox Media. Retrieved 28 April 2017.
- ^ Sarkar, Samit (30 July 2014). "Homefront: The Revolution devs to move to Deep Silver as Crytek scales back two studios". Polygon. Vox Media. Retrieved 28 April 2017.