{"id":2467,"date":"2026-04-10T16:21:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T16:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/article.php?article_id=2124401"},"modified":"2026-04-10T16:21:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T16:21:08","slug":"thq-nordic-pours-cold-water-on-timesplitters-2-remake-tease","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/thq-nordic-pours-cold-water-on-timesplitters-2-remake-tease\/","title":{"rendered":"THQ Nordic pours cold water on TimeSplitters 2 Remake tease"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/thq-nordic-pours-cold-water-on-timesplitters-2-remake-tease.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<div id>\n<p class=\"strapline\"> &#8220;This is just an innocent Easter&nbsp;egg.&#8221; <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div readability=\"45.553462940462\">\n<section class readability=\"34.75212636695\">\n<p>\nSpellForce 3: Fallen God publisher THQ Nordic has played down the possibility of a TimeSplitters 2 remake, after including a tease in its latest game. <\/p>\n<p>Speaking to Eurogamer this morning, THQ Nordic said the ability to obtain the box for a &#8220;TimeSplitters 2 Remake&#8221; in SpellForce 3 was designed to be a joke.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is just an innocent Easter egg,&#8221; a THQ Nordic spokesperson said. &#8220;The vendor in the game is a character known especially for not telling the truth.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The vendor also sells boxes for &#8220;cancelled&#8221; Biomutant and Gothic games (and while we&#8217;ve not heard much about both in a while, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2020-02-19-biomutant-confirms-its-still-alive-and-kicking\">neither<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2020-02-19-thq-nordic-confirms-full-gothic-remake-after-playable-teaser-proved-popular\">these<\/a> are officially cancelled). THQ Nordic said both of these boxes were jokes too. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"video\" readability=\"0.92626728110599\">\n<div readability=\"7\">\n<div class=\"video-container\" readability=\"9\"> <iframe width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen data-youtube=\"true\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/peAsFFshewY?enablejsapi=1\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p> <span class=\"message\">This content is hosted on an external platform, which will only display it if you accept targeting cookies. Please enable cookies to view.<\/span> <button id=\"ot-sdk-btn\" class=\"ot-sdk-show-settings\">Manage cookie settings<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption readability=\"1.4181818181818\">\n<p>The TimeSplitters 2 Remake Easter egg.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As far as the future of TimeSplitters is concerned, well, THQ Nordic&#8217;s parent company Embracer Group does own the franchise and there have been rumblings of a new game being in early development. But this project is being handled elsewhere within the vast Embracer empire, and not by THQ Nordic itself. <\/p>\n<p>In 2019, former Rare and Free Radical Design veteran <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2019-08-14-thq-nordic-hires-timesplitters-co-creator-to-work-on-franchise-return\">Steve Ellis was tapped to return and work on a new TimeSplitters project<\/a>, though nothing more has been announced since. <\/p>\n<p>When asked for more information on that project, THQ Nordic said it could not speak for that franchise as it was not the specific company working on it &#8211; if it did indeed exist.<\/p>\n<p>But a TimeSplitters 2 remake? Until we hear something more official, don&#8217;t get your hopes up.<\/p>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2020-11-16-thq-nordic-pours-cold-water-on-timesplitters-2-remake-tease\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;This is just an innocent Easter&nbsp;egg.&#8221; SpellForce 3: Fallen God publisher THQ Nordic has played down the possibility of a TimeSplitters 2 remake, after including a tease in its latest game. Speaking to Eurogamer this morning, THQ Nordic said the ability to obtain the box for a &#8220;TimeSplitters 2 Remake&#8221; in SpellForce 3 was designed to be a joke. &#8220;This is just an innocent Easter egg,&#8221; a THQ Nordic spokesperson said. &#8220;The vendor in the game is a character known especially for not telling the truth.&#8221; The vendor also sells boxes for &#8220;cancelled&#8221; Biomutant and Gothic games (and while we&#8217;ve not heard much about both in a while, neither of these are officially cancelled). THQ Nordic said both of these boxes were jokes too. 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