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\nFootage showing Free Radical Design’s sadly-cancelled TimeSplitters project has surfaced online, revealing five minutes of gameplay.\n<\/p>\n

\nThe video, posted to LinkedIn<\/a> by a former Free Radical Design staff member, shows a version of the game from July 2023 – roughly five months before the project was cancelled and the studio shut down by parent company Embracer<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n

\nTimeSplitters fans will likely be excited (and upset, seeing as the project is now dead) to see numerous familiar elements return, including an expanded Siberia dam level, iconic weapons, fan-favourite characters and GoldenEye’s classic health\/shield UI.\n<\/p>\n

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Footage showing Free Radical Design’s sadly-cancelled TimeSplitters project has surfaced online, revealing five minutes of gameplay. The video, posted to LinkedIn by a former Free Radical Design staff member, shows a version of the game from July 2023 – roughly five months before the project was cancelled and the studio shut down by parent company Embracer. TimeSplitters fans will likely be excited (and upset, seeing as the project is now dead) to see numerous familiar elements return, including an expanded Siberia dam level, iconic weapons, fan-favourite characters and GoldenEye’s classic health\/shield UI. 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