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Free Radical Design
Free Radical Design was a British video game developer based in Nottingham, England, United Kingdom, probably best known for the ''TimeSplitters'' series and ''Second Sight''. After going into financial administration, it was announced on 4 February 2009 that the studio had been acquired by German video game developer Crytek and would be renamed Crytek UK.〔(crytek.com )〕 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.〔(Gaming firm Crytek to be first tenant at Nottingham's Southreef )〕 In 2014, the studio was shut down and the majority of the staff transferred to the newly formed Dambuster Studios.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.polygon.com/2014/7/30/5951985/deep-silver-homefront-the-revolution-ip-dambuster-studios )〕
==History==
Initially, most of Free Radical Design's employees previously worked for the game developer Rare. While at Rare, they (David Doak, Steve Ellis, Karl Hilton, Graeme Norgate and Lee Ray) worked on the Nintendo 64 first-person shooters ''GoldenEye 007'' and ''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 ''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 ''TimeSplitters 2'' became the highest-ranked first-person shooter on the PlayStation 2.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Reviews and News Articles - GameRankings )〕
Free Radical design was working on ''Star Wars Battlefront III'' from 2006 to 2008, but it became cancelled when it was 99 percent complete.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Battlefront 3 was 99 percent done when canceled )〕 The cancellation of this title contributed to Free Radical Design going into administration.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Free Radical vs. the Monsters )〕
On 18 December 2008, it was reported that the studio had shut down, though it was later confirmed that the company had gone into administration,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=185 jobs at risk at computer games company )〕 leaving 40 of the original 185 staff still employed.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Admin confirms Free Radical demise )〕 On 3 February 2009, ''Haze'' scriptwriter Rob Yescombe announced that Free Radical Design had been purchased by German games developer Crytek〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Crytek Purchases Free Radical, Says Company Scriptwriter )〕 which was then confirmed by Crytek themselves the following day.〔 In 2010, the company 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".〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Contact )〕
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