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Free Radical Up for Sale

29.12.2008

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With Free Radical going into administration earlier this month, it looks like the British studio is up for sale.

According to Kotaku, the studio still exists - but in limited capacity. 75% (around 140) of Free Radical staff have been made redundant; and now the company is up for sale. Fortunately there's interest from third parties wanting a chunk of the brains behind Time Splitters, or lapping up some of the studio's key IPs.

A team of 40 remain - and with these costs cut, it could be likely that a publisher would want to save the company or take up the talented bunch within their own offices.

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mooojc 29.12.2008#1

GOGOGOGO Nintendo buy buy buy!

TAG 29.12.2008#2

Cubed3 ought to pull it's money. I've always wanted my own little game studio.

I'll put in $20. Who else wants in on this?

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mage_mccloud 29.12.2008#3

Go Media Molecule, buy Free Redical and make Free Molecule, best gaming company on the planet

Wolvesgod 29.12.2008#4

Wow that bites. I know most likely Nintendo wouldn't buy it though. If they did i well have a heart attack... lol. I do have a bad feeling though either Sony or Microsoft well jump on it like a cat on Cat Nip.

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Keven 29.12.2008#5

TAG said:
Cubed3 ought to pull it's money. I've always wanted my own little game studio.
I'll put in $20. Who else wants in on this?

Yeah, I'll match that.

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Agul 29.12.2008#6

Keven said:
TAG said:
Cubed3 ought to pull it's money. I've always wanted my own little game studio.
I'll put in $20. Who else wants in on this?
Yeah, I'll match that.

I'm in, too! Boo-yah! Smilie

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jesusraz 29.12.2008#7

You have to wonder just how much of the core staff is in the remaining 40 employees. After hearing the head honchos and a large batch have formed 'Pumpkin Beach' will FRD ever really be the same? I suppose whoever buys it will be mainly wanting the company's franchises (Second Sight, TimeSplitters...anything else?)

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Jump_button 29.12.2008#8

come on Big N buy them or anyone but EA oh god any one but EA

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Stulaw 29.12.2008#9

Jump_button said:
come on Big N buy them or anyone but ubisoft oh god any one but ubisoft

Fixed it Smilie

I do hope a company with seemingly limitless depths of cash, i.e EA, buys them because then we wouldn't really have to worry about them again.

I'd even want Sega to buy them.

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Echoes221 29.12.2008#10

It wont be nintendo, because of the wide variety of games that free radical make, it will more likely be a company like ubisoft or EA. If sony or microsoft take it, there will be no timesplitters on wii Smilie

JoshSL 29.12.2008#11

I don't see Nintendo buying them.

Hopefully EA or SEGA. EA have been very nice to BioWare so far.

I mean there wasn't a huge EA logo all over the Sonic Chronicles box, which is what I was worried about.

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RufDogRacing 29.12.2008#12

I've got *pulls out pockets* ...

36p, half a train ticket, two pics and a Christmas cracker joke. Deal?

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.:Abdule:. 29.12.2008#13

TAG said:
Cubed3 ought to pull it's money. I've always wanted my own little game studio.
I'll put in $20. Who else wants in on this?
Keven said:

Yeah, I'll match that.
MechaG2 said:

I'm in, too! Boo-yah!;-

come on dont be cheap.
i'll put 20$ and 95cents ;- Smilie .

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Flynnie 29.12.2008#14

hahaha, i wonder how much a buy out would actually cost...

Satoshi 29.12.2008#15

go ninty go!
Moar western franchises plz? Smilie

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originaljohn 29.12.2008#16

Sonic Chronicles was made after EA bought pandemic, thats why they aren't on the box.
I think SEGA should go for this one

Birdo Is A Tranny 30.12.2008#17

Flynnie said:
hahaha, i wonder how much a buy out would actually cost...

Depends on the highest bid, which I reckon will be Engulf Anything.
I think they have the most interest and money for the job.

Mario_0 30.12.2008#18

Echoes221 said:
It wont be nintendo, because of the wide variety of games that free radical make

Three FPS and a third person shooter is considered variety?

( Edited 30.12.2008 15:12 by Mario_0 )

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Echoes221 31.12.2008#19

Mario_0 said:
Echoes221 said:
It wont be nintendo, because of the wide variety of games that free radical make

Three FPS and a third person shooter is considered variety?

4 FPS!
Well if you cont Second sight (that be the third person)
I was refering (sorry it wasnt clear) but it makes the games for all consoles.
Usually onece a third party, always a third party. It very rarelyt happen and if its a first party, its only happend once in my opinion, sega went third party too.

Martin_ 31.12.2008#20

Are they that talented? Timesplitters was great when the first one came out, but rather "meh" and uninspiring from then on, and the only other things they've done are the good Second Sight, and that really pants PS3 game recently. Fuck Free Radical. May their company fall like a house of cards, it's nothing worth saving, particularly.