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Crytek rescues Free Radical

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February 4, 2009 |

Develop reports that German developer Crytek has acquired the business and assets of Free Radical from the administrator, saving 43 jobs.

The fact that Free Radical owned the intellectual property to some of its games must have been of substantial assistance to the administrator as they sought a buyer, although it is interesting that it was a developer rather than a publisher that acquired the assets.

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  • Tom Jubert

    I think this can only be a good thing.

    It’s rare for an independent developer to own a huge IP like Timesplitters, so pleased to see ownership has passed to another developer – even if it is a significantly larger one.

    Let’s hope Crytek upper management puts what’s left of the team (about 1/3?) to good use, rather than just using ‘Crytek UK’ as a Blighty base of operations.

    Despite the high profile fail that was Haze, it still surprises me that Splitters 4 alone wasn’t enough to keep the studio bouyant.

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