Timesplitters Rewind Officially Confirmed for the PS4 + New Details

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-09-06-crytek-continues-timesplitters-rewind-support-as-ps4-version-announced

Crytek has told Eurogamer it will continue to support TimeSplitters Rewind, the in-development fan remake of the classic British shooter series, as its indie team begins work on a PlayStation 4 port.

Rewind's next-gen console version, announced earlier this week, will support cross-platform play with Rewind's main PC build.

Unlike the PC version, Rewind will allow for classic splitscreen multiplayer on PS4.

"TimeSplitters Rewind is a fantastic initiative that Crytek continues to support," Nick Button-Brown, Crytek's general manager of games told Eurogamer today. "We are happy to see the excitement and we hope it will be a great game."

Due to be released in closed alpha this winter, TimeSplitters Rewind will eventually include all maps, weapons and characters from all three TimeSplitters games.

Each of the series' single-player campaigns will also eventually be added.

The project is the work of a band of fans led by project manager Michael Hubicka. As a condition of being able to use the TimeSplitters license, it will be made available absolutely free.

In a Reddit AMA posted this week, Hubicka also revealed the involvement of original TimeSplitters composer Graeme Norgate - of Rare, Free Radical Design and later Crytek UK fame.

An Xbox One version is unlikely, however - due to Microsoft's reticence to allow cross-platform play.

"If Microsoft will get in touch with me about how the distribution for indie developers works and it's something we can do, sure," Hubicka wrote. "But we'd really want to push for cross-platform play. It would be nice, but I highly doubt it. If Microsoft won't let AAA developers do it (for the most part) then I doubt they'll let us do it."

No release date for the full version of TimeSplitters Rewind has been set.

[QUOTE="campzor"]plz dont suckSNIPER4321

[QUOTE="campzor"]plz dont suckSNIPER4321

It's also on pc :|

[QUOTE="campzor"]plz dont suckSNIPER4321

[QUOTE="SNIPER4321"][QUOTE="campzor"]plz dont suckcampzor

Agreed. Timesplitters is my favourite FPS franchise out there.

TBF Timesplitters was a good console FPS like goldeneye. Putting it on PC would change the way the game is suited for console.

It will either be a crap FPS game for PC or just won't feel like a timesplitters game.

More Timesplitters is always welcome but it will be interesting to see how it transitions to modern times and if it will hold up well or will be accepted well. 

oh, Crytek's doing this?... meh

oh, Crytek's doing this?... meh

Zaibach

But Crysis and Far Cry are superior to Timesplitters. :)

oh, Crytek's doing this?... meh

Zaibach

[QUOTE="Zaibach"]

oh, Crytek's doing this?... meh

uninspiredcup

But Crysis and Far Cry are superior to Timesplitters. :)

Yeah, if yuo're an idiot.... oh wait

Crytek? The people responsible for Ryse: Son of Roman?

Yeah, no thanks :lol:

Crytek? The people responsible for Ryse: Son of Roman?

Yeah, no thanks :lol:

Cheleman

As you can read, Crytek isn't making this. Fans are.

More Timesplitters is always welcome but it will be interesting to see how it transitions to modern times and if it will hold up well or will be accepted well. 

seanmcloughlin

Edit: Also, it's awesome to see weapon pickups in a new FPS. Loadouts can go to hell.

[QUOTE="campzor"]plz dont suckSNIPER4321

It's a PC mod by some random fans, of course it will suck and I can't imagine how Sony would allow that on our PS4.

[QUOTE="SNIPER4321"][QUOTE="campzor"]plz dont suckSchnabbleTab

It's a PC mod by some random fans, of course it will suck and I can't imagine how Sony would allow that on our PS4.

I have more hope for it than the fps that keep on rolling for a couple of years. 

Would love to play it in HD finally.:D

plz dont suckcampzor

The early build looks pretty bad so far. They've got a long, long way to go. Probably won't be out untuil 2015. I loved the first two Timesplitter games. I still have mine. I never finished them, but they were a blast to play.

[QUOTE="SNIPER4321"][QUOTE="campzor"]plz dont suckcampzor

Agreed!  I care more about the PC version though.  I hope they nail the game and have good controls and online on PC.  Hot damn this will be amazing if they do it right!  Seriously I could be playing this for years to come.

Whoa whoa whoa, wait a second. A publisher is actually officially supporting a fan created project using one of their IPs???

[QUOTE="Zaibach"]

oh, Crytek's doing this?... meh

-RPGamer-

Crytek is hardly part of it though.  Crytek is moreso just allowing it to be done.

[QUOTE="Cheleman"]

Crytek? The people responsible for Ryse: Son of Roman?

Yeah, no thanks :lol:

R4gn4r0k

As you can read, Crytek isn't making this. Fans are.

Exactly. Crytek is just overseeing the game and is probably paying for it.

I wish them luck.

[QUOTE="SNIPER4321"][QUOTE="campzor"]plz dont suckSchnabbleTab

It's a PC mod by some random fans, of course it will suck and I can't imagine how Sony would allow that on our PS4.

Get lost. It's going to be awesome. They're pretty dedicated fans not just some random fans. And Rewind isn't a mod, it's own game on CryEngine. You're thinking of the mod of UT2004 that some other (admittedly linked) fans were going to do.

[QUOTE="-RPGamer-"][QUOTE="Zaibach"]

oh, Crytek's doing this?... meh

NaveedLife

Crytek is hardly part of it though.  Crytek is moreso just allowing it to be done.

Crytek will only be "part of it" when it becomes successful, then they will claim it was all theirs and start charging for it.

Fantasic! More Timesplitters is always welcome.

I just wonder how it will play on a PC. 

Fantasic! More Timesplitters is always welcome.

I just wonder how it will play on a PC. 

gameofthering

I think it will be as someone pointed out earlier in this or another thread: it will either be rubbish on pc, or just won't play like Timesplitters, I'm thinking more like the latter.

The way I see it, on pc it will probably be like Counter Strike control feel, but with much less seriousness (obviously)

So many good times were had with the older TimeSplitter games. Can't wait to play the new one.Sh00terMcGavin

Same. it's a real shame such games no longer exist.

[QUOTE="gameofthering"]

Fantasic! More Timesplitters is always welcome.

I just wonder how it will play on a PC. 

_Matt_

I think it will be as someone pointed out earlier in this or another thread: it will either be rubbish on pc, or just won't play like Timesplitters, I'm thinking more like the latter.

The way I see it, on pc it will probably be like Counter Strike control feel, but with much less seriousness (obviously)

It will be absolutely fine if they do it right.  Goldeneye Source is fun on PC.  

[QUOTE="_Matt_"]

[QUOTE="gameofthering"]

Fantasic! More Timesplitters is always welcome.

I just wonder how it will play on a PC. 

NaveedLife

I think it will be as someone pointed out earlier in this or another thread: it will either be rubbish on pc, or just won't play like Timesplitters, I'm thinking more like the latter.

The way I see it, on pc it will probably be like Counter Strike control feel, but with much less seriousness (obviously)

It will be absolutely fine if they do it right.  Goldeneye Source is fun on PC.  

Agreed. Loved Goldeneye Source (I used their Scaramanga's House level to help me with my Second year university project of reconstructing his house)

I never got the idea of Cross-platform play. Do Console gamers like getting their ass handed to them in games against PC gamers? :?

I never got the idea of Cross-platform play. Do Console gamers like getting their ass handed to them in games against PC gamers? :?

xhawk27

[QUOTE="NaveedLife"]

[QUOTE="-RPGamer-"] How would they not be involved. They own the IP._Matt_

Crytek is hardly part of it though.  Crytek is moreso just allowing it to be done.

Crytek will only be "part of it" when it becomes successful, then they will claim it was all theirs and start charging for it.

oooooooooooooooooorrrrr... they will hire the fans that worked on it to design more of their games.

[QUOTE="campzor"]plz dont suckSNIPER4321

..........

You can't possibly have there was any validity (or intelligence) behind that statement.

I love how people act like there has been some huge gameplay advancement between the last Timesplitters game and now. The only difference between FPS games then and now is that they are more watered down and "accessible."

isn't Timesplitters Rewind more so a mod like Blackmesa? or something like that?

I can't tell if this is an actual Rerelease of Timesplitters or just a fan thing.

isn't Timesplitters Rewind more so a mod like Blackmesa? or something like that?

I can't tell if this is an actual Rerelease of Timesplitters or just a fan thing.

LegatoSkyheart

It is a fan thing (with some Crytek talent) supported by Crtyek.  It is not a mod.  It is a ground up game using the Cryengine.  Crytek offered them the assets of past games, and they said they wanted to just start new with the Cryengine.

I really hope they nail this, especially on PC!