Admin confirms Free Radical demise
Only 40 staff remain at Haze developer.
Administration company Resolve has confirmed the demise of Haze developer Free Radical Design.
"The company was placed in to administration yesterday afternoon," Resolve spokesperson Cameron Gunn told ThisIsNottingham last week.
"We will be spending the next three or four days assessing the financial position of the company but it's business as usual, although we have asked that almost all of the employees apart from a skeleton crew remain at home.
"All employees have been paid up until the end of December and we hope to make another announcement before Christmas or very soon thereafter, but we must stress at this stage that it's business as usual," added Gunn.
Our sister site GamesIndustry.biz understands around 40 staff are still at FRD - a number cut from 185 - working on concepts into 2009.
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Still Hazelol
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See if Timesplitters franchise will get bidded as would be one of FRD biggest asset, talents will find a new home..eventually.
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I was disappointed in Haze, and was almost positive that Timesplitters 4 would be a return to form for FRD for the now current gen. Now things are looking pretty rough and almost a year's worth of work looks set to be thrown out the window, which is deplorable.
Here's hoping they pull through. They deserve better.
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The remaining staff will have been kept to ensure that assets are properly counted and to see what properties can be sold on t others. I suspect such classics as the time splitters franchise, second sight franchise etc. etc. will be up for grabs soon.
I'd buy second sight for a dollar.
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On the one hand I want someone to buy TS4 so I can play it, but on the other hand I know it won't be the same made by someone else. I hope all the workers land on their feet soon
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If you are owed money you have to put in a claim with the recievers and you got paid out if theirs any money left after paying all the other creditors.
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While most of the dialogue in Haze was weak it would have passed as a mediocre game if not for the recuring phrases that really sunk the game. Although the EG review is spot on about its flaws.
Still its rough to get fired and everyone is these days. Let us pray that with Christmas things will start to improve for everybody.
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LMAO your having a laugh aint ya ?
SD graphics demo shocking script crummy gameplay bug ridden crappy fire physics shoddy storyline untold horrors AI wise.
its the worst game ever made this gen nd if you think its a masterpiece my god you have the most backward taste in games ever !!
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Nope, that's still Lair.
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In normal times, you might find that investment and come out of Admin, like Eidos did. Of course at the moment, no one has a pot to piss in,never mind make risky investments in video game companies.
If there's no hope, you go into liquidation, where the company's assets are sold to pay off Inland revenue, banks and various other creditors.
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Huh?!
It's an FPS, set anywhere at any time, made up with various generic people / monster types (Cowboys / Zombies / Monkeys etc).
I think you'd have a hard time selling that on.
That's like selling air ... to Vilos Cohaagen
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All impossible, of course, but it makes for a pleasant daydream.
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I'm sadly unemployed myself now. Whats worse I was in car part manufacturing which is truly dead at the moment. So as you can imagine I can truly relate to how the free radical staff are feeling. Whats frightening is how many people are losing their jobs so quickly. Finance, retail, manufacturing and even games development. Its a worrying situation.
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It's a damn shame the studio had to close down, but I'd bet my bottom dollar that there will be a new Timesplitters in the future... ( or at least Sgt. Cortez tells me so)
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Despite all the bullshit promo stuff before promising the world Haze was shite.
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