Summary
According to a report fromVGC,the Taiwanese ratings board has rated aTimeSplittersrelease for PS4 and PS5. As a first-person shooter for the PS2,TimeSplittersbuilt on the style popularized by the Nintendo 64 gamesGoldenEye 007andPerfect Dark.A modern rating classification for the game means that it’s likely to appear in the PS Plus Premium catalog in the future, a huge stride for a title that isn’t currently available on any modern platforms.
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TimeSplittersis overdue for a modern re-release, asthe sequelsTimeSplitters 2andFuture Perfecthave already made their way back to Xbox consoles via the Microsoft Store. If the first game ends up as an exclusive PlayStation offering, the trilogy will be split across systems, but it’s still better than leaving it to collect dust. AlthoughTimeSplitters 2refined the gameplay and design in a number of ways, the original title remains just as fun today as ever.
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For a while, it looked like the series would return in a grander fashion, with the Embracer Group holding company bringing backTimeSplittersdeveloper Free Radical Designto work on a new project. The studio was ultimately closed in 2023, however, leaving work on a newTimeSplittersunfinished.A fan project calledTimeSplitters Rewindis attempting to bring the multiplayer component of all three games to Unreal Engine, which might be the main hope for a modern rendition at this point.
An earlier attempt at a fourth game in theTimeSplittersseries was announced in 2007 as a PS3 exclusive, but financial problems at Free Radical led to a series of buyouts that left this project equally dead in the water.
The lack of a modern continuation doesn’t make theTimeSplittersgames that do exist any less great, and getting to play the original through PS Plus would be a nice perk of the service. Following the addition of the originalPerfect Darkto Nintendo Switch Online and thegameplay reveal for thePerfect Darkreboot, it’s starting to look like a great time to be a fan of turn-of-the-century FPS games. There’s no official confirmation yet thatTimeSplitterswill come toPlayStation Plus, but it’s certainly something worth looking forward to if it does.
