The Collapse of Free Radical Design

There was a period during the last generation of consoles where Nottingham's Free Radical Design was at the top of the console development business, producing some of the most-loved, entertaining and distinctive first-person shooters on the home systems.

Free Radical Design co-founder forms new studio with ex-Rare veterans

Former Free Radical Design and Rare developers have joined forces to create a new studio. Crash Lab, founded by Steve Ellis, Martin Wakeley and Lee Musgrave, is working on three iOS games, GamesIndustry International reports. Ellis co-founded Free Radical, creator of the much-loved FPS TimeSplitters, in 1999. Before that he worked on seminal console shooter GoldenEye 007 at Rare. Musgrave headed ...

Rare and Free Radical vets form Crash Lab

A group of Free Radical and Rare veterans have formed Crash Lab, a new studio with three iOS titles already in development. Crash Lab's founding members are led by Steve Ellis, co-founder of Timesplitters developer Free Radical Design and its managing director until Crytek acquired the studio in 2009. Prior to that he worked at Rare, where he wrote the multiplayer modes for the N64 classic ...

Exploitation of developers has gotten worse, says David Doak

David Doak, co-founder of defunct UK studio Free Radical Design, believes that the exploitation of developers by the big publishing companies has worsened since he left the business in 2008.

TimeSplitters dev was working on Star Wars Battlefront 3 and 4

Free Radical Design was working on Star Wars Battlefront 3 and 4 before it collapsed. Co-founder Steve Ellis, now making iOS games at new studio Crash Lab , told Eurogamer sister site GamesIndustry International in a sweeping interview published today that the Nottingham studio had a strong relationship with Star Wars IP holder LucasArts following a deal signed in 2006. "They were big fans of ...