TimeSplitters is a series of first-person shooter video games developed by Free Radical Design. The games are often considered spiritual successors to GoldenEye 007 and Perfect Dark, due to overlapping elements in gameplay, design, and development team. Each game features a time travelling element in which players battle across a diverse number of locations and periods in history. The series' three games were released between 2000 and 2005, with the first as an exclusive launch title for the PlayStation 2. Development on a fourth game is being undertaken by a reformed version of Free Radical, owned by Deep Silver, a subsidiary of Embracer Group. Games TimeSplitters The first game in the series was developed by Free Radical Design and released in October 2000, alongside the launch of the PlayStation 2. The game's story focuses around a temporal war against the TimeSplitters, creatures that use time crystals to travel through time, and by doing so, are disrupting human history. Its levels take place across different time periods between the years 1935 and 2035. TimeSplitters 2 The second game in the series was released in October 2002. Unlike its predecessor, TimeSplitters 2 was also released for the Xbox and GameCube in addition to the PlayStation 2. It featured similar story elements to the previous game, based around the TimeSplitters and their time crystals spread across multiple centuries, and expanded the concept heavily, including the introduction of characters that would later be used in its sequel, such as the lead character, Sergeant Cortez, a parody of Riddick. TimeSplitters: Future Perfect The series' third installment was released in March 2005. Future Perfects story played a larger role than in prior games, exploring the origins of the TimeSplitter species, introducing their creator, Jacob Crow, and including the concept of characters interacting with their own past and future selves. This was the first TimeSplitters game to feature online multiplayer, which was included for the Xbox and PlayStation 2; however, this feature was omitted from the GameCube version. Future and cancelled games TimeSplitters 4 In June 2007, the Official UK PlayStation Magazine reported on a rumour that another installment of the TimeSplitters series was in development by Free Radical as an exclusive for the PlayStation 3. In the following August, Rob Yescombe, scriptwriter for the series' previous title, confirmed that "TimeSplitters 4 is happening", but stated that the game was "in the very early concept stages, and