Free Radical design, creators of the Timesplitters series and Haze, closed doors recently. This did not make the Timesplitters fan base happy due to the fact that they had heard news of a fourth entry to the series. Free Radical Design had also begun production on Star Wars Battle Front III, which was originally created by Pandemic. Due to Free Radical Designs closing, Battle Front III has been left to developers Rebellion. Who is Rebellion? They created Star Wars Battlefront: Renegade Squadron for the PSP and Call of Duty 5: World at War for the PS2.

Above: Renegade Squadron promo art

Development is underway and Rebellion has released several of the character models, which were Han Solo and Sarah the Bounty Hunter. It has not been annoucned wether the game will be based off of the original two’s class system or Renegade Squadron’s character creation system. Battlefront III is due sometime around 2009.