Exclusive: TimeSplitters 3 at E3 Set to Stun as Progress Grinds to a Halt

We can reveal this morning that EA is in crisis talks with Free Radical Design over the progress of the recently-signed TimeSplitters 3, with the game simply not existing at this moment in time.

Known to EA insiders as TimeSplitters 2.5, the latest build submitted is simply TimeSplitters 2 with a little attention paid to an enhanced multiplayer mode, which in itself has been the cause of some complaint.

The build, currently with Electronic Arts in the US, has almost nothing changed from the last incarnation of the game. "We are all just calling it TimeSplitters 2.5 because that is what it is, not even that, perhaps", we were told by our source, who of course prefers to remain anonymous. "The game has had some attention paid to the multiplayer aspect, but even this seems to have missed the point entirely. For instance, there's one weapon, a single-shot-kill laser-style sniper that hits every time as [FRD] hasn't yet given the option to have the auto-aim switchable."

Our insider continued, "The images about to hit the press are not reflective of the game, and the actual truth that the game, in terms of it being no different from the last TimeSplitters, is being kept quiet. I don’t know how we are going to manage it at E3."

All will be revealed at this month's E3.