Rumor: OPM states "a fourth TimeSplitters title is to be announced soon"

Time after time a new TimeSplitters rumor pops up, and this time we find out that the Official PlayStation Magazine UK's "Rumor Machine" section states that a new TimeSplitters game will be announced soon--gun-wielding monkeys and all!

The statement reads, "Gun-wielding monkeys are finally making a comeback! A fourth TimeSplitters title is to be announced soon."

2005's TimeSplitters: Future Perfect was the series' last entry, and Crytek has recently stated that a new TimeSplitters title will be available on the next set of systems and will utilize CryEngine 3.

[Source via Gematsu]

Rumor: TimeSplitters 4 on Next Generation Consoles

According to a "high ranking industry source at Crytek", Microsoft will be announcing its newest console, which is said to be able to run DirectX 11, within the next 12 months...presumably at next year's E3 convention. Oh, and apparently Crytek UK--consisting of the former Free Radical Design dudes--are hard at work making the long-awaited TimeSplitters 4 for said next-generation console which runs on the CryEngine 3.

TimeSplitters 4 is said to focus on the series' element of "branching paths and exploratory nature."

This all comes from a Crysis 2 developer over at Crytek, so it could be rather true. There is no concrete evidence on the matter, however, so we'll just keep this one in the rumor mill for now.

VideoGamer via Destructoid