Homefront: The Revolution Hid A Full 4K Remaster Of TimeSplitters 2 And The World Just Found Out

B. Simmons April 7, 2021 in Video Games Tagged Easter Eggs, Homefront: The Revolution, TimeSplitters 2 - 1 Minute

But prepare to be upset.

So people knew that Homefront: The Revolution held a bit of 4K TimeSplitters 2. But the revelation that it was the entire game in 4K, merely protected with a passcode, was perhaps the one of the biggest bits of news to release all week.

This comes from a thread over on Twitter asking for developers to share their best easter eggs that they hid away in their games. And it features a fair few good ones. But the best undoubtedly came from Matt Phillips, formerly of Crytek, stating that the entirety of TimeSplitters 2 was meant to be playable at the arcade machine in Homefront: The Revolution.

My proudest moment. Fully playable, native 4K port of TimeSplitters 2 hidden in this arcade machine in Homefront: The Revolution. https://t.co/U0ulGEW1A1 pic.twitter.com/a4UsyOw7eh
— Matt Phillips ([email protected]) (@bigevilboss) April 4, 2021

It's probably about time this small fact came out, too: I ported the network stack to ride on top of HF:TR's co-op mode. If, and that's a big if, anyone was able to hack two or more arcades into one of the co-op maps, it'll boot to the multilayer menu.
— Matt Phillips ([email protected]) (@bigevilboss) April 4, 2021

I dunno how feasible that is though, since it's all server authoritative and they never offered dedicated servers.
— Matt Phillips ([email protected]) (@bigevilboss) April 4, 2021

There’s just one major caveat, as he goes on to say. Specifically: the codes to access it have been lost to the mists of time, like Greek fire. And all due to a Discord ban.

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The unlock code has been lost to time, I don't have the notebook with it in any more. I once gave it to a friend to leak in some Discord channel and they called him a liar and banned his account ahahah
— Matt Phillips ([email protected]) (@bigevilboss) April 4, 2021

Lamentably, THQ Nordic has no plans to remaster TimeSplitters 2, either. A lamentable state of affairs. But there’s always hope, right? And who knows; there’s some pretty enterprising hackers that work on games out there…

Source: PC Gamer

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