In February 1999, several members of the GoldenEye 007 and Perfect Dark development team — including David Doak, Steve Ellis, Karl Hilton and Graeme Norgate — left Rare Ltd. to form their own company based in Nottingham, England called Free Radical Design.
Conflict: Arcade is an offline top down shooter created by Rhys Andrews, and members of the now nonexistent GameCave Productions. The project started mid-2005, influenced by games such as Soldat, Unreal Tournament, America's Army, TimeSplitters, and Call of Duty.