Earlier this week, we broke the news that a 4K port of Timesplitters 2 was hidden in Homefront: The Revolution, but no one noticed. That is, until Matt Phillips, a prominent programmer currently working on Rust, revealed that this was the best "Easter Egg" moment of his career.

There was just one problem. In Phillips' words, "The unlock code got lost over time; I once gave it to a friend to leak on a Discord channel, but he called me a liar and banned my account.

Talk about giving with one hand and taking with the other! Players who were excited about the prospect of playing FPS classics on their PCs were disappointed, but there was a general feeling that modders and data miners would eventually be able to do their job. [For thanks to the wonders of the Internet, Mr. Phillips' friends had reappeared! And they came bearing gifts:

After this, Lance McDonald, a well-known data miner, posted various codes to unlock various features credited to Fanart.

My memory is hazy, but in "Homefront" the arcade machine pops up after a few hours: in "The Revolution" the arcade machine pops up after a few hours, so it may take a night or two before you can enter this code. But if you do, you'll have access to a beautiful version of one of the classics: Timesplitters 2, an era that was particularly focused on local competitive play, but the nested challenges and oddly compelling mini-level loops made my younger self spend countless hours spent playing this game.

Today was a big news day for the defunct and sorely missed Free Radical Design. Time Splitters 2 is perhaps the studio's most famous game, but yesterday also brought the news that the cult classic Second Sight, which was de-listed from the store in 2012, is once again available.