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Crytek Goes "Free-to-Work"

Crytek Employees aren’t being paid and some of them are walking out as the company is in danger of going under. Cliff Bleszinski announces Boss Key, the new studio working alongside Nexon to bring gamers a “Free-to-Play” Sci-Fi, Arena shooter. The talks moves into gaming personalities and the need to put a face in front of an entire team of developers.

dark-kyon4341d ago

sorry for them.but they should keep doing pc games only,his success was sell new graphic card,not games.

Future_20154341d ago

What will happen to all the cry engine 3 games in development from other companies?

nicksetzer14341d ago

Nothing, someone will probably buy the engine as well as many of their assets if they bankrupt. Just probably split up between multiple companies, like THQ's assets were.

elhebbo164341d ago

Theres still plenty in development. got this from wiki:

-Arena of Fate
-Armored Warfare
-BattleCry
-Everybody's Gone to the Rapture
-Evolve
-Homefront: The Revolution
-Human Element
-Hunt: Horrors of the Gilded Age
-Kingdom Come: Deliverance
-Project Heart and Soul
-Ryse: Son of Rome(lol)
-The Collectables

And of course, Star Citizen. There is plenty 'TBA' I didn't feel worth mentioning.

Master-H4341d ago

Cryteck should sell all of their IPs to get money , then hire new people and start making new IPs, the way they handle their current IPs is what lead them to this.

Timesplitter144341d ago

they should also hire one game designer to work with their current 250 graphics programmers

PinkFunk4341d ago

Hoohooheeehawwhawwhawww....

I did have a good laugh :)

Flutterby4341d ago

Could you imagine a crytek tech demo with actual game play , like what about the crisis series with actual fun game play.

UltraNova4341d ago (Edited 4341d ago )

Nice one Timesplitter14, almost as funny as if someone is still hopping for a new Timesplitters game ;-)

I don't know why everyone is so negative about the Crysis series...the games weren't groundbreaking sure except for their visuals of course but still I could find something enjoy full in them... does every fps out there have to be a COD clone to be considered ok? Or do we really need Crysis to be a 4hr long Michael Bay style SP then the COD like multiplayer?

elhebbo164341d ago

They kinda did it with far cry so why not. Plus I think Crysis has hit a dead trail.

The real problem is that the top games that are using the engine are still not out yet, and because of that Crytek hasn't cashed in percentages of the amount sold.

Roccetarius4341d ago (Edited 4341d ago )

It's kinda ironic, since they wanted to move on to a F2P business model. Free to work seems fitting. Unless they pull out of their graphical obsession, and start doing both in a balanced manner, they'll be going down.

mydyingparadiselost4341d ago

Can't wait until microworkactions start to become a thing.

Eonjay4341d ago

Yeah good for them because I'm not working for free. I have bills.

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Our Story – Episode 2 – Crysis 2 to Ryse: Son of Rome

Crytek : In episode two of Our Story, the team discusses the evolution of Crysis into Crysis 2 and 3 (and the pressures that came with it), how a local connection landed an incredible collaboration with legendary composer Hans Zimmer, and the New York trip that inspired much of Crysis 2. For the gladiators among you, you’ll also get an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the development of Ryse: Son of Rome and the attention to detail that went into it.

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DF Direct: Crysis 4's uncertain future is a grim portend for the industry

Crysis 4 is "on hold" and Crytek is facing layoffs - so what does that mean for the company that was once Germany's biggest games dev + the industry as a whole?

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PrinceOfAnger463d ago

I really want to see a Crysis 4 with all the ray-tracing & path-tracing effects. It would be a shame if they canceled the project. Maybe they could do a kickstarter?

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" Crysis is something of a tentpole game series for us at Digital Foundry, with a reputation for being an early adopter of graphics technologies that would later define entire generations of PC and console video games. That includes the likes of screen-space ambient occlusion, sub-surface scattering and ray-marched volumetric lighting, but you could write volumes about just how ground-breaking that first game was "

isarai463d ago

I really hope they come out and push the industry forward like they used to. I miss old crytek

PrinceOfAnger461d ago

They all look disappointed by this news especially Alex

JEECE461d ago

Pretty sad that the studio that gave us a monumental game like Crysis is now subsisting on microtransactions from a live service PVPVE game.

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Crysis 4 put "on hold" as developer Crytek is next studio hit by layoffs

Crysis developer Crytek is the next studio hit by layoffs, as it announces it's set to lose an estimated 15 percent of its 400 employees.

RaidenBlack469d ago

Why'd the day start with such sad gaming news?
Absolutely disheartening.

Jingsing469d ago

Maybe putting The Power Rangers in Hunt Showdown will get you some money back. (sarcasm)

Kassanova07469d ago

I'm always rooting for Crytek.

P_Bomb469d ago

I’m rooting for Crysis. Hope they work it out.

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