Crytek GmbH is a German
video game developer
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and
software developer
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based in
Frankfurt
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. Founded by the Yerli brothers in
Coburg
Coburg () is a town located on the Itz river in the Upper Franconia region of Bavaria, Germany. Long part of one of the Thuringian states of the Wettin line, it joined Bavaria by popular vote only in 1920. Until the revolution of 1918, it was ...
in 1999 and moved to Frankfurt in 2006, Crytek also operates further studios in
Kyiv
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, Ukraine and
Istanbul
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, Turkey. Its former studios included
Crytek Black Sea
Creative Assembly Sofia (formerly Black Sea Studios and Crytek Black Sea) is a Bulgarian video game developer based in Sofia. It was founded in May 2001 by Vesselin Handjiev. In July 2008, the company was acquired by Crytek, which then sold it ...
in
Sofia
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, Bulgaria,
Crytek UK
Free Radical Design Ltd. is a British video game developer based in Nottingham. Founded by David Doak, Steve Ellis, Karl Hilton and Graeme Norgate in Stoke-on-Trent in April 1999, they are best known for their ''TimeSplitters'' series of games. ...
in
Nottingham
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, and
Crytek USA
Crytek USA Corp. was an American video game developer based in Austin, Texas, and a subsidiary of Crytek. The studio was led by David Adams (video game designer), David Adams, who was formerly the CEO of Vigil Games; a studio that had been acqu ...
in
Austin, Texas
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. Crytek is best known for developing the first instalment of the ''
Far Cry
''Far Cry'' is an anthology franchise of first-person shooter games, all of which have been published by Ubisoft. The first game, ''Far Cry'', was developed by Crytek to premiere their CryEngine software, and released in March 2004. Subsequent ...
'' series (subsequent sequels and spin-offs being developed by
Ubisoft Montreal
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The studio was founded in April 1997 as part of Ubisoft's growth into worldwide markets, with sub ...
) and the ''
Crysis
''Crysis'' is a first-person shooter video game series created by Crytek. The series revolves around a group of military protagonists with " nanosuits", technologically advanced suits of armor that give them enhanced physical strength, speed, ...
'' series, and the
open world nature of their games which showcase the company's
CryEngine
CryEngine (stylized as CRYENGINE) is a game engine designed by the German game developer Crytek. It has been used in all of their titles with the initial version being used in ''Far Cry'', and continues to be updated to support new consoles and ...
.
History
1999–2004: CryEngine and ''Far Cry''
![VIGAMUS E3 2000 Demo Disk of Crytek Engine](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/98/VIGAMUS_E3_2000_Demo_Disk_of_Crytek_Engine.jpg)
Crytek was founded by the
Turkish-German
Turks in Germany, also referred to as German Turks and Turkish Germans (german: Türken in Deutschland/Deutschtürken; tr, Almanya'da yaşayan Türkler/Almanya Türkleri), are ethnic Turkish people living in Germany. These terms are also used t ...
brothers
Cevat, Avni and Faruk Yerli in September 1999 in
Coburg
Coburg () is a town located on the Itz river in the Upper Franconia region of Bavaria, Germany. Long part of one of the Thuringian states of the Wettin line, it joined Bavaria by popular vote only in 1920. Until the revolution of 1918, it was ...
, Germany.
One of their first projects was a tech demo of a game called ''X-Isle: Dinosaur Island'', which showcased their game engine technology that allowed for larger viewing distances than other game engines could do at that time. They met with
Nvidia
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during the 1999
Electronic Entertainment Expo
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(E3) where their
tech demo
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caught the attention of Nvidia and various media groups. Crytek later signed on with Nvidia to distribute ''X-Isle'' as benchmarking software for Nvidia cards.
Crytek's first major game project was ''Engalus'', a
first-person shooter
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with a
cyberpunk
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theme and
role-playing
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elements, which was first privately shown at E3 2000. The project first attracted publicity for the company at the 2000
ECTS with their tech demo at the Nvidia booth, but was subsequently cancelled.
Crytek was approached by
Ubisoft
Ubisoft Entertainment SA (; ; formerly Ubi Soft Entertainment SA) is a French video game publisher headquartered in Saint-Mandé with development studios across the world. Its video game franchises include '' Assassin's Creed'', ''Far Cry'', '' ...
to develop ''X-Isle'' into a full
AAA
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Arts, entertainment, and me ...
game. This evolved into ''
Far Cry
''Far Cry'' is an anthology franchise of first-person shooter games, all of which have been published by Ubisoft. The first game, ''Far Cry'', was developed by Crytek to premiere their CryEngine software, and released in March 2004. Subsequent ...
'', which was released in March 2004. Alongside this, Crytek announced their licensable game engine,
CryEngine
CryEngine (stylized as CRYENGINE) is a game engine designed by the German game developer Crytek. It has been used in all of their titles with the initial version being used in ''Far Cry'', and continues to be updated to support new consoles and ...
, that was used for ''X-Isle'' and ''Far Cry''.
In February 2004, German police carried out a morning raid on Crytek offices, acting on an ex-intern's claim that Crytek was using software illegally. The police investigated for more software copies than licences purchased, but no charges were pressed.
That same month, Crytek and
Electronic Arts
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(EA) announced a strategic partnership to develop a new gaming franchise based on the CryEngine, which would eventually be the ''
Crysis
''Crysis'' is a first-person shooter video game series created by Crytek. The series revolves around a group of military protagonists with " nanosuits", technologically advanced suits of armor that give them enhanced physical strength, speed, ...
'' series. Crytek opted in this direction to showcase that the CryEngine was not limited to just what ''Far Cry'' had shown.
Due to this partnership, Ubisoft acquired the full rights to the ''Far Cry'' franchise by 2006 as well as a perpetual licence to the first CryEngine, which they have since adapted into their own Dunia Engine. In December 2004, Crytek and ATI created a special cinematic
machinima
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to demonstrate the future of PC gaming.
2004–2014: Company expansion, CryEngine 2 and 3, and later games
In January 2006, Crytek announced the development of ''
Crysis
''Crysis'' is a first-person shooter video game series created by Crytek. The series revolves around a group of military protagonists with " nanosuits", technologically advanced suits of armor that give them enhanced physical strength, speed, ...
'', promising that it would be an original first-person shooter with a new kind of gameplay challenge requiring "adaptive tactics".
The game later won several Best PC Game awards from
E3 and
Games Convention
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. In April 2006, Crytek moved to new offices in Frankfurt. The first public demonstration of Crytek's CryEngine 2 was in January 2007, one year after ''Crysis'' was announced. It has been licensed by many companies such as
Avatar Reality
Avatar Reality is a Honolulu-based game studio founded by Henk B. Rogers and Kazuyuki Hashimoto in December 2006. They develop an advanced virtual realm platform aimed at bringing together individuals worldwide on a grandiose level. Rogers with A ...
,
WeMade Entertainment
Wemade Co., Ltd (formerly Wemade Entertainment Co., Ltd) is a South Korean video game developer, based in Seongnam. They are the creators of the Legend of Mir series of MMORPGs, the two most successful being '' The Legend of Mir 2'', and its s ...
,
Entropia Universe
''Entropia Universe'' is a massively multiplayer online (MMORPG) virtual universe designed by the Swedish software company MindArk, based in Gothenburg.
''Entropia'' uses a micropayment business model, in which players may buy in-game currenc ...
, XLGames, Reloaded Studios.
On 11 May 2006, Crytek announced that their satellite studio in
Kyiv
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, Ukraine, had been upgraded to a full development studio, giving the company its second development studio. About a week after the upgrade of the Kyiv studio, Crytek announced a new studio in
Budapest
Budapest (, ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Hungary. It is the ninth-largest city in the European Union by population within city limits and the second-largest city on the Danube river; the city has an estimated population ...
, Hungary.
''Crysis'' was released in November 2007. In September 2008, an expansion to ''Crysis'' entitled ''
Crysis Warhead
''Crysis Warhead'' is a first-person shooter video game developed by the Hungarian studio Crytek Budapest and published by Electronic Arts. ''Crysis Warhead'' is a stand-alone expansion game and does not require the installation of the original ...
'' was released as a PC-exclusive game. In October 2011, ''
Crysis
''Crysis'' is a first-person shooter video game series created by Crytek. The series revolves around a group of military protagonists with " nanosuits", technologically advanced suits of armor that give them enhanced physical strength, speed, ...
'' was released on some consoles, allowing play of the original game via
Xbox Live
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and the
PlayStation Network
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.
On 14 July 2008, Crytek bought Black Sea Studios and renamed it to
Crytek Black Sea
Creative Assembly Sofia (formerly Black Sea Studios and Crytek Black Sea) is a Bulgarian video game developer based in Sofia. It was founded in May 2001 by Vesselin Handjiev. In July 2008, the company was acquired by Crytek, which then sold it ...
. On 17 November 2008, Crytek opened an office in South Korea named Crytek, Ltd. On 3 February 2009, Crytek purchased
Free Radical Design
Free Radical Design Ltd. is a British video game developer based in Nottingham. Founded by David Doak, Steve Ellis, Karl Hilton and Graeme Norgate in Stoke-on-Trent in April 1999, they are best known for their '' TimeSplitters'' series of ga ...
, a British video game company known for the
''TimeSplitters'' series, and renamed the company to
Crytek UK
Free Radical Design Ltd. is a British video game developer based in Nottingham. Founded by David Doak, Steve Ellis, Karl Hilton and Graeme Norgate in Stoke-on-Trent in April 1999, they are best known for their ''TimeSplitters'' series of games. ...
.
In March 2009, Crytek announced on the company's website that it would introduce CryEngine 3 at the 2009
Game Developers Conference
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. This new engine was developed for use on
PlayStation 3
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,
Xbox 360
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and PCs. In October 2009, CryEngine 3 became available in trade flow for game developers. In March 2010, CryEngine 3 was made compatible with
stereoscopic 3D
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technology. Crytek released ''
Crysis 2
''Crysis 2'' is a first-person shooter video game developed by Crytek, published by Electronic Arts and released in North America, Australia and Europe in March 2011 for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360. Officially announced on Ju ...
'', a direct sequel to the original game, in March 2011.
At
E3 2011
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, Crytek exhibited several new projects, including the action game ''
Ryse: Son of Rome''. In September 2011,
THQ
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and Crytek announced a partnership to develop ''
Homefront 2
''Homefront: The Revolution'' is a first-person shooter video game developed by Dambuster Studios. The game was published by Deep Silver for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in May 2016. It is the reboot/sequel to '' Homefront''. ...
''. After THQ filed for bankruptcy, Crytek acquired the ''Homefront'' franchise from THQ entirely in January 2013.
In February 2012, Crytek announced a new cloud based social gaming network called Gface. The service is designed to help users meet people and play multiplayer video games with friends.
Crytek began researching a cloud gaming system in 2005 for ''Crysis'', but paused development in 2007.
In April 2012, Crytek released the CryEngine 3.4 SDK which brought full DirectX 11 support to the CryEngine SDK. Crytek released ''Crysis 3'' in February 2013
and ''Ryse: Son of Rome'' in November 2013 as an
Xbox One
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launch title.
The PC version of ''Ryse'' was released in October 2014.
On 17 January 2013, Crytek officially opened an office in Istanbul, Turkey. On 28 January 2013, Crytek opened a new studio,
Crytek USA
Crytek USA Corp. was an American video game developer based in Austin, Texas, and a subsidiary of Crytek. The studio was led by David Adams (video game designer), David Adams, who was formerly the CEO of Vigil Games; a studio that had been acqu ...
, in Austin, Texas, consisting primarily of former
Vigil Games
Vigil Games was an American game development company owned by THQ. It was formed by comic artist Joe Madureira and David Adams (video game designer), David Adams in 2005.
History
Vigil Games was founded in 2005 by Joe Madureira, David Adams, Mar ...
employees.
Since 2014: Restructuring, new leadership, CryEngine V, and latest games
In June 2014, reports surfaced that Crytek had missed wage payments and withheld bonuses for Crytek UK and Crytek USA employees, and the company responded that it was in a "transitional phase" as it secured capital for future projects, with a particular emphasis on online gaming. In July 2014, Crytek announced a strategic deal where the rights to ''Homefront'' including ''
Homefront: The Revolution'' and the Crytek UK staff were transferred to
Koch Media
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. The team continued its work on the game as the new Deep Silver Dambuster Studios. Crytek USA was restructured to remain an engine support team while development of ''
Hunt: Horrors of the Gilded Age'' was transferred to Crytek.
On 20 December 2016, Crytek announced that their studios in Hungary, Bulgaria, South Korea and China would be shut down.
On 7 March 2017, Crytek sold Crytek Black Sea to
Sega
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and
The Creative Assembly
The Creative Assembly Limited (trade name: Creative Assembly) is a British video game developer based in Horsham, founded in 1987 by Tim Ansell. In its early years, the company worked on porting games to MS-DOS from Amiga and ZX Spectrum plat ...
. On 28 February 2018, Crytek announced that Cevat Yerli was stepping down as
chief executive officer
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(CEO) of Crytek, with his brothers, Avni and Faruk Yerli, taking over the company's leadership as joint CEOs. Cevat continues to support the company as an advisor and major shareholder. Crytek announced the next iteration of the engine branded CRYENGINE V on March 22, 2016.
Crytek released ''
Hunt: Showdown'' (utilising the fifth generation of the
CryEngine
CryEngine (stylized as CRYENGINE) is a game engine designed by the German game developer Crytek. It has been used in all of their titles with the initial version being used in ''Far Cry'', and continues to be updated to support new consoles and ...
) in 2019–20. The company has also worked on three
virtual reality
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projects, namely ''
The Climb'' for the
Oculus Rift
Oculus Rift is a discontinued line of virtual reality headsets developed and manufactured by Oculus VR, a division of Meta Platforms, released on March 28, 2016.
In 2012 Oculus initiated a Kickstarter campaign to fund the Rift's development, af ...
, ''
The Climb 2
''The Climb 2'' is a virtual reality platform game developed and published by Crytek. As the sequel to '' The Climb'' (2016), the game was released for Oculus Quest and Oculus Quest 2 on March 4, 2021. In the game, the player needs to climb differ ...
'' for the
Oculus Rift
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In 2012 Oculus initiated a Kickstarter campaign to fund the Rift's development, af ...
and Oculus Quest 2, and ''
Robinson: The Journey'' for the
PlayStation VR
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It is fully functional with the PlayStation 4 an ...
,
Oculus Rift
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In 2012 Oculus initiated a Kickstarter campaign to fund the Rift's development, af ...
and
SteamVR
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. ''
Arena of Fate
''Arena of Fate'' is a cancelled free-to-play multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) video game developed by Crytek Black Sea. The game was announced in May 2014, closed beta began on August 5, 2015. It featured five-against-five battles with lege ...
'' was cancelled after Crytek's restructuring which saw the game's developer Crytek Black Sea sold.
In July 2021, German tabloid BILD reported that the Chinese Internet company
Tencent
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was attempting to buy Crytek for over €300 million via a European subsidiary.
In 2021, the Creative Services team responsible for creating trailers, won a Gold MUSE Award for The Dark Sight Trailer that promoted
Hunt: Showdown.
On January 26, 2022, Crytek announced the 4th instalment of the Crysis franchise.
Subsidiaries
* Crytek Kiev in
Kyiv
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, Ukraine — founded in 2006.
* Crytek Istanbul in
Istanbul
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, Turkey — founded in 2012.
Former
*
Crytek Black Sea
Creative Assembly Sofia (formerly Black Sea Studios and Crytek Black Sea) is a Bulgarian video game developer based in Sofia. It was founded in May 2001 by Vesselin Handjiev. In July 2008, the company was acquired by Crytek, which then sold it ...
in
Sofia
Sofia ( ; bg, София, Sofiya, ) is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria. It is situated in the Sofia Valley at the foot of the Vitosha mountain in the western parts of the country. The city is built west of the Iskar river, and ha ...
, Bulgaria — founded in 2001 as Black Sea Studios; acquired and renamed in 2008; sold to
Sega
is a Japanese multinational corporation, multinational video game and entertainment company headquartered in Shinagawa, Tokyo. Its international branches, Sega of America and Sega Europe, are headquartered in Irvine, California and London, r ...
in 2017.
* Crytek Budapest in
Budapest
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, Hungary — founded in 2007, closed in 2016.
* Crytek Seoul in
Seoul
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, South Korea — founded in 2008, closed in 2016.
* Crytek Shanghai in
Shanghai
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, China — founded in 2012, closed in 2016.
*
Crytek UK
Free Radical Design Ltd. is a British video game developer based in Nottingham. Founded by David Doak, Steve Ellis, Karl Hilton and Graeme Norgate in Stoke-on-Trent in April 1999, they are best known for their ''TimeSplitters'' series of games. ...
in
Nottingham
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, England — founded in 1999 as Free Radical Design; acquired and renamed in 2009; sold to
Deep Silver
Deep Silver is an Austrian video game publisher and a division of Plaion. Eugenio Vitale serves as the director of games development for Deep Silver.
History
Deep Silver was announced in November 2002, with their first release to be '' Anarc ...
in 2014.
*
Crytek USA
Crytek USA Corp. was an American video game developer based in Austin, Texas, and a subsidiary of Crytek. The studio was led by David Adams (video game designer), David Adams, who was formerly the CEO of Vigil Games; a studio that had been acqu ...
in
Austin, Texas
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, U.S. — founded in 2013, closed in 2014.
Games developed
Cancelled games
* ''Engalus''
* ''
Arena of Fate
''Arena of Fate'' is a cancelled free-to-play multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) video game developed by Crytek Black Sea. The game was announced in May 2014, closed beta began on August 5, 2015. It featured five-against-five battles with lege ...
''
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