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Pitchford: id and Crytek are 'risking failure'

Randy "Savage" Pitchford is at it again. The outspoken Gearbox Software president has moved on from criticizing Valve and is now focusing on id Software and Crytek, two of the biggest PC develope...
CryENGINE 3 is ready to be licensed

CryENGINE 3 is out and available for other developers to play with. Earlier this afternoon, developer Crytek put out a press release indicating that the fresh engine can now be licensed and toute...
Crytek UK's new IP is an original FPS

I'm sure I wasn't alone in hoping that the cats at Crytek UK (you may know them as Free Radical) would be actively working on another TimeSplitters game by now. The series' unique sense of style ...
GC 09: Nanosuit 2 is looking hot in Crysis 2

It’s been awhile since we’ve heard anything on Crysis 2. The news on the game has been slow, but what we have seen so far is pretty enticing. A couple of new videos from GamesCom 09 h...
If the market demands a weird FPS, Crytek UK is ready for it

If demand for another quirky FPS arises, Crytek UK (once known as Free Radical) is primed to deliver it. Speaking with Develop, Crytek UK’s Karl Hilton wouldn’t rule out a fresh TimeS...
Free Radical blames PS3 for Haze issues

Haze, by all accounts, was not a successful game. The PS3 exclusive didn't sell well, and it was critically mauled with reviewers citing poorly executed combat, weak technical achievements, bad w...
Crytek: We will leave Germany if country bans games

Crytek president and co-founder Cevat Yerli has issued a very substantial threat to his home country, stating that Germany's biggest PC developer will be forced to relocated if the country's auth...
Germany wants to ban all violent videogames

Evidently no one informed Germany's 16 Interior Minister's that E3 was going on this week because I'm sure if they had known they would have waited for a time when their request to the Bundestag ...
Try to act surprised: Crysis 2 will be multiplatform

With Crytek constantly touting the power of CryEngine 3, specifically how well it looks and runs on home consoles, it should come as no surprise that Crysis 2 is coming to Xbox 360 and PlayStatio...
How does CryEngine 3 run differently on PS3 and 360?

Crytek has a pretty awesome engine in CryEngine 3. If you've ever seen it running on a decked out computer you know that console graphics, physics, shading, etc., etc. are a decent step behind th...
Crytek tested the videogame streaming waters

Crytek researched videogame streaming for two years before coming to the same conclusion that I did after a few seconds of watching OnLive: We aren’t ready for a videogame streaming service...
GDC 09: The CryENGINE 3 is next-gen ready

Shortly before attending GDC 09, I learned that Crytek announced the CryENGINE 3. I’m not a big PC gamer, so I didn’t really look into the announcement. It’s Crytek, so I knew i...
CryENGINE 3 announced for PS3, 360, and everything else... ever

Crytek has announced its latest engine, the "the all-in-one game development solution," CryENGINE 3. It will be the first development platform for use with Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, MMO,...
We need psychic powers to figure out Crytek's Warface trademark

Last week, Crytek filed a trademark registration for “Warface.” They also filed this image of an eye. While the connection of an eye to a face is clear, I'm unsure how “war&rdqu...
Crytek's console titles coming quicker thanks to Free Radical

Crytek’s CEO Cevat Yerli has told the gaming press several times that his studio won’t be creating anymore PC exclusives. The recent acquisition of Free Radical Design (Crytek UK) gav...
Say goodbye to Free Radical and hello to Crytek UK

Following Tuesday's news of TimeSplitters and Haze developer Free Radical being picked up by Crytek, it's now been confirmed that the studio has seen a name change. From this point forward, we wi...
Free Radical was purchased by ... Crytek?

As was teased yesterday, TimeSplitters developer Free Radical Design's fate was to be revealed on February 4, but it looks like someone couldn't keep quiet about the exciting news -- the company ...
Celebrate the holidays with Crysis Wars free trial

EA and Crytek are aware that gamers have some extra time on their hands during the holiday season. That’s why (starting the December 19) the publisher and developer combo are rolling out Cr...
Crysis Warhead coming to Steam, Multiwinia deal

Valve has just announced that Crytek’s first-person shooters Crysis and Crysis Warhead will be making their way to Steam. Both titles can be pre-purchased this weekend and will be made avai...
Crytek thinks pirates would buy Crysis if they had to

The "I wouldn't have bought it anyway" defense is one of the Ten Golden Rules of videogame piracy (I rule at plugging) but it's a rule that Crysis developer Crytek doesn't find entirely...
Yerli thinks Crytek couldn't exist if it was a new company

Cevat Yerli, CEO of Crytek and master of all things piracy and Xbox 720 told gamesindustry.biz that Crytek “wouldn’t exist” as a new company if they had to start today.Absolutel...
Crytek quits whining about piracy, talks Xbox '720'

In an odd turn of events, Crytek CEO Cevat Yerli spoke and didn’t mention piracy. In fact, Yerli only lent himself to comment on the future of the Crytek engine and the possible consoles on...
EA to sell Crysis Warhead branded computers

Here’s a bit of news that’s been filed into the “things I wouldn’t expect EA to do until I remembered its EA” folder. According to a rep at the EA Comic-Con booth, t...
Crytek's CEO sounds off on piracy

In a recent interview with IGN, Crytek CEO Cevat Yurli railed on PC piracy yet again. Unlike the last time when the Crysis developer Yurli promised no more PC exclusives because of theft issues, ...
Crytek to develop PSP games?

As Crytek has previously made clear, Crysis Warhead will be their last PC-exclusive game. Naturally, most people (myself included) expected this to mean that future projects would be ported to th...
Crytek: Crysis Warhead our last exclusive PC game, ports will be unique

Crytek Engine business manager Harald Seeley has confirmed in an interview with Next-Gen that the recently announced Crysis Warhead will remain a PC exclusive due to being so far along in develop...
EA and Crytek announce non-really-sequel Crysis Warhead

OK, I have to admit that I still haven't played Crysis. Since my PC can barely play FreeCell, I'm holding out for the rumored console versions. But for those of you who have "been there, don...
Make a house out of 3,000 explosive barrels in Crysis

Or you can make a giant tower. Or giant chairs. Basically, anything you can think of looks to be possible here. This is just a fantastic example of how powerful the CryENGINE2 is. It's amazing to...
Crysis single-player demo hits this Friday, your new computer does not

A single-player demo for Crytek's upcoming PC killer, Crysis, will finally be available. According to Voodoo Extreme, the demo will also come fully-loaded with the "CryEngine 2 Sandbox 2&quo...
Crysis video overload! Watch me get shot in the face!

Everyone has seen plenty of videos of the single player campaign of Crysis by now. So I'm going to start things off with the multiplayer aspect of the game instead. Also, because I'm slightly nar...
Hands-on with Crysis

I had the pleasure of getting some quality hands-on time with Crysis last week at a swanky little press event EA threw. How swanky? Well, it all took place on a freaking aircraft carrier! Yeah, i...
Far Cry 2 announced with crickets and fire

Ubisoft just announced a sequel to Far Cry without giving away and meaty details -- instead, the teaser site lets you scare some birds and listen to crickets before everything ignites into a fie...
ESWC '07: Shaky-cam Crysis footage

The sky is blue. 2 + 2 = 4.  Life in natural state is solitary, poor, nastry, brutish, and short. Every man has a right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Crysis looks amazing. ...
New Crysis trailer brings all the boys to the yard

If you ever needed a reason to upgrade your PC, then Crysis certainly may be it. In this latest trailer you can see just how stunning, and I mean stunning, this game really is. Ready to plunk ...
GDC 2007: Crytek2 Engine; thus, I saw the glory of God ... and it was good

If there was one thing to be taken away from Mr. Miyamoto's keynote earlier today it's that all of the women and most of the men in that audience would murder their parents for a chanc...




 
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