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Developers need to focus on cross-platform gameplay and connectivity, says Cevat Yerli
Read More »Crytek heads to Shanghai with new studio
China branch to work on CryEngine 3 and provide support for free-to-play shooter Warface
Read More »New consoles are overdue, says Crytek founder
Cevat Yerli warns that tablets are catching up
Read More »Crysis 3 not being developed for Wii U
It appears Crysis 3 won’t be making its way onto Wii U, at least not anytime soon. Just to answer the speculation, we are not currently working on a wiiU version of #Crysis3,” Crytek general manager Nick Button-Brown posted on Twitter. The statement follows word of the CryEngine 3 running …
Read More »Crytek teams up with Trion Worlds for Warface
Free-to-play shooter Warface will be co-published by developer Crytek and Trion Worlds. The latter is best known for its popular MMORPG Rift, and is currently working on MMORTS End of Nations, which launches this September. Crytek announced Warface back in 2010. The online shooter centres around both co-operative and competitive …
Read More »The future of consoles ‘is free-to-play’
'As Soon as tablets can stream on to TVs, there's no reason to buy a console anymore', says Crytek CEO
Read More »Crytek CEO: Wii U is ‘minimum as powerful as Xbox 360’
Crytek boss Cevat Yerli has weighed in on the Wii U performance discussion, while providing a tidbit about the upcoming console’s tie to CryEngine 3 as well. "From my perspective I do not understand the public’s concerns that the Wii U is weaker than PS3 and 360," Yerli stated to …
Read More »"Hopes are high" for TimeSplitters 4
TimeSplitters 4 could yet become a reality… although it won’t be a retail game. That’s according to Crytek, which is the current owner of the studio once known as Free Radical and now working under the guise of Crytek UK. However, the long-awaited multiplayer sequel remains nothing but a dream …
Read More »Crytek ‘to become free-to-play studio’
DLC and premium services 'milking customers to death', says Cevat Yerli
Read More »E3 2012: Crytek switches to F2P, Premium DLC "milking gamers to death"
Crysis developer Crytek has apparently claimed that it is to become a free-to-play only studio. Speaking to Videogamer.com, CEO Cevat Yerli said that the growing DLC and premium services” model is milking customers to death”. The transition will come once the developer has completed its current contracts for traditional boxed …
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