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Was THQ’s demise the result of bad management, bad circumstances or just plain bad luck? The company that had generated millions from games based on Finding Nemo and WWE, had struggled to transition into a world where kids games and licenced titles were no-longer safe bets. Certain analysts and industry …
Read More »Crytek USA Corp rises from Vigil’s ashes
Crytek has announced the opening of a new studio in Austin, Texas that is staffed in part by the core team of the recently closed Vigil Games. Dubbed Crytek USA Corp, the studio will be led by Vigil co-founder David Adams. The new CEO is one of three dozen ex-Vigil …
Read More »Crytek snaps up Vigil devs for new US studio
David Adams appointed CEO of Crytek USA
Read More »THQ to go as Sega, Koch, Crytek, Take-Two and Ubisoft make asset grab
Time is sadly up for THQ today. Reports from the US, and a letter from CEO Brian Farrell and president Jason Rubin sent to all employees, has confirmed Sega, Koch, Crytek, Take-Two and Ubisoft have all stepped in to buy some of the most prized assets of the bankrupt firm. …
Read More »Crytek opens Istanbul studio
New Turkey office to focus on free-to-play operations
Read More »EA decides against Wii U port of Crysis 3 for "business" reasons
Crytek will not be bringing Crysis 3 to Wii U. CEO and founder Cevat Yerli would to, the exec claims, but EA has apparently told him it has no interest in publishing the game on Nintendo’s new platform. "There has been discussions between Nintendo and EA and Crytek, but the …
Read More »Future Crysis titles may abandon the FPS genre
Crysis 3 is unlikely to be the last in the series… but it could turn out to be the series’ last first person shooter. "At this point I don’t want to give anything away," Crytek producer Michael Elliot Read told OXM. "But I think the Crysis franchise itself has life …
Read More »Next-gen claxon alert! Crytek says Crysis 3 is maxing out Xbox 360 and PS3
Xbox 360 and PS3 have little left to offer, from a technical perspective at least. That’s the conclusion to draw from comment by Crytek CEO Cevat Yerli, who told Videogamer that the studio’s upcoming Crysis 3 uses over 99 per cent of the power available in both machines. "Crysis 3 …
Read More »Crytek’s Gface to be an open platform
Social platform for games open to third-party developers, says Cevat Yerli
Read More »Free-to-play and retail can co-exist, says Yerli
Crytek CEO details the studio's vision for the future of gaming
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