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Crytek to close all studios except Frankfurt HQ and Warface studio in Kiev
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Spiral Insanity
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Are they paying any owed wages? Are freelancers getting compensated?
LelouchZero
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I wish the employees the best of luck, this is really sad to hear.
Triggerhappytel
Member
Not sure why you're comparing them to Wargaming? World of Tanks has been extremely popular across the globe and has given them a huge and consistent revenue stream for years, allowing them (and probably necessitating them) to expand a lot and quickly. Despite their forays into F2P gaming Crytek have never had that kind of income, yet despite that they still expanded quickly.
Yeah, Warface is an awful name. I think it was called that to promote some kind of proprietary multiplayer face tech they were making, but even so that's a special kind of shit name.
They released two VR games this year (The Climb and Robinson: The Journey), they've presumably got a team supporting Warface and they had Hunt: Horrors of the Gilded Age and Arena of Fate in development too. Also released a mobile game called The Collectibles a few years back.
Pride certainly played a part, it would seem. I get the feeling that Cevat Yerli is extremely arrogant, in part given that he refused to sell Ryse in return for guaranteed paydays from MS, and also because Ubisoft have to credit every Far Cry game as based on Far Cry directed by Cevat Yerli.
Yep; they absolutely should have closed down all these extraneous studios back in 2014 after the Amazon bailout.
They weren't getting paid anyway. At least they won't work for free anymore.
You serious? People gave a shit about Crysis beyond it's graphics? That's news to me.
I've never managed to actually finish a single Crysis game and I played them all. Uninspired borefests.
R_thanatos
Member
As soon as multiples news of unpaid emplyees popped up , i knew something was wrong .
Hoping the affected will be able to land of their feet
I'm still quite surprised they had so many studio since i don't recall a release from them since ryse. I expected even small projects but we had nothing since then.
Hoping the affected will be able to land of their feet
I'm still quite surprised they had so many studio since i don't recall a release from them since ryse. I expected even small projects but we had nothing since then.
FinaruDensetsu
Member
I hope someone like Guerilla picks some of the talent up.
I am actually surprised that some parts of Crytek are still staying afloat after all the bad news we got.
Everybody knows that their expansion didn't work out but the news about employees in Frankfurt not getting paid sounded really bad, especially considering the Amazon deal was not so long ago.
Everybody knows that their expansion didn't work out but the news about employees in Frankfurt not getting paid sounded really bad, especially considering the Amazon deal was not so long ago.
Most people don't, but a majority of those haven't even played them. Games are really good shooters actually - 1 is one of the best I've ever played - but they will always be tech demos in people's minds.
Turn off hud and set the highest difficulty and they wont be boring anymore.
Games are legit fun.
Head.spawn
Junior Member
Had a blast with the MP. It saved me from continuing to slog through the abomination known as Halo 4 MP.
The press release includes their goal to be a more "attractive" company, which generally means they want to be acquired, yes.
Quadraphonic
Member
I never liked Crysis after the first hour. It felt really repetitive and shallow to me.
But to close all of these places at once? With 4 god damn days before Christmas?
I mean, had they done layoffs yet? Fuck, if they were having problems, kill one or two studios off at a time. Making a decision like this is clear that they really kept doubling down when they should have cut their losses. It's way too late now.
No one cares about their engine. They didn't develop worthwhile IPs. Their only asset are the talented employees they just laid off.
But to close all of these places at once? With 4 god damn days before Christmas?
I mean, had they done layoffs yet? Fuck, if they were having problems, kill one or two studios off at a time. Making a decision like this is clear that they really kept doubling down when they should have cut their losses. It's way too late now.
No one cares about their engine. They didn't develop worthwhile IPs. Their only asset are the talented employees they just laid off.
Shpeshal Nick
aka Collingwood
Whoa. They had way too many studios relative to their output. At this point they should stick to 1 or 2 IPs and live off engine royalties and military contracts. I know of a couple of Australian contracts they have.
Hopefully the talent is scooped up asap.
Also, sell the god damn Ryse IP to Microsoft for fuck's sake.
Hopefully the talent is scooped up asap.
Also, sell the god damn Ryse IP to Microsoft for fuck's sake.
ronaldthump
Member
wow. will their staff get paid?!?
The first Crysis is amazing. With a little imagination you can create amazing combat scenario's by taking advantage of the open world and powers. I guess you could play with almost no powers and just run, shoot, run, shoot and it would indeed be boring like this. I guess uncreative people will not like the game that much.
funkystudent
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The first 3 hours of Crysis are amazing. It drops off a cliff after that but that first act is some of the best FPS action you would find that decade
And Far Cry 1 was pretty mind blowing at the time too. Remember that was released months before the heavy hitters of the era Doom 3 and Half Life 2 and it managed to leave a mark.
But since then the studio hasnt really done much of worth. They completely missed why people liked Far Cry and Crysis with the Crysis sequels and Ryse was Ryse.
Reineldinho
Member
Apparently the rumors are true and Crytek has sold the distribution rights of the game to My.com
Warface coming to PS4/Xbox One in North America and Europe in a reasonable future?
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2017-01-18-crytek-announces-new-warface-publishing-deal
I just hope whatever money Crytek has received out of this deal is well managed this time.
Warface coming to PS4/Xbox One in North America and Europe in a reasonable future?
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2017-01-18-crytek-announces-new-warface-publishing-deal
I just hope whatever money Crytek has received out of this deal is well managed this time.
UnluckyKate
Member
So they are selling their only income?
I still remember when they released it on 360 as f2p... then killed it before less than a year. The game was pretty bad, but even then, that was a terrible decision IMHO.
Bits N Pieces
Member
Would they sell the Ryse IP to MS?
Reineldinho
Member
I remember when It was launched on 360. The logging connection issues and freezes and bugs... man, it makes Halo MCC and BF4 launches look like the smoothest releases of all time in comparison. Still, after a while the game was enjoyable to play the PvE mode with friends. Me and some friends played a lot out of it (even I got the 400G)
I think tht MS (and probably others) are just waiting for the inevitable (?) to get their IPs on sale...
Would Microsoft even want Ryse these days? Doesn't seem likely.
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