GameStar: Crytek in Financial Trouble

GameStar: Crytek in Financial Trouble
[Jun 22, 2014, 11:43 am ET] – Share – Viewing Comments

German site GameStar.de reports (in German) that German developer Crytek is in financial trouble, and may be facing bankruptcy. Most of the story is behind a paywall, though we can see they say that the company secured additional funding in April, but there are questions about how long they will remain viable. DSOGaming summarizes more from the story in English, saying the recently released new version of CryENGINE is not selling well, that development of Ryse was catastrophic, and that there have been delays in making payroll for the 800 employee company.

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Re: GameStar: Crytek in Financial Trouble
Jun 26, 2014, 14:18

Prez

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Re: GameStar: Crytek in Financial Trouble Jun 26, 2014, 14:18

Jun 26, 2014, 14:18

Prez

It seems like Crytek has been aimlessly meandering without any clear focus or direction for some time now. A couple of counterpoint though- I loved the original Crysis, if only because it looked incredible (not to mention the fact that it wasn't nearly as bad gameplay-wise as everyone says). Farcry was an astounding game; the bad voice acting and cheesy story were not the point - the beautiful island was. A huge, mostly seamless,open world with gorgeous graphics... Nothing like that had ever been done before.

Yerli is an idiot but I would still like to see him get his company's shit together - Crytek makes great tech and good games.

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