Crytek has issued – via GamesIndustry.biz – an official statement about its internal restructure. As the German studio noted, Crytek UK is being closed and all of its members that worked on the upcoming Homefront game will be transferred to Koch Media’s newly founded Dambuster Studios.
Moreover, Crytek revealed that its Austin studio has been downsized to a minimum. Crytek Austin was developing the free-to-play game HUNT: Horrors of the Gilded Age. HUNT’s development will be transferred to Crytek Frankfurt, and Crytek Austin’s new role will be the maintenance of the CRYENGINE support team to assist North American licensees.
Crytek founder and CEO, Cevat Yerli, said:
“As we look to cement Crytek’s future, this strategic deal with Koch Media would allow us to continue with our ambitious goals to become an online publisher. With Warface, Arena of Fate and HUNT, we believe we have the perfect portfolio and teams to make that happen. We would like to thank all our staff – past and present – in both Nottingham and Austin for their contributions to the company, and we wish all the very best to anyone who may no longer be under the Crytek banner moving forward.”
Crytek’s studios in Budapest, Istanbul, Kiev and Sofia will continue to operate, however a closer collaboration between Crytek Shanghai and Crytek Seoul is under review.
In short, Crytek is closing and downsizes studios in order to avoid bankruptcy, and only time will tell whether it will be able to pull it off or not.
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And so it began…
Homefront is a really cursed IP.
It’s purely coincidental. Crytek’s downward spiral began with Crysis 2.
I CALLED IT. HELL YEAH, I CALLED IT! AHAHAHAHAHA 😀
There’s the First Wave of predicted, necessary cutbacks to ensure the future of Crytek, with the only question now beng whether or not they’re going to burn through the money they got from Deep Silver trying to release their next mediocre F2P piece of shit Game first, or if they’ll follow up this First Wave with more, as they accept the stupidity of being an “Online-Publisher” entity & refocus on their Roots…. Far Cry, Crysis, Warhead.
Somehow, I can’t see them doing the smart thing….. I wonder why.
“ambitious goals to become an online publisher”
As*holes . There is no hope for these guys .
For some reason, I feel like I read this exact comment before. Getting strong feelings of deja vu.
Anyway, Crytek is dead to me. What a damn shame too. They spearheaded PC gaming with Far Cry and Crysis. They became greedy and blamed PC users for piracy. And look at them now. They don’t even have an excuse anymore. PC gaming could have really helped them. Take a look at the success of The Witcher 2 and Dota 2. These are games made by PC developers. Best of all, they’re loved by PC gamers. Honestly, Valve and CD Projekt are my favourite developers. I still have some love for Blizzard but I hate them for what they did with Diablo 3 and StarCraft 2 (still no Protoss campaign 4 years after release).
Honestly hope it doesn’t happen to CD Projeckt since they’re branching out the same way as Crytek…Consoles
Witcher remains much the same however, it’s just expanded onto more Platforms. The ability to Mod the Witcher Games also remains, which helps a lot, but most importantly, it doesn’t look like they’re going from making excellent PC Games to CoD-Cloned piece of shit watered down to satisfy the lowest common denominator.
Heh, with all the people leaving, Crytek is dead to Crytek, too. 😉
Don’t forget Post-Ulduar World of Warcraft….. Ugh.
Personally I think Blizzard died in 2010 tbh. Starcraft II was another downgrade, Diablo III was a disgraceful joke.
I’m pretty sure they straight-up lied to everyone last week. Pay attention, investors.
As much as I liked Crytek, they did this to themselves. Rest in pieces, suckers.
i hope ryse was worth it, crytek…