Crytek has been facing major economic issues and since its staff has not been receiving payments these past months, a lot of it decided to move to other companies. The latest departure is one that surprised us - to say the least - as Tiago Sousa, Lead R&D Graphics Engineer at Crytek who worked on Far Cry and all Crysis games (including all variations of CRYENGINE) has left the company.
Battlefield Bad Company 2, Dead Space 2, Crysis 3, and a handful other EA games have finally had their online services shut down.
I had no idea that Bad Company 2 was still running, and only now that I know, I want to jump on! 😥
BF1943 is the only online MP game that I was genuinely interested in. Been playing since launch 14 years ago. Hate that I couldn't put in as much time to play as I'd hoped for during the final week.
Dead Space 2...... I wasn't even aware that had multiplayer. Nevermind that it was apparently one of their best multiplayers!
Dead Space 2 multiplayer had been hanging on for years - I'd boot my PS3 up to see some familiar names in lobbies. This will definitely be missed!
"It is gonna be a long technical road" to update Hunt's version of CryEngine.
If anyone can upgrade the engine then Crytek can. Good news anyway. Hunt looks pretty awesome anyway, but with UE5 a thing now Cryengine beginning to look dated perhaps?
Electronic Arts has released a new update for the PC version of Crysis 3 that removes its SecuROM protection system.
Crytek is screwed offically, and Good luck at ID !
I hope Crytek doesn't go under... I mean, I'm not a big fan of them but it would suck to see them disappear.
On a happier note, Doom sounds like it's going to be amazing... Just pure old-school fun, which is exactly what I was hoping for.
So... yeah; Crytek is dead.
If Crytek die.... the PC platform will lose the most dedicated PC developers.
Tbph, they're the only major dev that actually care about the platform.
@Codey47
Tbph you're nothing but a console troll that knows little to nothing about PC gaming. The word "Valve" proves your whole post wrong pretty easily.