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Crytek’s The Climb VR Game Receives a GDC 2016 Trailer
Crytek is currently working on a very interesting virtual reality game called The Climb, and just as its name suggests, this game is going to be all about climbing. It might not sound like much at first, but experiencing the unique thrill of mountaineering without any of the risks is…
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Fancy Making Your Own Game? Cryengine Bundle Could Help
Ever feel like making your own game? Well with the news that the Cryengine is now free to use, you could start doing just that and Humble bundle are looking to help you by giving you a bunch of assets for cheap with proceeds going to charity. As with most…
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Cloud Imperium Games Developer Recreates Fallout Vault in CryEngine
Robert Stephens of Cloud Imperium Games fame, has been working on his own little Fallout project, recreating the games iconic vault door in the graphics powerhouse that is CryEngine. Obviously this isn’t going to be a full game, far from it, especially given the issues with licencing and copyright. However,…
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CryEngine Gets Support for Linux and SteamOS
It seems that the recent shift in the game engine market strategy is now forcing everyone licensing their own engines to comply with the times. CryTek is known for its CryEngine development platform and we all know the Crysis titles. However, the CryEngine is also licensed to other developers who…
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Crytek Demo E3 Demo “Will Be Really Good”
Crytek are cooking up something special for E3, but as of yet, we have no idea what it will actually be! It’s no secret that Crytek are working on something, they’re a games developer after all! However, we are eager to find out exactly what their new showpiece will focus…
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Sources Report Amazon Spent $50-70m on CryEngine Licensing Deal
When Crytek experienced financial difficulties last year, an unnamed benefactor bailed the game company out, and now sources close to the matter have revealed that Crytek’s saviour was Amazon, and that it paid between $50-70 million for a licensing deal involving proprietary game engine CryEngine. The four sources, who wish…
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BioShock Recreated in CryEngine 3 Looks Stunning
A talented 3D artist known by the pseudonym Game time has recreated the opening to Irrational Games’ FPS classic BioShock in Crytek’s CryEngine 3. BioShock, first released in 2007 for PC and Xbox 360, later appearing on PlayStation 3, OS X, and iOS, was built upon a modified version of…
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Quixel’s Jungle Environment Done in Unreal Engine 4 Reveals Stunning Visuals
It looks like Quixel has made a demo jungle environment using its latest Megascans technology. For those of you who are not aware, Megascans is a vast library of materials scanned with Quixel’s HDR surface capture technology. MEGASCANS is a new breed of material library, finally bringing full real-world surface…
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These Unreal Engine 4 Forest Renders Give CryEngine Something to Worry About
Many of you will be well aware that CryEngine has some incredible capabilities for photo-realistic scene rendering. However, Unreal Engine 4 isn’t exactly miles behind and as YouTuber ‘koooolalala’ has shown, UE4 can do just as good and in some cases, even better that what you’ve seen from CryEngine. Enough…
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Jak II Developers Excited About Fan Made CryEngine Remake
Jak II is one of the most iconic platformers in gaming history, but the game is getting a little old now. Talented Deviant Artist and YouTuber, Floordan, has been working tirelessly to recreate the Jak II: Renegade game in CryEngine. CryEngine is known for its ultra high-end graphics capabilities and…
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Jurassic Park Being Recreated In CryEngine
Jurassic Park is one of the most iconic movies ever created, it pushed the limits of CGI at the time and with a new movie hitting the big screen next year, it’s suddenly back in the spotlight. Jurassic Park: Aftermath is a freeware project, being created by ‘vagrantart‘ and so…
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Ryse: Son of Rome PC Review
Crytek have had a fair streak of bad luck in recent months, especially with Ryse: Son of Rome bombing hard on Xbox One. The lackluster sales didn’t help their financial troubles at all and to help give them a boost, they ported Ryse over to PC. Given that the Xbox One…
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Ryse: Son of Rome Gets Official PC System Requirements
Crytek are still working hard on porting Ryse: Son of Rome to PC. The game is currently available on Xbox One and while poor sales of the game haven’t done the company any favours, the game is a testament to the graphical prowess of both Crytek and their CryEngine software.…
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Crytek Sell off Their Last Hope Asset as Financial Woes Continue
Koch Media and their publishing division have grabbed Crytek by the throat this week, snapping up the Homefront franchise, as well as rights to their in-development title Homefront: The Revolution and all of its related assets. This is both good and terrible news for Crytek, the company has been hit…
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Crisis at Crytek Could Be Over
Over the past weeks we have heard rumours about Cryteks staff not being paid for months as well as employees quitting their job due to that and being swiped up by other companies. Even though the company dismissed the claims as rumours at first, it hasn’t stopped new ones from popping…
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