23 Facts About Crytek

Crytek GmbH is a German video game developer and software developer based in Frankfurt.

Crytek is best known for developing the first instalment of the Far Cry series and the Crysis series, and the open world nature of their games which showcase the company's CryEngine.

Crytek was founded by the Turkish-German brothers Cevat, Avni and Faruk Yerli in September 1999 in Coburg, Germany.

Crytek later signed on with Nvidia to distribute X-Isle as benchmarking software for Nvidia cards.

Alongside this, Crytek announced their licensable game engine, CryEngine, that was used for X-Isle and Far Cry.

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In February 2004, German police carried out a morning raid on Crytek offices, acting on an ex-intern's claim that Crytek was using software illegally.

Crytek opted in this direction to showcase that the CryEngine was not limited to just what Far Cry had shown.

In January 2006, Crytek announced the development of Crysis, promising that it would be an original first-person shooter with a new kind of gameplay challenge requiring "adaptive tactics".

On 11 May 2006, Crytek announced that their satellite studio in Kyiv, Ukraine, had been upgraded to a full development studio, giving the company its second development studio.

On 14 July 2008, Crytek bought Black Sea Studios and renamed it to Crytek Black Sea.

On 3 February 2009, Crytek purchased Free Radical Design, a British video game company known for the TimeSplitters series, and renamed the company to Crytek UK.

In March 2009, Crytek announced on the company's website that it would introduce CryEngine 3 at the 2009 Game Developers Conference.

Crytek released Crysis 2, a direct sequel to the original game, in March 2011.

At E3 2011, Crytek exhibited several new projects, including the action game Ryse: Son of Rome.

In February 2012, Crytek announced a new cloud based social gaming network called Gface.

Crytek began researching a cloud gaming system in 2005 for Crysis, but paused development in 2007.

Crytek released Crysis 3 in February 2013 and Ryse: Son of Rome in November 2013 as an Xbox One launch title.

On 28 January 2013, Crytek opened a new studio, Crytek USA, in Austin, Texas, consisting primarily of former Vigil Games employees.

In July 2014, Crytek announced a strategic deal where the rights to Homefront including Homefront: The Revolution and the Crytek UK staff were transferred to Koch Media.

Crytek USA was restructured to remain an engine support team while development of Hunt: Horrors of the Gilded Age was transferred to Crytek.

On 20 December 2016, Crytek announced that their studios in Hungary, Bulgaria, South Korea and China would be shut down.

On 28 February 2018, Crytek announced that Cevat Yerli was stepping down as chief executive officer of Crytek, with his brothers, Avni and Faruk Yerli, taking over the company's leadership as joint CEOs.

Crytek has worked on three virtual reality projects, namely The Climb for the Oculus Rift, The Climb 2 for the Oculus Rift and Oculus Quest 2, and Robinson: The Journey for the PlayStation VR, Oculus Rift and SteamVR.