interactive entertainment founded september 1999 founder cevat yerli avni yerli faruk yerli headquarters frankfurt germany key people cevat yerli avni yerli faruk yerli products game engines cryengine cryengine 2 cryengine 3 cryengine 4 cryengine v games crysis series far cry ryse son of rome warface fibble flick n roll arena of fate robinson the journey the climb hunt horrors of the guiled age the collectables number of employees 700 2014 subsidiaries crytek black sea sofia crytek budapest crytek istanbul crytek kiev crytek seoul crytek shanghai website www.crytek.com crytek is a german video game company founded in 1999 by turkish brothers cevat avni and faruk yerli that is headquartered in frankfurt . crytek has six other studios in budapest istanbul kiev seoul shanghai and sofia . 1 the company is best known for developing first installment of the far cry series later sequels and spin offs being developed by ubisoft and the crysis series the open world nature of their games which showcase the company s cryengine and for pushing the limits on pc specifications to achieve advanced graphics and gameplay . their most recent major product is ryse son of rome and its supporting iteration of their cryengine . some of crytek s current and past business partners include electronic arts mail.ru group ubisoft microsoft studios nexon tencent amazon.com sony apple inc. nvidia intel amd fmod scaleform and xoreax software . contents 1 history 1.1 far cry 1.2 crysis 1.3 company expansion 1.4 cryengine 3 and crysis 2 1.5 ryse son of rome homefront the revolution and crysis 3 1.6 restructuring 1.7 latest projects 2 subsidiaries 3 games developed 4 references 5 external links history edit far cry edit crytek was founded by the yerli brothers in 1999 in coburg germany . crytek first attracted publicity at the 2000 ects with their tech demo at the nvidia booth . for several years thereafter they released numerous demos of a game called x isle which ultimately evolved into far cry . on may 2 2002 crytek announced the game engine cryengine . in 2003 crytek attended the game developers conference where they showcased their new engine and its technology . also in 2003 crytek was at ects again where far cry was awarded best pc game . in the same month crytek modified cryengine to be optimized for amd64 . 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 . the police investigated for more software copies than licenses purchased but no charges were pressed . 2 that same month crytek and electronic arts announced a strategic partnership . in december 2004 crytek and ati created a special cinematic machinima 3 to demonstrate the future of pc gaming . crysis edit on january 23 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 . 4 the game later won several best pc game awards from e3 and games convention . in april 2006 crytek moved to new offices in frankfurt . the first public demonstration of crytek s cryengine 2 was on january 23 2007 one year after crysis was announced . it has been licensed by many companies such as avatar reality wemade entertainment entropia universe xlgames reloaded studios . on september 16 2008 an expansion to crysis entitled crysis warhead was released as a pc exclusive game . in october 2011 crysis hit consoles allowing a fresh wave of players to get to grips with the original game via xbox live and the playstation network . company expansion edit on may 11 2007 crytek announced that their satellite studio in kiev ukraine had been upgraded to a full development studio giving the company its second development studio . about a week after the upgrade of the kiev studio crytek announced a new studio in budapest hungary . on july 14 2008 crytek bought black sea studios and renamed it to crytek black sea . 5 on november 17 2008 crytek opened an office in south korea named crytek ltd. 6 on february 3 2009 crytek purchased free radical design a british video game company known for the timesplitters series and renamed the company to crytek uk . 7 on january 17 2013 crytek officially opened an office in istanbul . 8 on january 28 2013 crytek opened a new studio in austin texas crytek usa consisting primarily of former vigil games employees . 9 cryengine 3 and crysis 2 edit on march 11 2009 crytek announced on the company s website that it would introduce cryengine 3 at the 2009 game developers conference from march 25 27 . this new engine was developed for use on playstation 3 xbox 360 and pcs . 10 on october 14 2009 cryengine 3 became available in trade flow for game developers . 11 on march 3 2010 cryengine 3 was made compatible with stereoscopic 3d technology . 12 on march 22 2011 crytek released crysis 2 a direct sequel to the original game in north america . the game was subsequently released in europe on march 24 and in australia on march 25 . ryse son of rome homefront the revolution and crysis 3 edit at e3 2011 crytek exhibited several new projects including the action game ryse son of rome . on september 20 2011 thq and crytek announced a partnership to develop homefront 2 . 13 after thq filed for bankruptcy crytek acquired the homefront franchise from thq entirely on january 22 2013 . 14 in february 2012 crytek announced a new cloud based social gaming network called gface . 15 the service is designed to help users meet people and play multiplayer video games with friends . 16 crytek began researching a cloud gaming system in 2005 for crysis but paused development in 2007 . 17 18 on april 13 2012 crytek released the cryengine 3.4 sdk which brought full directx 11 support to the cryengine sdk . 19 crytek released crysis 3 in february 2013 20 and ryse son of rome on november 22 2013 as an xbox one launch title . 21 the pc version of ryse son of rome was released in october 2014 . 22 restructuring edit in june 2014 reports surfaced that crytek had missed wage payments and withheld bonuses for crytek uk and crytek usa employees and the company responded that it was in a transitional phase as it secured capital for future projects with a particular emphasis on online gaming . on july 30 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 . the team continued its work on the game as the new deep silver dambuster studios . crytek usa was restructured to remain an engine support team while development of hunt horrors of the gilded age was transferred to crytek frankfurt . the team that originally worked on the game started new ventures . latest projects edit crytek is currently working on three free to play projects arena of fate hunt horrors of the gilded age which will utilize the fourth generation of the cryengine currently in development and updates for the previously released game warface . the company is also working on two virtual reality projects namely the climb for the oculus rift and robinson the journey for playstation vr . 23 24 subsidiaries edit current crytek black sea in sofia bulgaria founded in 2001 as black sea studios acquired and renamed by crytek in 2008 . crytek budapest in budapest hungary founded in 2007 . crytek istanbul in istanbul turkey founded in 2012 . crytek kiev in kiev ukraine founded in 2006 . crytek seoul in seoul south korea founded in 2010 . crytek shanghai in shanghai china founded in 2012 . defunct crytek uk in nottingham england united kingdom founded in 1999 as free radical design acquired and renamed by crytek in 2009 made defunct in 2014 . crytek usa in austin texas united states founded in 2010 defunct in 2014 . games developed edit year title publisher platform branch 2004 far cry ubisoft microsoft windows crytek frankfurt 2007 crysis electronic arts microsoft windows playstation network xbox live arcade crytek frankfurt 2008 crysis warhead electronic arts microsoft windows crytek budapest 2011 crysis 2 electronic arts microsoft windows playstation 3 xbox 360 crytek frankfurt crytek uk 2012 fibble flick n roll crytek ios android crytek budapest 2013 crysis 3 25 electronic arts microsoft windows playstation 3 xbox 360 crytek frankfurt crytek uk 2013 warface tencent holdings nexon mail.ru trion worlds microsoft windows xbox 360 crytek kiev 26 27 2013 ryse son of rome microsoft studios crytek deep silver microsoft windows xbox one crytek frankfurt 2014 the collectables 28 dena ios crytek budapest 29 2016 hunt horrors of the gilded age crytek microsoft windows playstation 4 and xbox one crytek frankfurt 2016 arena of fate crytek microsoft windows unannounced consoles crytek black sea 2016 the climb oculus vr oculus rift 2017 robinson the journey sony computer entertainment playstation vr crytek frankfurt references edit crytek s studios . crytek . 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. eurogamer . retrieved december 21 2015 . crytek takes aim with crysis 3 the first blockbuster shooter of 2013 . retrieved 25 september 2015 . crytek s new game revealed to be warface . please welcome crytek s latest pc exclusive warface . crytek and dena squad up to launch mobile action game the collectables worldwide . crytek . kahn joradan . crytek shows off ios tactical action game the collectibles coming later this year with mfi controller support . 9to5mac . external links edit