Neowin News Feed for: Crytek

Crytek is laying off 15% of staff, Crysis 4 development now "on hold"

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Wed, 12 Feb 2025 16:26:01 +0000

Fans will be waiting for a while longer for a new Crysis. The developer Crytek is going back to fully supporting its live-service experience as it tackles financial troubles. Read more...

Hunt: Showdown will get a big update August 15 but will lose Xbox One and PS4 support

John Callaham — Wed, 22 May 2024 05:50:01 +0000

Crytek will launch a major update for its competitive multiplayer FPS Hunt: Showdown on August 15. It will include an engine upgrade that will cause it to lose Xbox One and PS4 support. Read more...

The first Far Cry game's source code has been leaked and may be playable with some work

John Callaham — Sun, 02 Jul 2023 21:12:01 +0000

The source code to the first Far Cry game from developer Crytek and publisher Ubisoft has found its way to the internet, and it looks like some people have been able to compile and play the game. Read more...

NVIDIA CEO jokes about if its new and powerful AI supercomputer can run Crysis

John Callaham — Mon, 29 May 2023 12:30:01 +0000

NVIDIA founder and CEO Jensen Huang made the long-running joke about if certain PCs can run Crytek's FPS Cryid during his Computex keynote earlier today when revealing its new supercomputer. Read more...

Crysis 4 officially announced

Asher Madan — Wed, 26 Jan 2022 12:58:01 +0000

Today, developer Crytek officially announced Crysis 4 after an apparent leak from Crytek China. It's unclear when the game will launch, or how far along its development is, but we know it exists. Read more...

Crysis Remastered hits Steam next week with discounts for original owners

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Tue, 07 Sep 2021 18:02:01 +0000

Crytek is finally bringing graphics enhanced Crysis Remastered to Steam after a year of Epic Games Store exclusivity. The title will be deeply discounted for owners of the original release. Read more...

Crysis Remastered Trilogy launches October 15, gets frame rate boost

Asher Madan — Thu, 02 Sep 2021 18:08:01 +0000

Today, developer Crytek revealed that the Crysis Remastered Trilogy was coming to a wide range of consoles and PC on October 15. The title receives a number of upgrades, including a resolution boost. Read more...

Crytek announces Crysis Remastered Trilogy, launches this fall

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Tue, 01 Jun 2021 16:00:01 +0000

Crytek wasn't just fine with remastering the original Crysis, as now, the studio has announced the complete trilogy of the popular shooter series is getting remastered for modern platforms. Read more...

Nvidia DLSS added to Crysis Remastered for PC, claims up to 40% performance boost

Sayan Sen — Fri, 12 Mar 2021 13:54:01 +0000

Crytek has released its newest free Update 2.1 on the PC version of Crysis Remastered. Most notably, it brings support for Nvidia's DLSS but also contains several other bug fixes. Read more...

Crysis Remastered suffers from massive performance and visual issues on Xbox One X

Asher Madan — Fri, 18 Sep 2020 13:52:01 +0000

Crysis Remastered is finally available on Xbox One, but it seems like it suffers from massive performance and visual glitches on Xbox One X. The ray-tracing mode doesn't work well. Read more...

Crysis Remastered launching September 18 on Xbox One, PS4, and Epic Games Store

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Fri, 21 Aug 2020 16:16:01 +0000

Crytek has announced the revised release date of Crysis Remastered to be September 18. The shooter is heading to PC, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4 with a software-based ray tracing solution. Read more...

Crysis Remastered arrives to the Switch on July 23, other platforms still delayed

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Fri, 10 Jul 2020 19:18:01 +0000

Crytek has announced that the Nintendo Switch version of the upcoming Crysis Remaster will follow through with the original release schedule. The rest of the platforms are still delayed. Read more...

Crysis Remastered unveiling and release delayed to polish the game further

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Wed, 01 Jul 2020 16:10:01 +0000

Just before Crytek was supposed to unveil gameplay of Crysis Remastered, the studio has announced a change of plans, pushing back the reveal as well as the release date by a "few weeks". Read more...

Leak unveils Crysis Remastered, heading to PC, Xbox One, PS4, and Switch [UPDATE]

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Thu, 16 Apr 2020 12:16:01 +0000

According to a page on the official Crysis website that had been uncovered by fans, Crytek is preparing to announce Crysis Remastered, an upgraded version of the shooter that set graphics standards. Read more...

Hunt: Showdown is getting new weapons and a disgusting monster soon

Usama Jawad — Tue, 12 Jun 2018 06:12:01 +0000

At the PC Gaming Show during E3 2018, we got a glimpse at what's next for Crytek's popular Hunt: Showdown. Gamers can expect to see a range of new weapons as well as a tentacled monster soon. Read more...

Crytek sues Star Citizen developer CIG alleging breach of contract

Vishal Laul — Thu, 14 Dec 2017 00:36:01 +0000

Crytek has filed a lawsuit against Cloud Imperium Games, the developer of Star Citizen, alleging it to be in breach of contract; the Star Citizen developer has called it "a meritless lawsuit". Read more...

GDC 2016: Crytek unveils pay-what-you-want CryEngine V and virtual reality benchmark tool

Adrian Potoroaca — Tue, 15 Mar 2016 23:32:01 +0000

Renowned Frankfurt-based company Crytek has made the latest version of its game development engine essentially royalty-free, and unveiled a new benchmarking tool for VR enthusiasts. Read more...

Crisis in Crytek UK as employees stop going to work

Shreyas Gandhe — Fri, 04 Jul 2014 23:52:17 +0000

German game maker Crytek is reportedly in financial trouble, resulting in delayed payments to employees, which has forced the staff of its UK division to stop working for the company. Read more...

CryEngine officially joins Unreal Engine 4 as a subscription-based service

John Callaham — Wed, 28 May 2014 22:08:48 +0000

As promised earlier this year, Crytek is now offering the full CryEngine development tools to anyone who wants to make games for a price of $9.90 a month, but the engine is currently just for Windows. Read more...

Crytek developer says 8GB of RAM in current consoles may not be enough

Brockman Davis — Mon, 19 May 2014 04:51:22 +0000

Sean Tracy at Crytek USA says that "8 gigs can easily be filled up," due to concerns over memory constraints. He added that "games will quickly hit the ceiling of a few gigs of ram." Read more...

Crytek to combat Epic Games' Unreal Engine 4 by offering CryEngine for $9.90 a month

John Callaham — Thu, 20 Mar 2014 03:14:13 +0000

Crytek is apparently answering Epic Games' offer of Unreal Engine 4 for $19 a month with its own plan to release the full version of its CryEngine tools for just $9.90 a month starting in May. Read more...

Microsoft to cut digital price of Xbox One's Ryse: Son of Rome to $39.99 for one week

John Callaham — Mon, 17 Feb 2014 23:41:37 +0000

Microsoft has announced it will cut the price to download Ryse: Son of Rome for the Xbox One to $39.99 from February 18-24, in its first experiment with variable prices for digital Xbox One games. Read more...

Microsoft announces Ryse: Son of Rome Season Pass for Xbox One

John Callaham — Fri, 01 Nov 2013 15:21:47 +0000

Microsoft has announced it will offer a Season Pass of post-release content for the Xbox One launch title Ryse: Son of Rome, which will include four DLC packs for $19.99. Read more...

Microsoft: 'Ryse: Son of Rome' live-action web series to begin Nov. 5

John Callaham — Thu, 31 Oct 2013 15:38:52 +0000

Microsoft has confirmed that it will offer a four part live action web series based on the Xbox One launch title "Ryse: Son of Rome," with the first episode coming Nov. 5. Read more...

Microsoft could be making 'Ryse: Son of Rome' live-action web series

John Callaham — Fri, 25 Oct 2013 16:38:48 +0000

Microsoft could be making a live action web series based on the upcoming Xbox One launch title Ryse: Son of Rome, based on an image that popped up briefly on the Xbox website. Read more...

Microsoft's Ryse for Xbox One to include real money options for multiplayer

John Callaham — Fri, 23 Aug 2013 16:47:30 +0000

Microsoft has revealed that the Xbox One launch title Ryse will support a way to purchase armor packs for multiplayer using real money but adds that the feature is purely optional. Read more...

E3 2013: We go hands-on with Xbox One's 'Ryse'

John Callaham — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 04:53:24 +0000

We played a small portion of "Ryse," the upcoming third-person action game from developer Crytek that is being made as an exclusive launch title for Microsoft's Xbox One console. Read more...

More Xbox One games confirmed, including Ryse

John Callaham — Wed, 22 May 2013 15:38:26 +0000

More games have now been confirmed to be coming to Microsoft's Xbox One game console, including Ryse, a game that was first announced for the Xbox 360 console three years ago. Read more...

Crytek CEO: Next-gen consoles won't beat current PC hardware

John Callaham — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 00:36:39 +0000

Crytek CEO Cevat Yerli said today that the upcoming future game consoles won't be able to surpass a current high-end gaming PC in terms of its hardware and performance. Read more...

Crytek opens first US studio in Austin with former THQ members

John Callaham — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 22:08:33 +0000

Crytek has announced it will launch its first US-based game development studio in Austin, Texas, which will have 35 team members that were formerly a part of the now shut down THQ-owned Vigil Games. Read more...

Crysis 3 open multiplayer beta starts January 29th

John Callaham — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 20:15:00 +0000

Crytek and Electronic Arts will launch an open multiplayer beta test for the upcoming first person shooter Crysis 3 for the PC and other platforms starting on January 29th. Read more...

Crysis 3 PC requirements revealed; no Windows XP support

John Callaham — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 18:36:56 +0000

The official Crysis 3 website has revealed the minimal, recommended and high performance PC system requirements for the upcoming sci-fi shooter sequel from Crytek and EA, with no Windows XP support. Read more...

Crytek already thinking about next Crysis game after Crysis 3

John Callaham — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 19:37:45 +0000

Developer Crytek is already thinking about the next game in the Crysis series after Crysis 3 is released in February 2013, but it won't be a direct continuation of the sci-fi shooter series. Read more...

Crysis 3 multiplayer trailer reveals 16-player PC support

Tim Schiesser — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 11:01:38 +0000

A new trailer for Crysis 3 has surfaced from the folks at Crytek and EA, and it shows off the beautiful CryEngine 3 alongside some of the features you can expect in the multiplayer component Read more...

Crytek transitioning to focus on free to play

Tyler Holman — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 03:07:37 +0000

Cevat Yerli, CEO of Crytek, says that the company is currently in a transistional phase, turning its focus towards the free to play, online market, and away from traditional distribution methods. Read more...

E3 2012: Trion to publish Crytek's Warface in US

John Callaham — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 21:09:17 +0000

A banner inside the LA Convention Center for E3 2012 reveals that Trion will be the US publisher for Warface, the upcoming free-to-play shooter from developer Crytek Read more...

Crysis 2 returns to Steam's library

John Callaham — Wed, 30 May 2012 07:27:19 +0000

After being pulled from Steam soon after its release, Crysis 2 now returns to Valve's PC download service. The Crysis 2 Maximum Edition includes the game's DLC content in one bundle. Read more...

Crytek: TimeSplitters 4 is not in development

Paul Ferson — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 18:45:48 +0000

An interview with a spokesperson for Crytek has confirmed that a fourth TimeSplitters title is not currently in active development, despite previous rumors of a next-gen release. Read more...

Crytek claims Crysis 3 may have DX11-quality graphics on consoles

Anthony Tosie — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 17:26:07 +0000

Even though the Xbox 360 and PS3 don't have DX11-compatible hardware, Crysis 3 developer Crytek is claiming its upcoming shooter will have DirectX 11-quality graphics on the two consoles. Read more...

Full Crysis 3 gameplay trailer revealed

John Callaham — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 13:02:51 +0000

Crytek and EA have released the full reveal trailer for Crysis 3, showing off in-engine gameplay from the first person shooter sequel that's due out in spring 2013. Read more...