THQ kündigte heute an, dass der nächste Ableger des Homefront^® von den mehrfach ausgezeichneten FPS Veteranen von Crytek entwickelt wird.

"Crytek auszuwählen um Homefront weiterzuentwickeln, unterstreicht unsere Strategie mit den besten Talenten der Industrie zu arbeiten." sagte Danny Bilson, EVP Core Games, THQ.

“Homefront’s einzigartiges Setting und Storyline faszinierte Spieler weltweit. Mit Crytek's Industrie führender Technologie und legendärer Erfahrung im FPS Genre, sind wir äußerst zuversichtlich, dass das nächste Homefront AAA Qualität liefern wird die, die Spieler erwarten."

We are incredibly proud to announce that the critically acclaimed video game, Crysis 2, received this year’s 3D World CG Award in the category „Videogame Graphics of the Year”.

“Winning this CG Award for Crysis 2 is an exceptional honor for us, since it rewards the hard work that our team is doing every day to achieve our, admittedly, ambitious goals”, states Cevat Yerli, CEO and founder of Crytek.

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. – September 9, 2011 – Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: ERTS) and award-winning developer, Crytek GmbH, announced today that the critically-acclaimed Crysis® franchise will debut a new experience on Xbox LIVE® and PlayStation® Network. In October 2011, shooter fans will be able to download a modified and enhanced version of the award-winning single-player campaign from the original Crysis, remastered for console players using Crytek’s state-of-the-art CryENGINE®3 with all new lighting, effects and other visual optimizations. For just $19.99 SRP or 1600 Microsoft Points, gamers will download the most robust and exciting Xbox LIVE® and PlayStation® Network game to date.

Crytek GmbH (“Crytek”) is excited to announce first download numbers for its recently released SDK. The free version of CryENGINE^®3 hit 100.000 downloads within the first five days after its release on August 17th.

In line with GDC Europe and Gamescom last week, the independent developer had announced the release of a CryENGINE^®3 free of charge for non-commercial use.  The award winning SDK provides the complete game engine to create AAA quality next generation games for PC, and includes the CryENGINE^®3 Sandbox™ level editor, a production-proven, 3rd generation “What you see is what you play” (WYSIWYP) - tool designed by and for professional developers.

Crytek GmbH (“Crytek”) is excited to announce that they will release their latest all-in-one game development solution CryENGINE 3 free of charge for non-commercial use today. The award winning SDK provides the complete game engine to create AAA quality next generation games for PC, and includes the CryENGINE^®3 Sandbox™ level editor, a production-proven, 3rd generation “What you see is what you play” (WYSIWYP) - tool designed by and for professional developers. The free toolset is available for download at crydev.net, the former crymod.com community portal that offers documentation written by the developers of the engine, a thriving community and a supplementary knowledge base for CryENGINE 3. The free CryENGINESDK will be updated regularly, to make sure our community has access to all the advances we make to CryENGINE 3.