Earlier this year, Crytek launched a creative competition for students in association with the British Library and GameCity. The Off the Map challenge invites students from participating universities and colleges to draw inspiration from a selection of British Library maps and then turn that inspiration into interactive environments using our free CryENGINE 3 SDK.

Among the participants is the Confetti Institute of Creative Technologies. Based in Nottingham, Confetti is a dynamic and progressive learning institute offering real industry vocational and degree training in games technology, music technology, and film and television. It is part of the Confetti Media Group, a family of companies committed to developing creativity and to driving new and innovative approaches to business and education.

If looks could kill, Panzar would have a pretty significant trail of casualties to account for. Created in Russia by Moscow-based Panzar Studios, the new MOBA game bearing the name of its makers is certainly easy on the eye.   

Brought to life with CryENGINE 3, the Open Beta version of Panzar arrived in Europe this month after having already attracted close to one million registrants in its homeland. Now its creators have ambitions of repeating that success on a broader scale, a feat they believe will be made possible by Panzar’s unique selling points and gamers’ appetite for something different.

“People want to keep playing Panzar,” says Viacheslav Dubikovskiy, the game’s Executive Producer. “They might stop and play another MOBA type game, but they return to Panzar again and again. The art style is really unique, and the gameplay is absolutely unique; you’ll find nothing else like it in terms of character control, abilities and so on.”

Crytek’s groundbreaking CryENGINE^® technology is being used to create Monster Hunter Online; a major new collaboration between Tencent Games and Capcom that will see the popular Monster Hunter series released on Windows platforms in a whole new form.

As a PC-exclusive installment in the hit Monster Hunter franchise, Monster Hunter Online will give millions of new players the chance to experience the Japanese phenomenon. The MMOACT (Massively Multiplayer Online Action game) will contain Monster Hunter’s trademark blend of vast environments, awe-inspiring fantasy creatures and in-depth customization options.

“The Monster Hunter games are known for immersing players in breathtaking worlds where great gameplay and spectacular sights go hand in hand,” said Areil Cai, Director of Business Development - CryENGINE. “CryENGINE 3 is the perfect fit for the series, and will ensure Tencent Games and Capcom are well equipped to make Monster Hunter Online the groundbreaking MMOACT experience fans are eagerly anticipating.” 

Michael McMain loves magic. You might not catch him pulling rabbits out of hats or asking you to ‘pick a card’, but for the last year he’s been deep in the process of conjuring up a new IP that he hopes will rip up the rulebook on how players experience the finer points of sorcery in gaming.

Lichdom, the first game from the Xaviant studio that McMain heads up, is a first-person RPG set in an alternative world. At the heart of that world is a rich lore built squarely around what the game’s architect summarizes as an “epic mage experience”.

The presentation reveals intricate technical and authoring details about AMD's "Project Phoenix" developed in collaboration with Illfonic and Crytek. This project is a showcase of real-time next-generation graphics running on AMD Graphics Core Next architecture.

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