Crytek Goes "Free-to-Work"

Crytek Employees aren’t being paid and some of them are walking out as the company is in danger of going under. Cliff Bleszinski announces Boss Key, the new studio working alongside Nexon to bring gamers a “Free-to-Play” Sci-Fi, Arena shooter. The talks moves into gaming personalities and the need to put a face in front of an entire team of developers.

[dark-kyon]

sorry for them.but they should keep doing pc games only,his success was sell new graphic card,not games.

[Future_2015]

What will happen to all the cry engine 3 games in development from other companies?

[nicksetzer1]

Nothing, someone will probably buy the engine as well as many of their assets if they bankrupt. Just probably split up between multiple companies, like THQ's assets were.

[elhebbo16]

Theres still plenty in development. got this from wiki:

-Arena of Fate
-Armored Warfare
-BattleCry
-Everybody's Gone to the Rapture
-Evolve
-Homefront: The Revolution
-Human Element
-Hunt: Horrors of the Gilded Age
-Kingdom Come: Deliverance
-Project Heart and Soul
-Ryse: Son of Rome(lol)
-The Collectables

And of course, Star Citizen. There is plenty 'TBA' I didn't feel worth mentioning.

[Master-H]

Cryteck should sell all of their IPs to get money , then hire new people and start making new IPs, the way they handle their current IPs is what lead them to this.

[Timesplitter14]

they should also hire one game designer to work with their current 250 graphics programmers

[PinkFunk]

Hoohooheeehawwhawwhawww....

I did have a good laugh :)

[Flutterby]

Could you imagine a crytek tech demo with actual game play , like what about the crisis series with actual fun game play.

[UltraNova]

Nice one Timesplitter14, almost as funny as if someone is still hopping for a new Timesplitters game ;-)

I don't know why everyone is so negative about the Crysis series...the games weren't groundbreaking sure except for their visuals of course but still I could find something enjoy full in them... does every fps out there have to be a COD clone to be considered ok? Or do we really need Crysis to be a 4hr long Michael Bay style SP then the COD like multiplayer?

[elhebbo16]

They kinda did it with far cry so why not. Plus I think Crysis has hit a dead trail.

The real problem is that the top games that are using the engine are still not out yet, and because of that Crytek hasn't cashed in percentages of the amount sold.

[Roccetarius]

It's kinda ironic, since they wanted to move on to a F2P business model. Free to work seems fitting. Unless they pull out of their graphical obsession, and start doing both in a balanced manner, they'll be going down.

[mydyingparadiselost]

Can't wait until microworkactions start to become a thing.

[Eonjay]

Yeah good for them because I'm not working for free. I have bills.

[dcj0524]

A shame. Despite what people say, CRYSIS 2 was there only bad game. Far cry, CRYSIS, CRYSIS warhead and CRYSIS 3 were well reviewed and ryse was average.

Hope Homefront gets finished.

[madjedi]

Probably won't unless deep silver settles crytek uk's back pay and covers the rest of that studio's payroll till homefront goes gold.

[InTheLab]

Dude Ryse got killed from the start. It's there worst reviewed game and one that really highlights the type of studio they are. Crysis 2 was actually well received and Crysis 3 was irrelevant.

[Flutterby]

Let him have dreams lol

[jegheist2014]

sad world we live in major design flawi n so many big pubishers going under is poor decisions making but thats not big thing either.

major flaw in any entertainment industry is technology always gotta evolve so rapidly so development costs goes up and up.

when u have to spend money to makem oney economy game flukes this is kind of crap that happens.

you know why indie titles succed so well even though they r old school low grade cuz development costs if it flukes no money is loss if your ognna make big aaa game want it to suceed you gotta take your time 1 not over sell it yea ubi you oversold it.

wdogs im looking at u lol overselling hype mass media doesnt help when what gamers want they hype heck out everything.

if u want to make money these days listen to people buying your products go on majority of what fans want and make that an game 2nd put it in the game.

3rd free patches in of the least majority vote in some quests but keep it balanced if u appease 80 percent markets demand what they wanti n gaming your game is gonna sell i mean sell.

be innovative technology like i said is rapidly evolving people dont want to spend 60 bux on game to feel ripped off.

each gen game prices have gone from 20 now up to 60 if it goes any higher people r gonna want product that equals money they invested me for 1 is main reason i pick rpgs i get my moneys worth.

rehash fps gotta go cod fad lived let it die or reinovate it but adding few new maps better visduals new mp modes slapping 60 buck tag on it people r not gonna buy it those who do r fanboys people who dont spend more then 300 buxo n gaming year nohows

[IndoAssassin]

Gamers are impatient suckers. Publishers know how to exploit this weakness through hype and will continue to do so because it will always work unfortunately.

[Soldierone]

In a way that'd be sweet. Oh you wanted me to print the document? Well thats 5 dollars for 10 sheets and well its a 30 page document. I also hit a pay wall walking to the printer so I'll need an extra 2 dollars for that. If you want me to actually deliver the documents well thats 20 energy and its 99 cents for 5 energy.

Think about it you could walk out the door on one day with 200 bucks at hand instead of of 80.

(yes I'm being sarcastic)

[SonyStyled]

the test of true commitment to see if you really love your job with a passion

[kevnb]

When they got on the console band wagon thinking they could just dumb down their games and go multiplat, I knew it was over for them.

[Mr Tretton]

Far Cry and Crysis were successful on PC, they should have stayed there. Crysis 2 was successful because console players thought they were getting the coveted PC exclusive Crysis, but they got a watered down game. Leading to no one one caring about Crysis 3.

Then they threw their money at making a bunch of other studios that remained in development hell, or making crap games.

Granted, I blame EA for all this.

Now Crytek feels irrelevant and people are looking to Ubisoft for Far Cry 4 for a similar (and better) fix. I like the first Crysis, but Crytek probably should have never sold the Far Cry IP and stuck with it, and not have worried about trying to push graphics.

[n4rc]

Can't be bothered reading the whole thing..

But is there even one shred of proof crytek is in trouble or not paying employees?

They've denied it.. And not one of these reports is from a credible source..

I'm honestly asking.. Because from everything I've read, its nothing but a rumor that's been denied

[MuhammadJA]

They should go indie and promote their games through Greenlight.

[CanadianTurtle]

I don't see it as a big deal. It's not like they had any talent.