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IGN: Crytek says New Engine in 2012

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Speaking at Games Convention Developers Conference 2008 in Leipzig, Germany, Crytek CEO and President Cevat Yerli said the studio's next engine should be ready for sometime in 2012.

As of right now, he says, the degree to which graphics can represent real-life is bottlenecked by a lack of new hardware. He says GPU and CPU technology are converging, evident in the new technologies in development at Nvidia and ATI, as well as what Intel's doing with Larrabee.

Until the growing trend of CPU and GPU convergence is more defined, developers will have to focus on increased graphical stylization as well as more advanced physics and AI programming...
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Jellzy - 495 days 19 hours ago
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'Yerli mentioned that the PlayStation 3 required an extra degree of work, but the company is convinced it's worth the effort to get the engine running properly on Sony's platform.'

Its nice to see another developer taking there time too properly and efficiently develop there proprietary engine on the PS3.
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KRUSSIDULL - 495 days 18 hours ago
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Unreal Engine 4 vs CryEngine 3 Year 2012 at the PS4 and Xbox 720
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Jellzy - 495 days 18 hours ago
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Hmm.. CryEngine 3 vs. Unreal Engine IV... Never really thought about that, but lets not forget id Tech 5, and by then a possible id Tech 6?
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LarVanian - 495 days 18 hours ago
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Man I can't even imagine what this engine will be able to produce
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OOG - 495 days 17 hours ago
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I cant imagine the powerplant youll need to run it :/
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No Offense, but things will be very different in 2012. I hope they get something done before December st...
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