Within the framework of the conference E3 2023 American company Microsft allegedly plans to officially announce the purchase of a German studio Crytek… An insider wrote about this on Twitter @ Onion00048…
Still last week editor Windows Central Jez Corden reportedthat soon Microisoft may announce the acquisition of one or more development teams. Specifically, Corden has information that this is not an AAA-level studio.
And @ Onion00048 claims that on Xbox online presentations the platform holder will announce the purchase of Crytek. According to preliminary data, negotiations started in April 2023 and are already at the final stage.
Moreover, the Crysis reboot is already in production, which will be released exclusively on PC and Xbox Series X | S… The project will become a benchmark for next-generation platforms, delivering 60 frames per second, and ray tracing lighting will be used by default.
The events of the first three parts will not be ignored, but the new shooter will distance itself from them. In terms of gameplay, a set of sandbox levels will await players. In addition, a mobile version of Crysis (similar to a battle royale with the participation of 50 people) is also in development, which will be released on Nintendo Switch…
Note that Microsoft and Crytek already have experience of interaction. German studio released action Ryse: Son of Rome, which was originally supposed to demonstrate the possibilities Kinect on the Xbox 360… However, the development was restarted, and the project entered the launch line. Xbox one…
At the same time, a conflict also arose between the parties over the rights to the franchise, which Microsoft wanted to redeem. Crytek refused, because of which the cooperation was interrupted, and the studio ended up in a difficult financial situation. The studio was forced to sell the rights to the Homefront franchise (along with the development team), focusing on a small project Hunt: Showdown…
In October 2023, hackers organized the leaking of the Crytek database of internal documents, which mentioned projects Crysis Next (battle royale), Crysis VR and Ryse next… In April April 2023, the editor of the XboxEra.com portal Nick Baker clarified that Crytek is indeed working on a sequel to Ryse, but the game should be multiplatform.
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