Another company is conducting layoffs. Crytek announced that the challenging situation in the gaming industry forced it to let go of 15% of its staff.

On August 15, Crytek released a major update for Hunt: Showdown, which transitioned the shooter to the CryEngine 5.11 engine and significantly altered many aspects of the game. The title has even changed—it’s now called Hunt: Showdown 1896. As a result, the game’s concurrent player count on Steam rose to record levels.

Chinese giant Tencent could get even bigger. According to German media, the holding aimed to buy Crytek studio for €300 million. That’s just the profile analysts doubt the reality of the deal.

Crytek Studios and Cloud Imperium Games have been suing each other since 2017. But when Crytek decided to withdraw the lawsuit, the authors of Star Citizen demanded compensation: $ 500 thousand. And they also accused the plaintiff of lying.

After six months of work, the CryEngine team released a new version of the engine — 5.6. It contains more than 1000 changes to optimize development.

Its author is Mikhail Kadikov, a level designer at the German Crytek studio.

The Kiev division of Crytek, which was engaged in the development and operation of Warface, announced the formation of its own company. It’s called Blackwood Games.

The Austro-Swedish corporation THQ Nordic announced the acquisition from Crytek of the rights to the game portfolio of the Free Radical Design studio. Among other things, the Timesplitters series of shooters, as well as the action adventure Second Sight, became the property of THQ. The amount of the transaction was not disclosed.

The Humble Bundle company has prepared a set of content with games and assets for Crytek’s CRYENGINE game engine. Traditionally, buyers have several versions of the set available, differing in price and content.

The revenue from using the CryEngine engine will have to be shared. Crytek is preparing to introduce royalties in the amount of 5% of revenue from games created on CryEngine. The new rule will take effect in the new version of CryEngine 5.5, which is already available for download.

Crytek Founder Djevat Yerli is no longer CEO or president of the company. He put the leadership in the hands of his younger brothers – Avni Yerli and Farouk Yerli.

Last Thursday, Hunt: Showdown came out in early access. This is a new game from the German Crytek studio. In less than a week, the audience of the game reached 100 thousand players. We talk about the project, its features and the first indicators.

Crytek has released the final version of the CRYENGINE 5.4 game engine.

Crytek has released a version of the CRYENGINE 5.4 Preview 6 engine. The update contains a library of particle editor presets and other novelties.

Crytek has released CRYENGINE 5.4 Preview. According to the developers, the update contains more than 620 fixes and innovations.

According to insider information, the Shanghai branch of Crytek is closed due to lack of money to pay for the rental of premises.

The creators of the CRYENGINE engine have compiled a guide for novice users of their product. The document is available in PDF format.

Sega Corporation has acquired the Bulgarian branch of Crytek — Crytek Black Sea. 60 employees of the studio will become part of the Creative Assembly team, the developer of the Total War series and the recent Halo Wars 2.

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said that a gaming company founded by Turks in Germany is going to invest half a billion dollars in the Turkish economy.