Crytek Giving Free Radical A "Future" And A "Chance To Grow"
HazeThings weren't looking good for Haze developer Free Radical late last year, as the company was forced to enter administration in early December. But Crytek became their knight in shining armor and snapped up the team, saving 40 jobs and giving them a new name: Crytek UK.
So of course, you're probably interested to know: what projects are the former Free Radical guys working on? Well, according to DevelopMag, Crytek founder and CEO Cevat Yerli have given them projects the team "has always dreamed to do." It can be a difficult transition when new ownership and management is in charge, but Yerli says if you're worried about how everyone is adapting, go ahead and ask them. Said Yerli:
"If someone has that concern, they should ask the people that are actually there. We have provided the team at Crytek UK a structure and a future that clearly shows improvement. We are working with Free Radical on things that they always dreamed to do. We are providing the team a roadmap and the chance to grow, which is why we were picked as a partner, and not anyone else."
At the time of the acquisition, we saw leaked media for both TimeSplitters 4 and Star Wars Battlefront 3, but there's still no knowing if either represents one of the "dream projects" they're currently working on for Crytek. Yerli wouldn't confirm any of the games in the hopper, but at the very least, we know we'll see something at some point. For our part, we're really hoping for TS4...that franchise just plain rules.
5/5/2009 Ben Dutka
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I just had to let someone know.
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Tuesday, May 05, 2009 @ 8:49:40 PM
P.S. Squall FTW
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Tuesday, May 05, 2009 @ 11:13:25 PM
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Tuesday, May 05, 2009 @ 2:41:55 PM
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As a PC owner who's played the ever-lovin dogsmack out of Crysis/Crysis Wars and Farcry, I can tell you that while you may not appreciate the aforementioned games, they are, without a doubt (Crysis anyway), the best looking games currently available to anyone, on any system. They're just brilliant in almost every regard. The biggest failing was really their advertising and hype building. They put to much emphasis on what the engine COULD do, provided the appropriate hardware (and it's truly breathtaking on a GTX260), and not enough time emphasizing that the game actually can play on 7 series GPU's. (My brother conquered Crysis on a 7 series).
And while I appreciate some people's complaints regarding what Crysis was...I dunno, I liked it, getting good at switching in between suit functionality was great, switching from cloak to armor to snipe then back to cloak all w/in a span of a second. Watching the soldiers running around shouting fearfully...wondering who/what the heck is picking them off one by one. It's pretty sweet.
Morne
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Jian2069
Tuesday, May 05, 2009 @ 6:10:31 PM
in order to play smooth i had to make the whole thing look badd
crysis had good gameplay, graphics, and physics. but there was nothing for story, cutscenes, anything good like that.
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MornelitheVT
Wednesday, May 06, 2009 @ 8:48:26 AM
Personally, I looked at the story, like I look at an 80's propaganda movie...North Korea was the enemy (I groaned audibly the first time I heard that, same as with the setting/enemy in Mercs 2). The plot wasn't terrible, and to be honest, I thought the plot was pretty decent...sure, it's far-fetched, but meh, no moreso than any other Human vs Alien FPS.
I disagree on the cutscenes though, the cutscenes in Crysis were amazing. The first time the alien ship comes out of the mountain...freekin fantastic.
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Tuesday, May 05, 2009 @ 7:35:56 PM
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wish i hadn't now, thinking about it, it wouldn't have helped them one bit
and the game is worse than people said it was, i was amazed that they released it, what drugs they were on beats me
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Wednesday, May 06, 2009 @ 7:54:52 AM
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Either way it's a shame cause both of those titles had a lot of potential... I just hope their next title will redeem them. Think they have it in them to create something really really good....
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Wednesday, May 06, 2009 @ 11:17:46 AM
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And at only $7.99, at least I got it real cheap to add to my collection).
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