The finances of the German development studio founded in 1999 by three Turkish brothers Cevat, Avni and Faruk Yerli, in Frankfurt am Main in Germany, appear not to be healthy. Indeed, since the Game Developer Conference 2014 last March, Crytek string of bad news. If the game engine, the CryEngine is able to match or even exceed the record of Unreal Engine 4, the engine Epic Games, despite a price amounting to $ 9.99 per month for license this famous engine, the situation is quite alarming: Most studios appear to be shifting gradually CryEngine, thereby losing money to the German studio.
By adding the monster budget development Ryse: Son of Rome, an exclusive Xbox One, the lack of success of Warface, a FPS free-to-play, or the failure of his platform G-Face, it is obvious that the company will hurt financially.
Redemption or bailout funds for Crytek?
According to some rumors, it's panic behind the scenes of the studio. Employees have decided to slam the door due to late payment. In addition, it seems that some companies would instantly redeem for Crytek. There is much talk of Wargaming, Belarusian specialist free-to-play (World of Tanks, World of Planes World of Warships) based in Minsk, as number one contender to the acquisition of the German studio. However, side Avni Yerli, one of the three founding brothers of Crytek, these rumors are unfounded, given that the studio will benefit in a few days (or weeks) a significant financial contribution to stabilize finances.
