Thanks for the link and Holy Shit! You seriously need to read the full comment in the link. Talk of promotions to friends of the brothers, office affairs netting people a promotion, people hired in positions they clearly weren't qualified for, it's sounds like a mad house in there. Well, that might be an exaggeration, but it's not pretty.
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Crytek UK's (Homefront: The Revolution) Staff No Longer Going To Work
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Thanks for the link and Holy Shit! You seriously need to read the full comment in the link. Talk of promotions to friends of the brothers, office affairs netting people a promotion, people hired in positions they clearly weren't qualified for, it's sounds like a mad house in there. Well, that might be an exaggeration, but it's not pretty.
What do you reckon Jason? Deep Silver saying they're interesting in having a piece of Crytek?
sixpackrules
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what the hell?
Jawmuncher
Member
If deep silver bought crytek we might actually get a timesplitters game....right?
We can hope... we must hope. I need my fps monkey back
It would certainly be an attractive IP for Deep Silver to resurrect, they know that it would earn them lots of goodwill.
I feel like the chances were always better under a different company. Crytek didn't really come off as caring about rescuing series, and of course the one time they do it's a series of questionable creative value.
And honestly it seems more like Deep Silver's flavor. Just look at the Dead Island 2 trailer or Saints Row.
TheBaronOfNA
Banned
Hahahahahahaha
I really hope there is some truth in this.
Even Timesplitters 2 HD would be frickin sweet
Feel bad for the folks whose jobs are in trouble, but a silver lining of this whole episode is what it could mean for the Timesplitters IP. Quite clear for a while (especially with Cervat wanting a petition BS) that Crytek never planned on doing anything with it.
Well i guess most big pubs(EA,ACT,MS) looking if the company is profitable
Crimsonclaw111
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A quick glance at this topic would tell you there's little to no money in this sinking ship of a studio.
Ah, lovely, more insiders. I forget who compared them to psychics, but it was a great analogy: the insider takes a big swing at something, and then if it happens, they look like a genius, while if it doesn't happen, they say there was a change of plans.
"Guerrilla Games is gonna be at E3 with their big new IP... err, sorry, change of plans!"
"Guerrilla Games is gonna be at E3 with their big new IP... err, sorry, change of plans!"
As I reported yesterday, rumor around Crytek UK is that Deep Silver is negotiating over the game, which could mean a lot of things. Could be an outright purchase of Crytek's Nottingham studio, or maybe they'd strike some sort of temporary deal while Homefront is completed. The sense I'm getting is that the folks at Deep Silver have invested a lot of money in this thing, and they don't want to let it fail.
The timing of that tweet is interesting because of what I reported. Are they hinting that yes, negotiations are in the works?
Vulcano's assistant
Banned
Richard Morgan at it again?
The Nanosuit actually was put in late during the development cycle of Crysis. That was mentioned here by Bernd Diemer who was the producer on Crysis. He is at Yager now, working on Dead Island 2.
CaptainSlow
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El oh fucking el at one eyed guy who can't see in 3D assigned to working on the 3D part of games.
What a mess.
What a mess.
Caesar III
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Yep, I heard this before somewhere as well. Thanks for clarification.
IIRC even the fact with the wife was mentioned somewhere else already.
wanderingprostheyltite
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Lol this is fucking gold and hilarious if true. From the comment:
Another gem:
This dude is a character, and seems a tad racist towards Turks. Not really sure if I buy any of this.
Koch Media is not only a publisher. They bought Volition with all it's staff and the Saints Row rights back in Feb 2013. I think buying Crytek as a whole would be to expensive for Koch ... but doing some cherry picking like buying Cry Nottingham, Frankfurt and the Crysis rights would be possible.
Beside that there are only some small and just upcoming studios like Yager, Rockfish, Deck 13 and so on.
meanspartan
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I don't think Deep Silver has the means to really push for the high-end games Crytek was known for. The games I've seen from them (Dead Island series) are fine, but not really anything impressive visually. Metro Last Light was amazing on PC but that game was basically done when they bought it.
Them buying Crytek would mean a radically different Crytek. And I don't think the gameplay on it's own holds up. The only games from them I can say I've liked without just being blown away by graphics are the original Far Cry and the original Crysis.
Them buying Crytek would mean a radically different Crytek. And I don't think the gameplay on it's own holds up. The only games from them I can say I've liked without just being blown away by graphics are the original Far Cry and the original Crysis.
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I wouldn't want to hire a rude colorblind as a lead artist either.
Katharina Hautz: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/katharina-hautz/68/84/a81
shacklesmcgee
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I still don't see how those positions require someone with working 3d vision.Felt that was a silly point of criticism.
Don't forget http://crytekcryinggame.tumblr.com/.
shacklesmcgee
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yeah, I guess it's just a silly little thing to rant about. I see it the same as color blindness, it shouldn't affect anything, but I guess it can if there is a lack of communication between people.
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Wait, wouldn't not seeing in 3D only make sense if they were working in 3D, not on a 2D monitor? Shouldn't this really have not mattered at all? Unless his job was to convert the game to "3D" 3D, with glasses and such, this is like complaining he has a twitch.
Crytek doesn't either really, else they wouldn't be in this situation with so little to show for it.
I also think that in some ways great graphics can be cheaper than we'd usually think. Granted a lot of that for them has to do with where they're developing and the wages they go for there, but games can get really costly due to motion capture, famous actors/musicians, marketing, etc. Cut the right corners and it seems you can make really nice looking games for cheap.
SapientWolf
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Every Crysis game has native stereoscopic 3D support.
DodgyGeezerFella
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Wonder if this will get any usage -
Cave Johnson
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TheRealTalker
Banned
agreed
they have GG, ICE TEAM, XDEV, and other engine specialist for their WorldWide Studios
no point in getting CryTek
other then Timesplitter they're I.Ps are just okay
if this was true then it would be better for Sony to buy out 2nd party devs like Housemarque, QD, RaD, etc...
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Concerning Crytek though it makes since as to why they are currently having this fallout
new studios, pumping money into engine work, unorganized production layouts
they where too bloated
TheBaronOfNA
Banned
I know a few people who said similar things (some employees not paid for months) happened after the development of Crysis 2. This is all second-hand info, please ingest with sodium.
Made from Goats
Banned
This game looked really good. I hope they can still get it back into development at some point.
Homefront 2? AFAIK we've not even seen real gameplay yet (just the CG announcement trailer), correct?
Oh snap! I missed out on this during E3, my apologies.
Shees!
I always wondered why not more developers did not embrace the crytech engine, as it is in my opinion the the best engine around (I was also planning to start a thread of why crytech was not more commercial used, if I some day get elevated from junior status, surprised no one else did it already).
But it's seems to be clear that mismanagement is a big part of it (lack of documentation, lack of respect for their employees/customers, ect). I really hope they get this sorted out, as the/a(UK?) crytech development team deserves much better than this,
I always wondered why not more developers did not embrace the crytech engine, as it is in my opinion the the best engine around (I was also planning to start a thread of why crytech was not more commercial used, if I some day get elevated from junior status, surprised no one else did it already).
But it's seems to be clear that mismanagement is a big part of it (lack of documentation, lack of respect for their employees/customers, ect). I really hope they get this sorted out, as the/a(UK?) crytech development team deserves much better than this,
Warm Machine
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Actually surprised they didn't fast track a Crysis Trilogy for PS4 and Xbox One.