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Crytek Expands Further

Blog written by The Duder on May 20, 2007 at 02:06 PM

Crytek GmbH announced the opening of a new studio in Budapest, Hungary, their second such announcement in just over a week, as they recently announced their Kiev satellite has been evaluated to the role of development studio as well.

FRANKFURT / BUDAPEST, May 19 -- Crytek GmbH, the leading independent German game developer behind the critically acclaimed game Far Cry and the highly anticipated game Crysis, today announced the opening of their newest studio in Budapest, Hungary as part of their continuing strategy to leverage their CryENGINE 2 technology and expand the number of gaming genres for which they are developing new products.

"After considering a number of different options over the last two years, we chose to open our next studio in Budapest because it is both a wonderful city in which to work and live, and because we were able to draw on a significant pool of very qualified and experienced game development talent already in place there.? said Avni Yerli, Managing Director of Crytek. ?We think it is a great way to widen our horizons and develop for a new gaming genre while continuing our company?s strategic growth and expansion. It is also an opportunity to further leverage all the effort that our team has put into developing our proprietary CryENGINE 2 technology while building on our tradition of producing the highly innovative and creative kind of games for which we are known."