Crytek's Ryse 2 Canned - briefly
(hx) 09:38 AM CEST - Jun,27 2014
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According to sources, said to include current and former Crytek employees,"Crytek, the developer behind Crysis and Xbox One launch game Ryse, is having trouble paying employees, and the company has been bleeding staff since March..." It also emerged that Ryse 2 has been canned. On source also claimed, "Instead of focusing on the core strengths of the company, which would be the [Crytek] engine and innovative PC titles, we simply jumped at every next big thing in the industry. Except that each time we did, it was a little too late and we were running after our competitors. There's no sense of identity at this point and I think that frustrates both employees and fans."
Kotaku also reports that, "At the beginning of March, just after Ryse 2's cancellation, Frankfurt employees didn't receive their checks. These payment issues trickled down to other studios at the company, too. Some Crytek UK employees have told me they were only paid 30%-40% of their paychecks, and others have reached out to say they haven't been paid in months." |
Updated:01:01 AM CEST Sep,23
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