Crytek

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Crytek
Type
Founded	1999
Headquarters	Frankfurt, Germany
Key people	Cevat, Avni and Faruk Yerli
Industry	Computer and video game industry
Products	CryENGINE, CryENGINE2, Crysis, Far Cry
Employees	140
Website	Crytek

Crytek is a video game development company founded by Cevat, Avni and Faruk Yerli in 1999 and is located in Frankfurt, Germany. Crytek’s development team is comprised of 115 game professionals from 20+ different nations. They are best known for developing the game Far Cry and the CryENGINE that the game uses which includes PolyBump, a version of normal mapping technology. Crytek received the following awards: Best Independent European Developer 2004, Best New PC IP 2004 - Industry Excellence Awards 2004, Best New Studio 2004 - Game Developer Choice Awards 2005.

[edit] Games developed

• Far Cry (2004)
• Crysis - in development (2007)

[edit] See also

• Far Cry (film)
• CryENGINE
• CryENGINE2

[edit] External links

• Crytek
• Crysis - The Game - Official Crysis Website

Crytek video games v • d • e
Games	Far Cry • Crysis
Technology	CryENGINE • CryENGINE2