On eurogamer.de - Crytek in ernsten Schwierigkeiten
(Translated via Google translate)
"Crytek in serious trouble
Stand supposedly close to bankruptcy.
by Sebastian Thor Published Saturday, June 21, 2014
What's going on at Crytek? Cause for concern provides a report published today in the Gamestar report entitled "The vultures are circling over Crytek".
The text is currently available only for Game Star Plus subscribers, so here are some of the key messages (via NeoGAF):
In April of that year, the studio was reportedly on the verge of bankruptcy, before one could find a life-saving funding. The company was founded in Coburg in 1999 currently employs nearly 800 people, including almost certainly the many subsidiary studios include, among others, in Hungary, Ukraine, in Seoul and England. Some of them emerged from the takeover of former development team as Free Radical Design, Black Sea or Vigil Games.
Now Crytek infected with this gigantic combine into financial difficulties, as it says in the report. According to co-founder Avni Yerli further funding was only secured once, but now it does not sound as if it were a thing for eternity.
Crytek talked with Microsoft about Ryse 2, whose predecessor was released exclusively for the Xbox One, but obviously was not unanimous. It is said that Microsoft wanted to have the trademark and Crytek they do not give up.
Other problems caused by the fact that both the steps on the free-to-play market (including the published in October shooter Warface) and the licensing business with the Cry Engine not running, as you had been hoped. Even Crysis 3 and Ryse would not have achieved the desired sales.
Currently Crytek developing Homefront 2, among other things, the continuation of a shooter whose rights are secured under the auction of THQ assets."
