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The situation at Crytek seems to show no sign of getting better, as insiders claim that staﬀ at Crytek UK (formerly TimeSplitters developer Free Radical Design) have still not been paid the full amount they’re owed and that many have ﬁled formal grievance letters and elected to stay at home rather than go into work.

Website Kotaku claims to have heard about Crytek’s problem from 20 separate sources, including four from the UK. Crytek UK is currently working on Homefront: The Revolution but allegedly over 100 staﬀ have le the studio in recent months.

Advertisement AdvIntertisementerestingly, it’s also claimed that Deep Silver, the British-based games publishing arm of German media company Koch Media, is currently in negotiations to buy Crytek UK – including their work on https://metro.co.uk/2014/06/27/ryse-2-cancelled-claim-sources-as-crytek-troubles-spread-4777699/ 1/8 5/17/2019 Ryse 2 cancelled claim sources, as Crytek UK staff stage walkout | Metro News the Homefront sequel.Advertisement Deep Silver has seen rapid expansion in recent years, acquiringAdvertisement the Metro series  NEWS SPORT ALL and Saints Row developer Volition during the collapse of THQ.

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The ﬁnancial crisis at Crytek appears to be getting worse, amidst rumours that UK staﬀ haven’t been paid since April.

Stories of Crytek being in serious ﬁnancial trouble have been swirling around for days, but now multiple sources claim that all plans for a sequel to Xbox One exclusive Ryse have been canned.

Both Kotaku and Eurogamer suggest that the problem is not so much Crytek’s ﬁnancial situation but an argument between them and Microso over who owns the rights to the series.

Allegedly Microso was willing to fund a sequel, but only if Crytek ceded the intellectual property rights to the franchise to them.

Given the quality of the ﬁrst game we can’t pretend we’re that upset, but Crytek’s more general ﬁnancial situation continues to be a worry, even as they insist that nothing is wrong.

Website Develop claims that staﬀ at Crytek UK (formally TimeSplitters developer Free Radical Design) haven’t been properly paid since April, with 40 staﬀ having le the studio in recent months. This has reportedly led to Crytek instituting a rule where anyone leaving the company has to give three month’s notice.

Crytek UK are currently working on the recently announced Homefront: The Revolution but some staff apparently have ‘differences with the creative direction of the project’. Especially as developers from Crytek’s Frankfurt offices, who were previously working on Ryse 2, have now been moved on to Homefront.

According to Eurogamer Crytek’s Shanghai studio, who work on free-to-play shooter Warface, have also not been paying employees – with some considering legal action and 10 already having le the company.

Advertisement Advertisement The roots of the company’s problems are believed to be Crytek’s G-Face web-based games platform Advertisement Advandertisement the failure of Warface in every market except Russia. Crytek’s other free-to-play games have also not seen signiﬁcant success and their graphics engine CryEngine is much less popular with other developers than Unity and Unreal Engine. https://metro.co.uk/2014/06/27/ryse-2-cancelled-claim-sources-as-crytek-troubles-spread-4777699/ 2/8 5/17/2019 Ryse 2 cancelled claim sources, as Crytek UK staff stage walkout | Metro News To support all theseAdvertisement projects Crytek has seen rapid expansion recently, with multipleAdvertisement studios around  NEWS SPORT ALL the world – including the new Crytek USA, which is staﬀed by a number of ex-Vigil Games employees.

What will happen to all these diﬀerent studios, and Crytek as a whole, is unknown but there are already suggestions that the business will be sold oﬀ either as a one entity or individually.

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