Ever wanted an all-in-one game engine for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, DX9/DX10 PC games and MMOs alike? And had a crapload of money to spend on it? Well I guess the second part may be a bit tricky, so just for the sake of curiosity, the devs from Crytek will be introducing their new CryENGINE 3 game development solution at this year's GDC Expo (March 25-27) in San Francisco.



The package advertised in Crytek's announcement includes the CryENGINE 3Sandbox level editor - a 3rd generation "What you see is what you play" (WYSIWYP) tool designed by and for professional developers - and significant new features specifically designed for (...)

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Gotta love this world economic crysis. Umm, crisis, that is. Lots of people getting to spend more time with their friends and family (and have a good laugh over how they lost their job), lots of prices going down (in pure theory), and lots of companies becoming easy takeover targets. Especially those who thought they could get away with cheap thrills like Haze.

Well, the tide has now turned for the British game developer, as Crytek announced the acquisition of Free Radical's entire assets and business yesterday. Originally founded by some former Rare developers, Free Radical became synonymous with their TimeSplitters franchise. Last year, however, they went through some rough financial times, and saw their team getting decimated - leaving them an easy and, apparently, convenient pick for Crytek.

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From the funny, yet unstable land of rumors, come this little piece on Primotech – the guys there ranting something about Crysis being showed working on X360, behind closed doors, at this year’s GDC. Who would be interested in such a release? Well, prospective publishers, of course.

If this is true (which I really doubt so far, not until we get some real clarifications), then it seems that EA was not really interested in such a project, since I guess they would have got first bids on it. Considering the low revenues that Crysis brought back for the PC, it’s no wonder.

It was known for sometime that Crytek was planning on showing the graphic engine CryEngine 2 working on Microsoft's console, but probably just for certain developers that be interested in using it for future titles. So Crysis on X360 is still a rumor, but rumors usually have a seed of truth somewhere in their stomach.