#5445708

Corbus

2017-06-23 09:12

Didn't Crytek go bankrupt?

#5445722

GroinShooter

2017-06-23 10:50

Almost, but no.

#5445724

Glidefan

Moderator

2017-06-23 11:27

I think they closed down a lot of their studios.

#5445736

RooiKreef

2017-06-23 12:27

Well I hope some games make use of the new engine, as I honestly think Vulkan is the best API in a long time. I actually couldn't believe my eyes when I saw the difference in Doom with the Vulkan API. It was unbelievable that you can get so much more from a API change. If all games can return results like this, then I honestly don't see why any developers will be using anything else besides for the small fact that some older hardware doesn't support it yet. Give the fact that it is completely cross platform supported is a very big deal to developers. The pros of Vulkan outweighs the cons by a longggg shot.

#5445753

DLD

2017-06-23 13:49

"...But then news came of a new licensing deal keeping Crytek from having to file for bankruptcy. Reports now indicate that this mysterious licensing deal was made with a very unlikely source, Amazon. Amazon has reportedly licensed Crytek’s popular game engine, CryEngine 3, for a figure falling somewhere between $50 to $70 million. Thanks to this hefty deal, Crytek has been able to resolve its numerous financial issues...In the future, CryEngine 3 will be used as the engine for a number of gaming projects, including BattleCry, which is being published by Bethesda. In addition, the highly ambitious science-fiction epic, Star Citizen has been created using CryEngine 3"

#5445755

Corbus

2017-06-23 14:21

Happy to know that,i like the engine, and with dx12/vulkan support,even better.

#5445785

holler

2017-06-23 16:19

i assume Hunt: Showdown will be using Cry 5?

#5445795

Venix

2017-06-23 17:04

Well if all cry,unreal,unity and idtech engines suport vulkan then like 80%+ of the games will support vulcan 🙂 hopefully !

#5445821

Prince Valiant

2017-06-23 18:04

Well if all cry,unreal,unity and idtech engines suport vulkan then like 80%+ of the games will support vulcan 🙂 hopefully !

Only if it's as simple as clicking a button to output a build that supports it.

#5445825

coth

2017-06-23 18:11

Almost, but no.

Still i thought they gonna ditch it after selling sources to Amazon.

#5445989

Venix

2017-06-24 06:24

Only if it's as simple as clicking a button to output a build that supports it.

well yes indeed and i do not think there is as simple it is in my mind .... like vulkan is supported on every platform and performs as well if not better so why not vulkan :bang:

#5446002

Redemption80

2017-06-24 10:06

Most engine devs nowadays are going to be looking at Vulkan as it's likely it will become the standard on mobile devices, well Android devices anyway. I'm sure Crytek got Crysis 3 running on Android even with OpenGL ES, not that it was ever released though.