Crytek GmbH

Crytek GmbH is a German video game development company founded by three German-Turkish brothers, Cevat, Avni and Faruk Yerli, in 1999. The company was originally located in Coburg, Germany, but relocated to Frankfurt, Germany in 2006.

In 2004, the company released its first title, Far Cry, which was published by Ubisoft. It was followed by adaptations for consoles, such as Far Cry: Instincts (2005) and Far Cry: Instincts - Predator (2006). The brand name Far Cry remained the property of Ubisoft and later games in the series were no longer developed by Crytek.

In July 2004, the company announced a partnership with Electronic Arts to create the Crysis franchise. The first-person shooter Crysis was released in November 2007. After the stand-alone expansion Crysis: Warhead (2008) the company released the sequel Crysis 2 in 2011 and Crysis 3 in 2013. The three mainline games were remastered in 2020 and 2021, without EA's involvement.

Next to games, the company also created and maintains the proprietary and licensable CryEngine 3D engine. Five major engine generations have been released as of 2016:

• 3D Engine: CryEngine 1
• 3D Engine: CryEngine 2
• 3D Engine: CryEngine 3
• 3D Engine: CryEngine 4
• 3D Engine: CryEngine 5

Known subsidiaries

Names in italics used to be subsidiaries, but no longer are as they were closed or sold off.

• Crytek Ukraine a.k.a. Crytek Kiev (founded in 2006)
• Crytek Hungary a.k.a. Crytek Budapest (founded in 2007 - closed in 2016)
• Crytek Black Sea (acquired in 2008 - sold to SEGA in 2017 - previously known as Black Sea Studios)
• Crytek Seoul (founded in 2008 - closed in 2016)
• Crytek UK (acquired in 2009 - closed in 2014 and developers moved to Dambuster Studios - previously known as Free Radical Design)
• Crytek Shanghai Software (founded in 2012 - closed in 2016)
• Crytek Istanbul (founded in 2012)
• Crytek USA (founded in 2013 - closed in 2014)