Crytek coming to Austin, TX

RogerP · Jan 2013

This is good, maybe some of the artists recently unemployed can find work here

CRYTEK COMING TO THE ATX

Neox · Jan 2013

so they bought the rest of vigil?

d1ver · Jan 2013

I approve of this

skylebones · Jan 2013

Awesome to hear. A new studio is always good news.

Mark Dygert · Jan 2013

2 words...

FUCK

and

YEAH!

maximumsproductions · Jan 2013

ATX, you rock!

Rurouni Strife · Jan 2013

Love me some Crytek!

Arkadius · Jan 2013

Yes!! Now buy Vigil!!

Neox · Jan 2013

Arkadius wrote: »

Yes!! Now buy Vigil!!

did you read the news? i think this is pretty much what happened, the former vigil boss is the boss of the new studio

RogerP · Jan 2013

Hopefully

Crytek's new Austin studio could be a second chance for Vigil

Bruno Afonseca · Jan 2013

Happy to hear this

Always good to see cool companies expanding and cool people remain employed!

marks · Jan 2013

This, and picking up the Homefront franchise for the same price as a mid-range house ... Yeah, shrewd business sense from Cevat imo.

loneraver · Jan 2013

That's awesome!

ParoXum · Jan 2013

I'm super happy to learn this in the news. Get onboard Vigil guys!

Zepic · Jan 2013

This is great news. Let's hope this breathes new life into Vigil, or at least gives the devs some new opportunities.
I do have to ask, where did you obtain this information?

Edit: Sorry, the big obvious green link wasn't apparent enough for me...

Bart · Jan 2013

Really great that this happened

Arkadius · Jan 2013

Neox wrote: »

did you read the news? i think this is pretty much what happened, the former vigil boss is the boss of the new studio

Didn't recognize the name, but I just did my science. Thanks for pointing that out.

teaandcigarettes · Jan 2013

Holy shit.

Whoever is making these Crytek dev mugs is going to make a fortune. :poly142:

Zyloh · Jan 2013

This is awesome. I can't wait to hear more details.

blitz · Jan 2013

WOW.... Crytek's tech and the game design experience of the ex-vigil game!! Awesome combo!

igi · Jan 2013

Yeah,they have just opened up Crytek Istanbul and now this.Expansion to the America would be a great investment for sure.

ebagg · Jan 2013

So glad to see this, the industry needs more great news!

imyj · Jan 2013

w00t

oXYnary · Jan 2013

HA! Bobo and the rest may not have to go far at all. Other than learning the Cryengine.

ambershee · Jan 2013

For a company that spends quite a lot of time whinging about their lead franchise being unprofitable, they don't half seem to be over-expanding.

Glad to see Vigil folks landing on their feet!

Lee3dee · Jan 2013

hope that Crytek ATX hires just more than the ex-Vigil devs. Lots looking for work in town

ScoobyDoofus · Jan 2013

Kinda makes me regret leaving town. I don't know what the project is, but they seem like a studio where I could learn a lot. I wonder who the ex Vigil peeps are?

CordellC · Jan 2013

The studio size is 35 developers plus David Adams, so it's pretty small.

Andreas · Jan 2013

ScribbleHead · Jan 2013

Ace news! Feeling some newfound pride for my former employer, hopefully this will secure some much needed jobs

Mathew O · Jan 2013

teaandcigarettes wrote: »

Holy shit.

Whoever is making these Crytek dev mugs is going to make a fortune. :poly142:

You get cool mugs!? *fills out application*

Brygelsmack · Jan 2013

Eh. Why Texas of all places?

Neox · Jan 2013

because a lot of very ecperienced developers are already on site o_O

ambershee · Jan 2013

CordellC wrote: »

The studio size is 35 developers plus David Adams, so it's pretty small.

Ideal size for an AAA startup - that studio will expand quite quickly as the team gains direction and a project gains traction.

Andreas · Jan 2013

I sincerely hope Crytek is working on a F2P Timesplitters. :<

Blaizer · Jan 2013

my best wishes!

EmAr · Jan 2013

Wow, good move Crytek and great news for the Vigil folks

scotthomer · Jan 2013

Woot, so happy to hear this. Hopefully this will give some new opportunities for those unfortunate people left jobless by the THQ closures.

Its great to have even more awesome talent in the Crytek family

Spudnik · Jan 2013

Psh, and people were complaining in the hangouts that no game studios go to Austin anymore ... psh I say!

Awesome news, I can't wait to see how this develops!

SeveredSon · Jan 2013

Hells yes!

SurlyBird · Jan 2013

Congrats to all involved. Looking forward to what emerges from this. Love that Crytek!

crazyfool · Jan 2013

such awesome news, do we know if they are using the same building as Vigil?

seems crytek are really sweet at picking up studios after they go under. Its a fantastic sentiment but also very clever from a business stand point. I remember them picking up free radical and was really impressed. Im still not sure where they are getting all this money from though haha, nano suit copyright from indie developers maybe haha.

cptSwing · Jan 2013

It'll certainly allow them to move their visuals in a new direction.. good on ya, crytek!

Andreas · Jan 2013

crazyfool wrote: »

such awesome news, do we know if they are using the same building as Vigil?

seems crytek are really sweet at picking up studios after they go under. Its a fantastic sentiment but also very clever from a business stand point. I remember them picking up free radical and was really impressed. Im still not sure where they are getting all this money from though haha, nano suit copyright from indie developers maybe haha.

Crytek have military contracts out the wazoo. Gaming is a pretty small part of their bottom line.

ScoobyDoofus · Jan 2013

Crazyfool: I just heard from a friend who now works there, they are not using the same building.

[HP] · Jan 2013

I wish you the best of luck guys! Glad to see the cry family growing.

Zepic · Jan 2013

Andreas wrote: »

Crytek have military contracts out the wazoo. Gaming is a pretty small part of their bottom line.

Really? What does Crytek do for the military?

Zepic · Jan 2013

One thing that bothers me from reading this article is that Crytek isn't purchasing the Darksiders franchise. I understand they got a lot of the Vigil talent, but really? Darksiders is an amazing franchise...
It also mentioned that the Austin studio will be focusing on online games, so I wonder if they are going to revive that MMO they were working on?

Quote:
Yerli also made clear that Crytek was not intending to purchase THQ's Darksiders IP.

Article: http://gamasutra.com/view/news/185585/Interview_What_Vigils_core_team_is_up_to_at_its_new_Crytek_home.php#.UQgvb2fIV8E

praetus · Jan 2013

Zepic wrote: »

Really? What does Crytek do for the military?

Typically modeling and simulations for training. We don't use it here, but for a time we were actively looking into switching to CryEngine 3 but it fell though. Realtime Immersive tends to be their studio that handles Sims.

They have an entire section on their site regarding what they call "Serious Games." They actually do quite a bit but it's never anything you'll really see unless you are using it for training.

System · Jan 2013

merped

PredatorGSR · Jan 2013

Stalking horse bidder isn't a cool word, its a legal term for someone who has made a public bid for the company already. It was Clearlake Capital, not sure why you think its Microsoft.

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