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CryEngine
Developer(s)
Crytek
Initial release
May 2, 2002; 22 years ago (2002-05-02)[1]
Stable release
5.7.1[2]
/ May 19, 2022; 23 months ago (2022-05-19)
Written in
C++ (Qt), Lua, C#
Platform
Linux
Microsoft Windows
Nintendo Switch[3]
PlayStation 3
PlayStation 4[4]
PlayStation 5
Wii
Wii U[5]
Xbox 360
Xbox One[6]
Xbox Series X/S
License
Source-available commercial software with royalty model for commercial use
Website
www.cryengine.com
CryEngine (stylized as CRYENGINE) is a game engine designed by the German game developer Crytek. It has been used in all of their titles with the initial version being used in Far Cry, and continues to be updated to support new consoles and hardware for their games. It has also been used for many third-party games under Crytek's licensing scheme, including Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2 and SNOW. Warhorse Studios uses a modified version of the engine for their medieval RPG Kingdom Come: Deliverance. Ubisoft maintains an in-house, heavily modified version of CryEngine from the original Far Cry called the Dunia Engine, which is used in their later iterations of the Far Cry series.
According to various anonymous reports in April 2015, CryEngine was licensed to Amazon for $50–70 million.[7] Consequently, in February 2016, Amazon released its own reworked and extended version of CryEngine under the name of Amazon Lumberyard.[8][9]
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^"UPDATE Hotfix Today: CRYENGINE 5.7.1 LTS is here". Crytek. Archived from the original on 2022-06-06. Retrieved 2022-05-19.
^Wales, Matt (February 17, 2020). "Free-to-play first-person shooter Warface is now available on Switch". Eurogamer. Archived from the original on August 31, 2020. Retrieved February 17, 2020.
^"CryENGINE® 3 Equipped for Development on Sony Computer Entertainment's PlayStation®4". Crytek. 2013-07-06. Archived from the original on 2013-06-09. Retrieved 2013-07-24.
^"Wii U gets Crytek support with CryENGINE". ComputersAndVideoGames.com. 2011-06-14. Archived from the original on 27 December 2014. Retrieved 2012-09-08.
^"Crytek's CryENGINE® 3 Already Primed for Xbox One Development". Crytek. 2013-05-21. Archived from the original on 2013-06-08. Retrieved 2013-07-24.
^Schreier, Jason (6 April 2015). "Sources: Amazon Spent Big Bucks On Crytek's Engine". Kotaku. Archived from the original on 2016-02-16. Retrieved 2016-02-10.
^Neltz, András (9 February 2016). "Amazon Releases Its Own Game Engine For Free". Kotaku. Archived from the original on 2016-12-12. Retrieved 2016-02-10.
^"Welcome to the Amazon GameDev Blog! | Amazon GameDev Blog". aws.amazon.com. 9 February 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-03-08. Retrieved 2016-02-10.
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