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Crytek says the most important difference between Far Cry and Crysis had nothing to do with technology: 'In Crysis, we mimicked nature as closely as possible'
By Rick Lane published
News "If you want to build a real place, the best you can do is go to this place."

After a disastrous patch day, Hunt: Showdown 1896's 2.4 update is live for real now
By Tyler Colp published
news Crytek says everything should be working smoothly again.

Hunt: Showdown 1896 goes offline for a day after its latest update caused so many problems Crytek had to remove it completely
By Andy Chalk published
news It took more than eight hours for Crytek to bring Hunt back to Steam, and it's still not playable on consoles.

'We want to increase the cost of silence': Hunt: Showdown 1896's latest update brings a new event, a massive list of bugfixes and a tougher challenge for stealthy players
By Rick Lane published
News Quiet play has been 'undervalued' in the past.

Crysis 4 is officially 'on hold' as Crytek lays off 15% of its workforce, saying it 'cannot continue as before and remain financially sustainable'
By Rick Lane published
News But the studio will "continue to expand" Hunt: Showdown 1896.

Crysis director says it was so hard to run it became a meme because its highest settings were meant for future PCs: 'I wanted to make sure Crysis does not age'
By Ted Litchfield published
news "A lot of people tried to maximise Crysis immediately, and I'm like, 'Oh, that's not why we built the Ultra mode, or Very High.'"

Crytek went so overboard on the Crysis tech it created a whole blushing system, implemented nose shadows, and sent devs to photograph leaves in Haiti to get the translucency right: 'We went over bonkers on this one'
By Rich Stanton published
News "The shader work that came out of this was mind-blowing at times."

Crysis' magical Nanosuit was so convincing that a nanotech conference asked Crytek's boss to give a keynote speech: 'I said, excuse me, but this is all fake'
By Joshua Wolens published
News Crysis 2 and 3, however, are documentaries.
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