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Crytek Buys WorldShift Dev. Black Sea Studios
by Chris Faylor, Jul 21, 2008 11:05am PDTCrysis creator Crytek has officially acquired Black Sea Studios, a Bulgarian company known for its historical PC real-time strategy effort Knights of Honor and the upcoming sci-fi RTS WorldShift.
Under the deal, Black Sea has been renamed Crytek Black Sea. The financial details of the buyout were not disclosed.
"Black Sea Studios already has a very qualified and experienced development team in place and will be continually expanded in capacity to join our tradition of producing highly innovative and creative games which Crytek is known for," explained Crytek managing director Avni Yerli.
It is unknown what effect the acquisition will have on the development of WorldShift, which was announced a PC exclusive. Due to piracy concerns, Crytek has stated that the company will no longer develop PC-only titles following Crysis: Warhead this fall.
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"...our tradition of producing highly innovative and creative games which Crytek is known for..."
Eh? Let's list all your games shall we:
Far Cry - A single person shooter with a "meh" worthy storyline but a great engine and good, solid action. Innovative? Maybe the engine part, but every new engine is better than the rest, it's called progress. Creative? I wouldn't say "highly", it was pretty average as far as shooters go, only thing of significance is the shear size of the jungle.
Crysis - I'll keep this short: No.
Crysis 2 - No.
Far Cry 2 - Not out yet, but it already looks like the best work they have and I'm looking forward to it. Let's just hope they finally, _finally_ fixed the awful AI.
So I say: HA!
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Not sure I agree with that statement, having played both games. Nice map editors and if you like water and palm trees then great. Poor multiplayer, bland gameplay run of the mill run+gun. But I guess that doesn't make as good a PR statement.
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