Crytek has spoken before about its hopes for free-to-play, hoping to escape the conventional retail model and solely make free-to-play games. The Crysis developer doesn't feel quite ready to make the switch yet but whether it takes two years or five, CEO Cevat Yerli has said, free-to-play will rival retail and Crytek will be there.
Crysis 3 will be developer Crytek's final retail boxed product. Why? Because the company is becoming entirely focused on free-to-play games.
Warface is the developer's next major FPS title, and it will be free-to-play. However, CEO Cevat Yerli has since noted the possibility of a new TimeSplitters game as a free-to-play title, too. "I love TimeSplitters, I'm a huge TimeSplitters fan particularly of the multiplayer part. I love the idea, I love the brand, I love everything – but the publishers don't. That's reality," Yerli said.
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Crytek, the studio behind the Crysis series, is at work on its own online gaming service. Titled GFACE, the service promises to support a set of ambitious features like video chat and game streaming.
The browser-based service sports the usual friends list functionality with drag-and-drop game invites like Battlelog, but is augmented by an embedded video chat. You can also stream games remotely, similar to the service offered by OnLive. It even allows access to friends lists while using your PC as a media device, and Crytek plans to implement social applications as well.
"Warface is the new F2P running on the crytek engine right? If so this is pretty redundant, its ..."
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