God Slayer announced during GAME+ conference

Leading Chinese developer ChangYou have announced the upcoming launch of an epic new online game created using Crytek’s next-gen ready development solution, CryENGINE® 3. “God Slayer” will become China’s first MMO action RPG created using the state-of-the-art games engine, offering an exciting new experience to players all over the world as the game becomes ChangYou’s flagship title for the global market.

“CryENGINE® has been invaluable as we’ve worked towards fulfilling our ambitious goals for God Slayer.” said Wang Yi, deputy CEO of ChangYou. “It’s a tool that offers unparalleled flexibility during the development process, and helps to ensure gamers will encounter a world filled with unexpected new playing experiences when the game launches.”

Developers looking to maximize the potential of Crytek’s groundbreaking development solution, CryENGINE® 3, can now deepen their working knowledge of the engine’s vast capabilities via tutorial movies made by Crytek developers and Eat 3D. So far, six in-depth tutorials have been released – available in DVD format or as downloads – providing around 30 hours of expert advice on multiple aspects of putting CryENGINE 3 to use.

“When we saw the quality of the production from Eat 3D we were really happy to get more closely involved” said Carl Jones, Director of Global Business Development for CryENGINE, “We’re delighted to be able to offer access to these tutorials at a substantial discount for our registered licensees. More of our experienced developers will be making detailed tutorials with Eat3D in the near future.”

Further increasing the creative power at developers’ fingertips, Crytek today announced the arrival of a feature-filled update to its award-winning game development solution, CryENGINE 3. The CryENGINE 3 SDK now presents users with brand new tools to tap into, including revamped DirectX 11 tessellation, advanced character rendering options, improved AI system and much more.

Among the key enhancements free CryENGINE 3 SDK users can look forward to in version 3.4 are:

Strengthening its growing relationship with developers across Asia, Crytek GmbH (Crytek) today announced a new licensing deal for its proprietary real-time development solution, CryENGINE® 3, with Giant. One of China’s leading online game developers, Giant have opted to tap into the cutting-edge technology offered by Crytek’s game engine as they seek to deliver new experiences to the millions of players already enjoying their games.

Crytek GmbH (Crytek), creators of the award-winning Crysis video game franchise and CryENGINE 3D engine technology, announced that Autodesk Scaleform user interface (UI) solution is now integrated into CryENGINE 3. The technology will also be included in CryENGINE 3 free SDK, as part of a new update released today. Scaleform has been Crytek’s UI solution-of-choice for the development of all titles in the “Crysis” franchise.