Crytek rumored to be facing a possible shut down in the near future. They were previously dealing with serious financial problems last year and it doesn't seem like the situation improved at all since then. Morale itself is really low at the company for its future.
Been late paying their employees, series of firings and departures, and now looking at potential lawsuits from their remaining staff in regards to pay issues.
In terms of recent game sales, none sold well or got near the expectations from EA and Crytek.
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January 2017: Warface is sold to the Russians, and the entire marketing and publishing team is fired http://crytek.com/news/crytek-scales...t-frankfurt-hq There are regular meetings in which Avni lies to us from the sky so that people do not leave or sue them, and suddenly there are no more news about the sales of the other studios. Salaries are still at least a month too late (December salary came in late January, money for Janaury is not here yet so at least 4 weeks late, and no word on February). By the way, during this time, a Faruk Yerli is still driving his new Lamborghini to work while the employees in the supermarket are looking for the cheapest lunch because they do not know if they will be paid in time for the next rental.
The company implodes and more and more executives leave the sinking ship: Engine creative director has gone last fall. Director of Production went in the summer . Audio director has lesft/ been fired in the fall (rumors ...). Engine business director went in february. Marketing Director was fired in January . Executive producer of all our vr titles goes in March. Most of the people are just frustrated because we have been lied and held for months, and no one knows if the company can recover. And for all who now say "why do not you look for a new job". This is possible in America, but those of us who want to work in Germany (married, children etc) have almost no choice but to stay here because there are only 2-3 other high-end developers in this country. How it goes on? No clue This week, the GDC is in America, and Crytek, as supposedly big player in the engine sector (our arrogance) has no booth or news. There are also rumors that people will sue the company over late salaries or being fired, but those rumors have been around for months, so I don't know what will happen.
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