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CryEngine2 
CryEngine 2 running CrysisDeveloper(s) Crytek Platform Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 Type Game engine Website www.crytek.com CryEngine 2 is a game engine developed by Crytek, and is the successor to CryEngine the game engine used in Far Cry. CryEngine 2 is used in Crytek's game Crysis, and an updated version in Crysis Warhead, a side story of Crysis. Also, the MMORPG Entropia Universe recently upgraded its graphics to the CryEngine 2. In March 2009 at the Game Developers Conference, CryEngine 2's successor, CryEngine 3, was shown on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.
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History
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CryEngine2 was first licensed out to French company IMAGTP who specializes in architectural and urban-planning communication. The purpose of licensing the engine was to create a program to allow clients to see exactly what a building or other structure would look like before any actual building was undertaken.
As of March 7, Simpson Studios, a new development studio, has licensed CryEngine2 out to use on a Massively Multiplayer Virtual World (MMVW) that takes place on a terraformed Mars.[1]
On May 11, 2007 Crytek announced that they would be using the engine to create a game based on their new “intellectual property”. It is also confirmed that it will not be a part of Crysis and in fact may not even be a first person shooter.
On September 17, 2007, Ringling College of Art & Design became the first higher education institution in the world to license CryEngine2 for educational purposes.
Games using CryEngine 2
Title Release Date Developer Publisher DirectX 10 Support Blue Mars[2] September 2, 2009 open beta Avatar Reality Avatar Reality 
Crysis (Windows) 
November 16, 2007
November 15, 2007Crytek Frankfurt Electronic Arts Crysis Warhead September 12, 2008
September 16, 2008Crytek Frankfurt Electronic Arts Entropia Universe Upgraded from CryEngine 2 on 18 August 2009. MindArk MindArk 
Merchants of Brooklyn[3] March 17, 2009 Paleo Entertainment Paleo Entertainment The Day TBA 
Reloaded Studios NEXON
Tencent Holdings LtdVigilance[4] Released Harrington Group Harrington Group Command and Conquer Tiberian Genesis[5] TBA 
Tiberian Genesis Team
Tiberian Genesis Team Other licensees
- ENODO - Architectural program to show what buildings would look like before they are built
- Ringling College of Art and Design - Educational program
- Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences - The university uses the engine in their Game Development course.[6]
- Games Academy - Games Academy will use the engine in its teaching, with students given the chance to build their projects using the studio's technology.[7]
See also
References
- ^ Welcome to Crytek
- ^ Blue Mars to go into open beta on September 2nd?
- ^ Merchants of Brooklyn to use CryEngine 2
- ^ Vigilance Wins “People’s Choice” Award At I/ITSEC Serious Games Competition
- ^ Crysis trifft Command and Conquer: Tiberian Genesis vorgestellt [Bilder des Tages]
- ^ Seeley, Harald (2007-11-16). Hochschule Darmstadt get CryENGINE. . Crytek GmbH. http://www.crytek.com/news/news/?tx_ttnews%5Bpointer%5D=1&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=97&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=9&cHash=2618c4a54b. Retrieved 2010-01-31.
- ^ "Games Academy Licenses CryENGINE 2". inCrysis. http://www.incrysis.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=517. Retrieved 2010-01-31.
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