AAA Free-to-Play Social First Person Shooter to be offered through GFACE
Redwood Shores, CA and Frankfurt, Germany - July 26, 2012 - Leading premium
online games company Trion Worlds and Crytek announced today they will
co-publish and co-operate the award-winning online first-person shooter (FPS)
Warface in North America, Europe, Turkey, Australia and New Zealand, through
GFACE powered by the Trion platform.
"Trion is the company spearheading a revolution in gaming through delivering
premium online games across big genres powered by a proven, cutting edge
platform," said Cevat Yerli, CEO and founder of Crytek. "The combination of this
platform, GFACE and Warface shows Crytek's commitment to finding innovative new
ways to bring superior gaming experiences and AAA titles to gamers. That's why
we are creating strong strategic alliances with the best online publishers
across the world."
"Crytek has repeatedly proven their foresight and they are doing that again by
leading the shift towards delivering high-quality, free-to-play, online games,"
Dr. Lars Buttler, CEO and founder, Trion Worlds, said. "We are very impressed
with Warface and Crytek's commitment to polished gameplay, amazing graphics,
technical excellence, and real innovation. We very much feel that we are kindred
companies and stand strong together."
Currently live in Russia, and boasting more than two million registered users,
Warface recently won Best Game and Best Graphics at the Russian KRI Awards after
breaking player concurrency records within four weeks of its launch.
Warface is a vast online universe, set in the near future. The game offers a
cinematic experience with next gen visuals, AI and physics based on Crytek's
proprietary CryENGINE 3 game development solution. Warface provides gamers with
a constantly updated extensive PVE (player versus environment) universe full of
dramatic multiplayer co-op missions, a full set of class based PVP (player
versus player) and will be available for PC via Crytek's free-to-play social
platform GFACE.
Warface is an original Crytek game, developed by Crytek Kiev and co-produced
Crytek Frankfurt.
Trion's platform, codenamed Red Door, was announced Fall 2011, and is a
full-scale publishing and development solution for premium online games,
enabling unprecedented flexibility and control for game monetization teams,
ideal for the free-to-play model. The platform offers a sophisticated server
architecture and proprietary toolsets positioned to radically speed up the
time-to-market for developers who want to create the next generation of AAA
games for connected devices.
About Trion Worlds
Trion Worlds is the leading publisher and developer of premium games for the
connected era. Powered by a breakthrough development and publishing platform,
Trion is revolutionizing the way games are developed, played and sold. Trion's
world-class team delivers high-quality, dynamic, and massively social games
operated as live services across the biggest game genres and devices, including
the critically acclaimed blockbuster, Rift and the highly-anticipated End of
Nations and Defiance. Trion is headquartered in Redwood City, Calif., with
offices in San Diego, Calif., Austin, Texas, and at Trion Worlds Europe in
London, UK.
For more information, please visit
http://www.trionworlds.com
About Crytek
Crytek GmbH ("Crytek") is an independent company at the forefront of the
interactive entertainment industry, and is dedicated to pushing the boundaries
of gaming by creating standout experiences for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC,
mobile devices and games-as-service using their cutting-edge 3D-Game-Technology,
CryENGINE.
The company's headquarters are in Frankfurt am Main (Germany). Crytek also has
studios in Kiev (Ukraine), Budapest (Hungary), Sofia (Bulgaria), Seoul (South
Korea) Nottingham (UK) and Shanghai (China).
Since its foundation in 1999, Crytek has consistently been recognized for
excellence in its field, earning accolades such as the 2011 Develop Award for
Best Independent Studio and a 2010 Red Dot Design Award. Its multi-award winning
games include Far Cry, Crysis (awarded best PC Game of E3 2007 and Best
Technology at the 2008 Game Developers Choice Awards), Crysis Warhead (awarded
Best Graphics Technology at IGN Best of 2008 Awards) and Crysis 2 (awarded Best
Shooter of E3 2010 and Gamescom 2010).
For more information, please visit
http://www.crytek.com. |
