Last week we told you about CRYENGINE, developed by European video game publisher CRYTEK. Like most third-party engines out there, CRYENGINE is free to download and develop with, but if you sell something with it, CRYTEK gets a royalty cut of each sale. (Unless your product is a flop — the company does not count the first $5,000 earned.)
The European video game publisher CRYTEK makes games, publishes games, and helps you create your own games — that latter business is accomplished by their physics engine CRYENGINE. Like most third-party engines out there, CRYENGINE is free to download and develop with, but if you sell something with it, CRYTEK gets a royalty cut of each sale. (Unless your product is a flop — the company does not count the first $5,000 earned.)
Cloud Imperium has announced that it has moved its game, Star Citizen, over from CryEngine 4 to Amazon’s Lumberyard engine. The change, which went smoothly according to the developer, was done to ensure the long-term future of the project with Crytek ongoing financial difficulties. It also means that thye can integrate things like Twitch streaming directly into the game through Amazon Web Services.