Crytek opens new Budapest studio

Crytek continues its European expansion with the opening of a new studio in Hungarian capital Budapest.

The studio has been established to work on titles in an alternative genre to the developers previous games, first-person shooters Far Cry and Crysis.

"After considering a number of different options over the last two years, we chose to open our next studio in Budapest because it is both a wonderful city in which to work and live, and because we were able to draw on significant a pool of very qualified and experienced game development talent in place there," commented Avni Yerli, MD of Crytek.

"We think it's a great way to widen our horizons and develop for a new gaming genre while continuing our company's strategic growth and expansion.

"It is also an opportunity to leverage all the effort that our team has put into developing our propriety CryEngine 2 technology while building on our tradition of producing the highly innovative and creative kind of games for which we are known."

The firm has studios in Frankfurt and Kiev. The Kiev studio recently announced it is currently working on new IP for the expanding developer.