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Crytek interested in offering free development platform



When Epic offered the Unreal SDK free to all users, it got Crytek to thinking — specifically, thinking about doing the same thing. Speaking to Develop, Crytek CEO Cevat Yerli said that his company is looking to offer a free platform for budding game developers “that will be up to speed” with CryEngine 3.

It’s nothing new to Crytek, who offered free versions of its previous platforms to the modding community, however this new venture is something different — a “standalone free platform that people can run independent of CryEngine that will also be up to speed with the latest engine,” Yerli hopes. While he’s quick to point out it’s not the same thing as what Epic and Unity are doing — another popular game development tool that offers a bit of variety in free and premium toolsets — we’re hard-pressed to find much of a difference between the two. It’s, like, almost the same exact thing.

Crytek curently has no timetable for release of the new platform, nor has it commented on potential tech and licensing agreements stemming from the new venture. We’ll keep you posted.

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