CryENGINE2

game engine. It is an extended version of the CryENGINE, the game engine behind Far Cry. CryENGINE2 is currently being used for Crytek's newly released game, Crysis, and a deal has been signed for the Swedish Developer Mindark for use in their MMORPG, Entropia Universe.

The 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, Avatar Reality, Inc., a new development studio, has licensed the CryENGINE2 out to use on a Massively Multiplayer Virtual World (MMVW) that takes place on a terraformed Mars.

On May 11, 2007 Crytek announced that they would be using the engine to create a game based on their new Intellectual Property. The new game, Crysis, was rumored to be a multiplatform game, although it is at the moment PC exclusive and will not be coming to the PlayStation 3 or Xbox 360 due to lack of processing power on the consoles. Crysis will be produced by Crytek's second development studio located in Kiev. Although this title is not coming to PS3, Crytek are looking for a PS3 developer to help construct a framework for their CryENGINE2 to run on the PS3

On the 17th of September, 2007, Ringling College of Art & Design became the first higher education institution in the world to license CryENGINE2 for educational purposes.