After Crysis: Crytek Working on New FPS Franchise?
A LinkedIn profile reveals that the Crysis developer is currently working on a new FPS franchise for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and windows PC.
A LinkedIn profile of Crytek gameplay/animstion programmer David Ramos spotted by Superannuation reveals that the famed Crysis developer is working on a new IP in the FPS genre. The new title is slated for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Windows PC on a unspecified date.
According to the profile, Ramos worked on the new game for approximately one year, implementing several core gameplay mechanics architectures and served as a main animation programmer at game code level. The profile also states that he refactored the code handling the input for aiming to drastically improve its feeling, provided general optimization tasks for consoles at game code level and co-designed many of the project game mechanics.
The news follows reports that Crytek canceled work on a 3rd-person project codenamed "Redemption," appearing on the resume of technical artist Dimitry Kachkovski (PDF) and David Ramos' LinkedIn profile. Ramos worked on it for six months and claims that it was slated for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Windows PC. Kachkovski's resume doesn't go into specifics, but does verify the "Redemption" name.
Last month Crytek denied reports that it was currently working on a game for the next-generation Xbox (720) console, specifically TimeSplitters 4.
"Crytek do not have any next generation hardware from Microsoft, nor do we know when Microsoft may announce future hardware or what that hardware will entail," the company said. "Crytek are working at pushing the boundaries of what current technology can bring, including our focus on DX11 which will be released shortly as an update for Crysis 2, and we believe this work, added to our estimations of what the new hardware will provide, set up CryENGINE as a next generation engine for all consoles."
If you missed it, our own Don Woligroski here at Tom's Hardware took a look at the DirectX 11 patch for Crysis 2 as seen here.
"For those with the compatible hardware, 3D Vision/DirectX 9 is more visually rewarding than the DirectX 11 mode, if we're being forced to choose now," he writes. "Realistically though, the deployment of DirectX 11 graphics cards far exceeds the number of 3D Vision-capable screens, so the majority of Crysis 2 players can get their free DirectX 11 Ultra Upgrade enhancements without any tradeoff, assuming their machines are fast enough to turn them on."

/notfunnyanymore
young girls to the genre.
It was actually a fun game, and it had great graphics compared to most others. Now with the DX11 patch it actually looks better than even the original crysis. And it was not a fail at all considering its 3 million units sold so far.
Call them Crysis 2 developer. Crysis developer no longer exists.
Yeah tap young girls... that's golden right there...
Barbie can actually give you an adrenaline kick, you just need to find the right surroundings. Like when people kick in your door & try to kill you, just keep playing! You'll notice that your pulse is off the chart while you play Barbie under these conditions...
So games suck a lot on PC.
It's ridiculous to play with just 16 player in 2011, when it's possible to play minimum with 64 players and probably with 128 players on good machine (2011 machine).
Console console console.
Just that.
I HATE console. Just good for my kids.
I hope a day some new companies games will think to guy who have good PC and make game for them and not for (#&$ console !
They won't, we will be an afterthought.
Have it ever been funny?
They already have flash games like that.