Virtual World Entropia Universe Selects State-of-the-Art CryENGINE 2(R) to Create the Future
25/07/2007 20:02
PR Newswire
GOTHENBURG, Sweden and FRANKFURT, Germany, July 25 /PRNewswire/ --
- Cutting Edge CryENGINE 2(R) to Bring Real-Life Look to World's Safest
Virtual Universe
Entropia Universe, the safest virtual world utilizing a real cash
economy, has signed a license agreement to use the stunning high-tech game
engine CryENGINE 2(R), from German developer Crytek, creators of "Far Cry(R)"
and upcoming "Crysis(R)." This will make Entropia Universe the most realistic
looking massively multiplayer online game ever seen. The transition to an
Entropia Universe platform built around this new technology is expected to be
finished by mid-2008, and will be available to all Entropia Universe
partners.
Creator MindArk PE AB's CEO Jan Welter Timkrans explains, "The upgrade of
Entropia Universe will be built around the spectacular features supplied by
CryENGINE 2(R), offering a complete and immersive experience to Entropia
participants. It will create synergies between the proven and safe Real Cash
Economy backbone, the Entropia storyline with colonists fighting to establish
a new world, and the very life-like visuals supplied from CryENGINE 2(R)." He
continues, "When we saw what the engine was capable of, we immediately
understood that it would be perfect for Entropia, as both MindArk and Crytek
are pioneers in their respective fields."
Avni Yerli, Crytek's Managing Director says, "We are thrilled to have
been chosen by such a well regarded and successful industry leader as MindArk
to be their future engine provider for Entropia Universe. We think the
combination of our CryENGINE 2(R) technology and MindArk's extremely popular
virtual playground will result in a new kind of rich and immersive experience
that has not been possible until now. It will also expose a wide new audience
to the stunningly realistic graphics, environmental physics and believable
animations which are made possible by the award winning CryENGINE 2(R)
together with some of the most recent advances in PC hardware and operating
systems."
About MindArk PE AB
MindArk PE AB began in April of 2003 in Sweden, and are pioneers in the
virtual world space. MindArk develops, supports and monitors the services and
maintenance of Entropia Universe(R) - The Safest Virtual Universe with a Real
Cash Economy. Entropia Universe was launched in 2003 and has over 615,000
registered accounts. The company has been profitable since 2004. MindArk
offers the Entropia Universe software to users free of charge with no monthly
costs or associated subscription fees. For more information or to download
the free Entropia Universe software please visit www.entropiauniverse.com.
For more information about Entropia Universe's developer, MindArk, please
visit www.mindark.com.
About Crytek GmbH
Crytek GmbH ("Crytek") creators of the multiple award winning next-
generation first person shooter Far Cry(R), and the upcoming blockbuster hit
Crysis(R), is an interactive entertainment development company with its
headquarters located in Frankfurt Main, Germany and additional studios in
Kiev, Ukraine and Budapest, Hungary. Crytek is dedicated to creating
exceptionally high quality video games for the PC and next-generation
consoles, powered by their proprietary cutting edge 3D-Game-Technology
CryENGINE 2(R). For more information about Crytek, please visit
http://www.crytek.com. Developers who are interested in obtaining a
commercial license for the CryENGINE 2(R) middleware should mail their
inquiries to cryengine@crytek.com
MindArk Contact:
Elina Heng
Terpin Communications Group
+1-310-821-6100-x108
Crytek Contact:
Harald Seeley
Crytek Engine Business Manager
+49-(0)69-219-7766-69
MindArk Contact: Elina Heng, Terpin Communications Group +1-310-821-6100-x108; Crytek Contact: Harald Seeley, Crytek Engine Business Manager, +49-(0)69-219-7766-69