Crytek

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Crytek <tr><td colspan="2" style="text-align:center; padding:16px 0 16px 0;">Image:Crytek logo.gif</td></tr>
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Founded	1999
Headquarters	Frankfurt, Germany <tr><th style="text-align:right; padding-right:0.75em;">Key people</th><td>Cevat, Avni and Faruk Yerli</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:right; padding-right:0.75em;">Industry</th><td>Computer and video game industry</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:right; padding-right:0.75em;">Products</th><td>CryENGINE, CryENGINE2, Crysis, Far Cry</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:right; padding-right:0.75em;">Employees</th><td>135</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:right; padding-right:0.75em;">Website</th><td>Crytek</td></tr>

Crytek is a video game development company founded by Cevat, Avni and Faruk Yerli in 1999 and is located in Frankfurt, Germany. Crytek’s development team is comprised of 115 game professionals from 20+ different nations. They are best known for developing the game Far Cry and the CryENGINE that the game uses which includes PolyBump, a version of normal mapping technology. Crytek received the following awards: Best Independent European Developer 2004, Best New PC IP 2004 - Industry Excellence Awards 2004, Best New Studio 2004 - Game Developer Choice Awards 2005.