Editing CryEngine (section)

{{short description|Game engine by Crytek}}
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{{Infobox software
| name = CryEngine
| logo = CryEngine Nex-Gen(4th Generation).png
| logo caption = 
| screenshot = 
| caption = CryEngine 5.5 screenshot
| developer = [[Crytek]]
| released = {{Start date and age|2002|05|02}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.crytek.com/news/news/?tx_ttnews%5Bpointer%5D=17&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=76&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=9&cHash=e4dea47a80 |title=Crytek GmbH: Crytek announces its Game Engine CryENGINE |work=[[Wayback Machine]] |date=2008-11-15 |access-date=2016-10-30 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081115062536/http://www.crytek.com/news/news/?tx_ttnews%5Bpointer%5D=17&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=76&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=9&cHash=e4dea47a80 |archive-date=2008-11-15 }}</ref>
| latest release version = 5.7.1<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cryengine.com/news/view/hotfix-today-cryengine-5-7-1-lts-is-here |title=UPDATE Hotfix Today: CRYENGINE 5.7.1 LTS is here |access-date=2022-05-19 |publisher=[[Crytek]] |archive-date=2022-06-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220606212522/https://www.cryengine.com/news/view/hotfix-today-cryengine-5-7-1-lts-is-here |url-status=live }}</ref>
| latest release date = {{Start date and age|2022|05|19}}
| programming language = [[C++]] ([[Qt (software)|Qt]]), [[Lua (programming language)|Lua]], [[C Sharp (programming language)|C#]]
| operating system = 
| platform = {{unbulleted list|[[Linux]]|[[Microsoft Windows]]|[[Nintendo Switch]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2020-02-17-free-to-play-first-person-shooter-warface-is-now-available-on-switch|title=Free-to-play first-person shooter Warface is now available on Switch|publisher=[[Eurogamer]]|first=Matt|last=Wales|date=February 17, 2020|access-date=February 17, 2020|archive-date=August 31, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200831024520/https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2020-02-17-free-to-play-first-person-shooter-warface-is-now-available-on-switch|url-status=live}}</ref>|[[PlayStation 3]]|[[PlayStation 4]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.crytek.com/news/cryengine--3-equipped-for-development-on-sony-computer-entertainment--s-playstation-4 |title=CryENGINE® 3 Equipped for Development on Sony Computer Entertainment's PlayStation®4 |date=2013-07-06 |access-date=2013-07-24 |publisher=[[Crytek]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130609043421/http://www.crytek.com/news/cryengine--3-equipped-for-development-on-sony-computer-entertainment--s-playstation-4 |archive-date=2013-06-09 }}</ref>|[[PlayStation 5]]|[[Wii]]|[[Wii U]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.computerandvideogames.com/307061/wii-u-gets-crytek-support-with-cryengine// |title=Wii U gets Crytek support with CryENGINE |date=2011-06-14 |publisher=ComputersAndVideoGames.com |access-date=2012-09-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141227053151/http://www.computerandvideogames.com/307061/wii-u-gets-crytek-support-with-cryengine// |archive-date=27 December 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref>|[[Xbox 360]]|[[Xbox One]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.crytek.com/news/crytek--s-cryengine--3-already-primed-for-xbox-one-development|title=Crytek's CryENGINE® 3 Already Primed for Xbox One Development|date=2013-05-21|access-date=2013-07-24|publisher=[[Crytek]]|archive-date=2013-06-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130608001822/http://crytek.com/news/crytek--s-cryengine--3-already-primed-for-xbox-one-development|url-status=live}}</ref>|[[Xbox Series X/S]]}}
| license = [[Source-available]] [[commercial software]] with [[Royalty payment|royalty]] model for commercial use
| website = {{URL|https://www.cryengine.com/}}
}}

'''CryEngine''' (stylized as '''CRYENGINE''') is a [[game engine]] designed by the German game developer [[Crytek]]. It has been used in all of their titles with the initial version being used in ''[[Far Cry (video game)|Far Cry]]'', and continues to be updated to support new consoles and hardware for their games. It has also been used for many third-party games under Crytek's licensing scheme, including ''[[Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2]]'' and ''[[Snow (2019 video game)|SNOW]]''. [[Warhorse Studios]] uses a modified version of the engine for their medieval RPG ''[[Kingdom Come: Deliverance]]''. [[Ubisoft]] maintains an in-house, heavily modified version of CryEngine from the original ''Far Cry'' called [[Ubisoft#Dunia|Dunia]], which is used in their later iterations of the ''Far Cry'' series. The Dunia engine would in turn be further modified and used in games such as ''[[The Crew 2]]''.<ref name="crew2">{{Cite web |title=Q&A: Inside the tools and techniques used to build The Crew 2's open world |url=https://www.gamedeveloper.com/design/q-a-inside-the-tools-and-techniques-used-to-build-i-the-crew-2-i-s-open-world |access-date=2024-09-15 |language=en}}</ref>

According to various anonymous reports in April 2015, CryEngine was licensed to Amazon for $50–70 million.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Sources: Amazon Spent Big Bucks On Crytek's Engine|url = http://kotaku.com/sources-amazon-spent-big-bucks-on-cryteks-engine-1696008878|website = Kotaku|access-date = 2016-02-10|language = en-US|first = Jason|last = Schreier|date = 6 April 2015|archive-date = 2016-02-16|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160216072418/http://kotaku.com/sources-amazon-spent-big-bucks-on-cryteks-engine-1696008878|url-status = live}}</ref> Consequently, in February 2016, Amazon released its own reworked and extended version of CryEngine under the name of [[Amazon Lumberyard]].<ref>{{Cite web|title = Amazon Releases Its Own Game Engine For Free|url = http://kotaku.com/amazon-releases-its-own-game-engine-for-free-1757995787|website = Kotaku|access-date = 2016-02-10|language = en-US|first = András|last = Neltz|date = 9 February 2016|archive-date = 2016-12-12|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161212105632/http://kotaku.com/amazon-releases-its-own-game-engine-for-free-1757995787|url-status = live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title = Welcome to the Amazon GameDev Blog! {{!}} Amazon GameDev Blog|url = https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/gamedev/welcome-to-the-amazon-gamedev-blog/|website = aws.amazon.com|date = 9 February 2016|access-date = 2016-02-10|archive-date = 2016-03-08|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160308230132/https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/gamedev/welcome-to-the-amazon-gamedev-blog/|url-status = live}}</ref> In June 2021, through Amazon Lumberyard, the open-source [[Open 3D Engine]] is based on CryEngine.