Editing Crytek (section)

{{Short description|German video game and software company}}
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{{Infobox company
| name = Crytek GmbH
| logo = Crytek logo.svg
| type = [[Privately held company|Private]]
| founded = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1999|09}}, in [[Coburg]], Germany
| founders = {{Unbulleted list|[[Cevat Yerli]]|Avni Yerli|Faruk Yerli}}
| hq_location_city = [[Frankfurt]]
| hq_location_country = Germany
| key_people = {{Unbulleted list|Avni Yerli (co-CEO)|Faruk Yerli (co-CEO)}}
| industry = [[Video game industry|Video games]]
| products = {{Unbulleted list|[[CryEngine]]|''[[Far Cry (video game)|Far Cry]]''|[[Crysis|''Crysis'' series]]|}}
| owner = Yerli family<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-08-08-the-transformation-was-painful-we-paid-the-price |title="The transformation was painful. We paid the price" |website=eurogamer.net |date=8 August 2014 |access-date=2 December 2017 |archive-date=7 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150907170100/http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-08-08-the-transformation-was-painful-we-paid-the-price |url-status=live }}</ref>
| num_employees = 405
| num_employees_year = 2024
| subsid = [[#Subsidiaries|List of Crytek subsidiaries]]
| website = {{URL|https://www.crytek.com/|crytek.com}}
}}

'''Crytek GmbH''' is a German [[video game developer]] and [[software developer]] based in [[Frankfurt]]. Founded by the Yerli brothers in [[Coburg]] in 1999 and moved to Frankfurt in 2006, Crytek operates additional studios in [[Kyiv]], Ukraine and [[Istanbul]], Turkey.<ref>{{cite web |title=Crytek closes five studios after rough year |date=20 December 2016 |url=http://kotaku.com/crytek-closes-five-studios-after-rough-year-1790315044 |access-date=20 December 2016 |archive-date=21 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161221000445/http://kotaku.com/crytek-closes-five-studios-after-rough-year-1790315044 |url-status=live }}</ref> Its former studios included [[Crytek Black Sea]] in [[Sofia]], Bulgaria, [[Crytek UK]] in [[Nottingham]], and [[Crytek USA]] in [[Austin, Texas]]. Crytek is best known for developing [[Far Cry (video game)|the first instalment]] of the ''[[Far Cry]]'' series, the ''[[Crysis]]'' series, and the [[open world]] nature of their games which showcase the company's [[CryEngine]]. As of August 2024, Crytek is the largest game developer in Germany with 405 employees.<ref name="GamesWirtschaft: Die größten">{{cite web |url=https://www.gameswirtschaft.de/wirtschaft/groesste-games-studios-deutschland-2024-150824/ |title=Die größten Games-Studios in Deutschland 2024 |language=de |trans-title=The largest game studios in Germany in 2024 |first=Petra |last=Fröhlich |date=15 August 2024 |website=GamesWirtschaft |access-date=15 August 2024 |archive-date=15 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240815103001/https://www.gameswirtschaft.de/wirtschaft/groesste-games-studios-deutschland-2024-150824/ |url-status=live}}</ref>