Paleo Entertainment to Develop New FPS Powered by Crytek's CryENGINE 2(R)

Paleo Entertainment to Develop New FPS Powered by Crytek's CryENGINE 2(R)

July 10, 2007

    FRANKFURT, Germany and SAN DIEGO, July 4
/Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Paleo Entertainment, a new
independent development studio based in San Diego,
California, today announced that they have begun developing
an original FPS game entitled "Merchants of
Brooklyn" which will be powered by the new CryENGINE
2(R) middleware from Crytek.

    "Before licensing the CryENGINE 2(R) for our new
project," said Troy Latimer, President of Paleo
Entertainment, "we looked carefully at all our
options, and concluded no other engine could produce the
kind of AAA quality game we were aiming to develop, nor
were any other toolsets as advanced or user friendly as the
ones delivered with the CryENGINE 2(R). The combination of
the best rendering and physics engine of any middleware
available, together with the powerful Sandbox 2(TM) editing
system, was what lead us to decide to license this
technology from Crytek rather than attempt to develop an
engine ourselves, or license something from another 3rd
party. With this agreement in place, we can immediately
begin to move forward with prototyping our game, secure in
the knowledge the engine will be able to handle everything
we need, while the tools will give us the creative freedom
to build the kind of next generation game no one has been
able to make until now."

    "We are very pleased to welcome Paleo
Entertainment as our newest engine licensee and proud to be
their technology partners" said Faruk Yerli, Managing
Director of Crytek, "their bold ideas and unique art
style showed us that they had the talent and vision to
create something truly original which would stand out on
its own merits, and also utilize many of the features of
our engine in fresh and innovative ways."

    About Crytek GmbH

    Crytek GmbH ("Crytek") creator of the
multiple award winning next-generation first person shooter
Far Cry, and the upcoming blockbuster hit Crysis, 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
enquiries to [e-mail]

    About Paleo Entertainment, LLC

    Paleo Entertainment is an independent video game
developer located in San Diego, California. From humble
beginnings as a modding team, Paleo Entertainment has grown
into a passionate team of AAA game developers. They are
committed to the creation of fun and engaging next
generation titles. Their upcoming FPS title,
"Merchants of Brooklyn", will take advantage of
Crytek's CryENGINE 2(R) to deliver engaging, fast-paced,
futuristic mafia action mixed with Neanderthal vs.
Cro-Magnon clones. For more information about Paleo
Entertainment, visit http://www.paleoent.com .

    For more infomation, please contact:

     Harald Seeley, 
     Engine Business Manager
     Crytek GmbH
     Tel:  [phone]