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, from German developer Crytek, creators of “Far
Cry” and upcoming “Crysis.”
This will make Entropia Universe the closest-to-reality 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, 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.” 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 technology and their 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 together with some of the most recent
advances in PC hardware and operating systems.”