It's never unheard of in the industry, but woes over at a major development studio happen all the time. But in the case of Crytek, it's happening yet again.
Around two years ago various media outlets began to report troubles over at Crytek with employees coming forward to say their mass walkout or refusal to work was down to the company not paying their teams for several months. Obviously spelling money issues, the group eventually came forward to state how the decision to miss payroll was in hopes it was stave away an impending bankruptcy.
After selling off a few of their studios and IP - like the London-based group working on Homefront: The Revolution to Deep Silver - Crytek kept afloat. But with reports resurfacing about alleged missed payments, history could be repeating itself.
The troubles mentioned in this post reflect on the eventual state of Homefront: The Revolution.
Sources have begun to talk to Lets Play Video Games with the site going the extra mile to confirm their reports and sources pointing to trouble over at Crytek Black Sea - a team acquired by Crytek in 2008. Tasked with creating Arena of Fate - yet another MOBA title - the Bulgarian studio hasn't payed its staff for around 3 months. Citing how Crytek as a whole has struggled to make profits over the last few years, the masses would go on to blame management for jumping on challenging bandwagons with their F2P shooter 'Warface', VR ventures like 'The Climb' and the aforementioned MOBA being handled by the troubled studio.
What was once described as a one-off a few years ago is now flaring up once again. Rumors suggest Crytek Black Sea could be up for sale similar to how Crytek UK was sold to Deep Silver the first time around. How far this runs isn't widely understood, but sources suggest it could be an issue for more than just the Bulgaria studio.
