Crytek engine licensed to Avatar Reality, Inc. for online virtual world
by Ross Miller 
{ Mar 7th 2007 at 5:24PM }
Crytek's latest engine, CryENGINE2, will be licensed to upstart developer Avatar Reality, Inc. for use in a massively multiplayer virtual world, according to a press release from today. The game, currently untitled, is best described as a Second Life on Mars. From the PR: "Set in Terraformed Mars, Avatar Reality's MMVW will allow players to live their fantasy lives by creating personalized characters, or avatars, in a beautiful environment." According to a brief chat we had with Crytek's
Avatar Reality, Inc., whose advisory panel it notes features Father of Tetris Alexey Pajitnov and former Nintendo of America President Minoru Arakawa, was formed by "Mastermind" Henk Rogers, chairman of Tetris Online, Inc. It is based out of the oh-so desolate city of Honolulu and will be managed by industry vets Kazuyuki Hashimoto and Li-han Chen. More information can be found at their website.
The first public presentation of CryENGINE 2 is expected today at GDC.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
kftgr @ Mar 7th 2007 5:55PM
The island of Honolulu??
Kerber @ Mar 7th 2007 6:03PM
Ya. On the continent of Oahu, on the planet Hawaii.
Mr Khan @ Mar 7th 2007 6:26PM
damn, that is one all-star cast that development team has
Negativecool @ Mar 7th 2007 8:43PM
"...best described as a Second Life on MARS"
"...in a BEAUTIFUL environment"
Anyone else realize how completely stupid that is?
Korova @ Mar 8th 2007 1:35AM
LOL, nega.
sounds like a retirement project for a bunch of has beens with steady paychecks/pensions.
they dont even bother being employees; "advisory members"
I guess they will play around with the cryngin when the weather is bad or there are no hot chicks on the beach
Jonathan Harford @ Mar 8th 2007 10:35AM
There already is going to be a second "Life on Mars":
http://chud.com/forums/showthread.php?t=90300