Crytek have wowed the world with their powerful technology ever since Far Cry and they have now announced the third generation of their technology - Cry Engine 3.0. The biggest change is that this engine is prepared for development on Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 in addition to Crytek's platform of choice PC. It also supports MMO development out of the box and it said to be "Next-Gen ready".
Here are a couple of quotes from the press release:
"With CryENGINE 3 we are delivering our best game development technology that enables our clients to achieve their vision on current and future platforms to develop games such as MMOs, action games and more. Our complete game engine solution enables realtime development, ensures teams are able to maximise their own creativity, saves budget and creates greater gaming experiences. Also with our solution developers can start working on their next generation games today." said Cevat Yerli, CEO & President of Crytek.
"CryENGINE 3 is a revolutionary change from our previous PC-only engines - and we're applying a similar revolution to the service we provide to developers using the software to create extraordinary games. CryENGINE 3 will set the benchmark for complete game engine solutions in performance, and services to game engine licensees and their players. We've been preparing a long time for CryENGINE on consoles and we're confident that Crytek will again amaze developers at GDC." added Carl Jones, Director of Business Development CryENGINE.