A few days ago, the developers at Crytek pointed out that work on “Crysis 4” was making progress despite the restrictions imposed by COVID-19. In addition, it has now been confirmed that Mattias Engström, an old acquaintance, will lead the development of the shooter.
Earlier this year, Crytek announced that the shooter Crysis 4 is among the projects the studio is currently working on.
Crytek has not yet given any specific details about the latest offshoot of the long-lived shooter series, but in a recent statement last week it at least pointed out that the development of “Crysis 4” is progressing well despite all the COVID-19-related restrictions. In addition to this, it has now been announced that an old acquaintance will hold the position of game director and lead the development of “Crysis 4”.
We’re talking about industry veteran Mattias Engström, who most recently worked for the Danish studio IO Interactive, where he was game director for the stealth adventure “Hitman 3”.
Engstrom will start work this week
In an official statement, Crytek stated: “We are pleased to announce that Mattias Engstrom, known for his work as game director for Hitman 3 at IO Interactive, has joined IO Interactive as game director for the 4th part of the Crysis series, starting this week. series joins the Crysis family.” Engstrom should definitely have sufficient experience in the development of triple-A blockbusters.
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After all, he has not only worked as a game director on “Hitman 3” in the past. He was also involved as a level designer in the work on “Hitman” (2016) and “Hitman 2” (2018) and worked on the shooter “Far Cry 3” and the stealth action title “Assassin’s” during his time at Ubisoft Creed: Revelations” with.
It is still unclear when the official unveiling of “Crysis 4” can be expected. Specific platforms have also not been mentioned so far. But we can probably assume that the PC, the PlayStation 5 and the Xbox Series X/S will be supplied.
We are happy to announce that Mattias Engström, known for his work as Game Director for Hitman 3 at IO Interactive, joins the Crysis family as Game Director for the 4th installment in the Crysis franchise, starting this week. pic.twitter.com/hHkOrXIAt6
— Crysis (@Crysis) May 3, 2022
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