Horreur, malheur : Sniper Ghost Warrior a cartonné et City Interactive surfe maintenant sur une piscine de thunes. L’éditeur-distributeur-développeur polonais, coupable d’une bonne partie des pires FPS de ces cinq dernières années, a vu son chiffre d’affaires croître de 230% en 2010 et son action se payer une hausse de 715%.
Autant dire qu’ils ont les moyens : ils viennent d’annoncer le rachat d’une licence CryEngine 3 pour développer deux nouveaux FPS (sans préciser lesquels) dans les deux prochaines années. En rêvant un peu, on pourrait espérer qu’ils en profitent pour faire de bons jeux.
[–SUITE–]CITY INTERACTIVE ANNOUNCES A LICENSING DEAL WITH CRYTEK FOR CRYENGINE®3
Best-Selling Sniper Franchise Still a Chart-Topper Across the Globe mAs Company Experiences Phenomenal Worldwide Growth
WARSAW, POLAND/NEW YORK, NY, October 28, 2010 – City Interactive, a fast-growing international publisher and developer of interactive entertainment, today announced that it has licensed the state-of-the-art CryENGINE®3 from Crytek GmbH to develop two new, but unannounced FPS games for release over the next couple of years. City has recently experienced tremendous success with the release of Sniper: Ghost Warrior, one of the year’s best-selling, first-person shooter (FPS) games. Since its launch on June 29, Sniper: Ghost Warrior has ranked among the top 5 FPS games for Xbox 360 both in the U.S. and Europe.Overall, City Interactive has experienced tremendous growth in terms of revenue, profit and market share. Recently featured on the cover of a European issue of Forbes magazine, City Interactive’s worldwide Q1-Q3 revenue is up 230 percent compared to same period last year, with 2010 revenues projected to grow 219 percent above previous year with considerable profit projections. The company’s market cap has increased 715 percent in the past two quarters to approximately $100 million (USD).
“We are certainly gratified by our overall growth and are excited about the potential of our upcoming product release schedule,” said Marek Tyminski, CEO of City Interactive. “We have licensed the CryENGINE®3, one of the most advanced game engines available, as a means to further develop some soon to be announced multi-platform games that will deliver amazing gaming experiences.”
“We are delighted to have City Interactive join our CryENGINE®3 licensee community and we really look forward to continuing to work with their talented teams.” Said Carl Jones, Director of CryENGINE® Global Business Development. “City has shown with the success of Sniper: Ghost Warrior that they understand what gamers want to play. CryENGINE®3 and our dedicated, global support team will help them achieve their vision on more platforms, with the speed and high quality values that our engine and tools uniquely provide to developers.”
