Crytek's Ryse now a next-gen release - report

By Fred Dutton Published 9 December, 2011

Kinect title is "pushing boundaries", says dev CV.

UPDATE: Crytek: "We don't comment on rumours and speculation."

ORIGINAL STORY: Crytek's Kinect-exclusive action title Ryse, announced at E3 this year, is now a next-gen project, judging by the LinkedIn profile of a former developer.

According to the CV of one of the game's senior level designers, who has now left the company, it's an "X-Box Next Gen" project.

"Pushing boundaries of next generation gaming, RYSE is an original AAA IP from Crytek slated to deliver an Epic first-person melee experience in the Roman Empire."

A NeoGAF poster added further colour, explaining that a Crytek representative speaking at a recent CryEngine 3 student lecture had mentioned there was a "big chance of Ryse going next gen because of all the work they had to do and all the people they are hiring for the Ryse team."

We've approached both Crytek and publisher Microsoft Game Studios for comment and will update if any clarification is offered.

Sources recently told Eurogamer that Microsoft is working on a next-generation version of Kinect which packs considerably more power, potentially allowing the device to lip read players.

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Comments (16) Latest comment 5 months ago

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  • pigsy2400 #1 6 months ago

    they still keeping the Kinect features for Next Gen Xbox then, Kinect 2 launch game?

  • asphaltcowboy #2 6 months ago

    Oh no games media! We're now at a point where you'll have to stop calling this gen "next-gen" - what are you going to do?! It's going to get mighty confusing!

  • CaptainQuint #3 6 months ago

    I was about to say this is good news as it would probably mean the game would be supported long after release, but then I remembered it's made by Crytek.

  • Xardan #4 6 months ago

    An Epic first-person melee experience set in the Roman Empire. Sounds awesome to me.

  • Inmediasress #5 6 months ago

    Kinect title is bad enough but considering it's made by Crytek who are known for being jack ass crybabies (please buy our game because the evil pirates are hurting us harr harr).
    Also known for atrocious support.
    I seriously hope they go bankrupt and the leaders homeless.

  • SomaticSense #6 6 months ago

    Have MS sent out dev kits for the new Xbox then? How else could they be developing this as a next-gen title?

    Hmm.

  • diver_gr #7 6 months ago

    The only game that have potential to be good on kinect now nextgen.....

  • MeBrains #8 6 months ago

    i suppose that might be because current gen kinect is not able to deliver the interaction promised in this trailer - and I doubt that next-gen does too.

    though it could turn out to be a motion-sensing killzone 2, where the release was eventually rather close to its promised dream.

  • oceanmotion #9 6 months ago

    The game would be nothing but embarrassingly bad with the current Kinect. It needs all the help it can get with Kinect 2.0 if that launches with a new Xbox. No doubt Crytek know this and given MS, this is just shit speech, honestly it won't be good.

  • Subdominator #10 6 months ago

    Ryse is not a Kinect game, it's a classic game with Kinect features. You run around using the controller and Kinect is used for shooting the bow, fighting with swords and melee combat (they showed off people playing with a controller and then giving headbutts to opponents via Kinect.

    Kinect 2 is still some years away. Kinect on the next gen Xbox will be more accurate nevertheless because they have more processing power to use the data they get. The same Kinect will be less laggy. And it will be more accurate. The depth sensor can already run at four times the resolution it uses on Xbox 360. Once they connect it to the new console it basically becomes Kinect 2.0
    Edited by Subdominator at 09/12/11 @ 21:35

  • CheesecakeBobby #11 6 months ago

    This seems like a case where they would just say 'Ryse is an Xbox 360 game' if that were the case. Why trot out the usual 'speculation' line otherwise?

  • Ryze #12 6 months ago

    I do wonder if some kind of split control pad ala dual Sony NavCon's will come along with The New Xbox / Kinect.

    They mus be trialing something along those lines, as they REALLY want to get everyone involved with Kinect, and navigation in 'traditional' games is the major drawback.

    :)

  • drSchiwago #13 6 months ago

    I'm not sure if "it's a next-gen launch title" is a nice way of saying "it's on hold now". As far as I remember, MS forced to move development from Budapest to Crytek HQ, so there are obviously problems.

    If Kinect is really not capable of what Crytek/MS want to achieve, then there are only two unpleasant options, assuming they want to release the game ASAP. The first option is to remove the Kinect from the game, the second is to release it "as is". The latter would mean to release a "showcase" to prove that Kinect doesn't work for core games; the first option would be the next "Alan Wake", "Wake" started as the future of open-world PC gaming and ended as a console corridor game.

    When they really go "next-gen" & Kinect 2, then the question is how they proceed. Even if MS already has engineering versions of Kinect 2, this is normally something you wouldn't share with a third-party studio, but replacing Crytek with an internal studio would mean a full project restart. The things are more complicated than usual, as MS and Crytek share more than a Publisher/Developer relationship, they are also platform holder resp. owner (and not just developer) of the used game engine.

    I'm still not interested in the game itself (Kinect is a no-go area for me), but the story behind it is promising. Let's hope this doesn't end with news like "The RYSE and fall of Crytek's Kinect ambitions".

  • Bilstar #14 6 months ago

    Just occured to me. Why would the kinect need to lip read, it has a microphone?

  • Empedocles #15 6 months ago

    Ah so it has slipped so much they have had to target the 'next gen'

  • Ryze #16 5 months ago

    ^ I reckon MS slipped up by showing the hardcore devs the new version of Kinect behind closed doors.

    Crytek probably quite naturally realised that it makes the current one look like the compromised bobbins that it really is.

    £80 with Dance Central and I'll consider, but I've not even been on the look out for this deal, as there's fuck all else I'd bother buying for it.

    I reckon I'd get that deal and better right now if I was even arsed about looking for it.

    I'll get one as an Xbox remote once enough apps are released that I'm bothered about using.