Crytek Black Sea
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Formerly called |
Black Sea Studios (2001–2008) |
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| Subsidiary of Crytek | |
| Industry |
Video game industry Interactive entertainment |
| Founded | 2001 |
| Headquarters | Sofia, Bulgaria |
| Products |
Knights of Honor WorldShift |
Number of employees | 64 |
| Parent | Crytek (2008–present) |
| Website | www.crytek.com/…/sofia |
Crytek Black Sea (previously known as Black Sea Studios) is a Bulgarian video game developer founded by Vesselin Handjiev (aka Frujin) in 2001 and based in Sofia. The company is most famous for Knights of Honor, a historical real-time strategy game released for Windows in 2004, and for the real-time strategy title WorldShift, which was released in May 2008.
On July 14, 2008, German Crytek, makers of Far Cry and Crysis, announced they have bought Black Sea Studios and renamed it to Crytek Black Sea.[1]
On May 22, 2014 Crytek announced the development of their own MOBA game using the CryEngine, titled Arena of Fate and under development at the Sofia studio. The game was shown at E3 2014 and is expected to be released on PC, as well as several as of yet unannounced console systems.[2][3]
List of games developed
- As Black Sea Studios
| Year | Game | Publisher | Genre | Platform | ||||||||
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| 2004 | Knights of Honor | Sunflowers Interactive Entertainment | Real-time strategy | Yes | ||||||||
| 2008 | WorldShift | Playlogic Entertainment | Tactical role-playing game | Yes | ||||||||
- As Crytek Black Sea
| Year | Game | Publisher | Genre | Platform(s) | ||||||||
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| Win | XBO | PS4 | ||||||||||
| 2015 | Arena of Fate | Crytek | Multiplayer Online Battle Arena | Yes | TBA | TBA | ||||||
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