According to German news outlet Die Welt, EA may already be in talks with developer Crytek to bring them into the corporate fold. EA is already publishing the German dev's upcoming PC game Crysis (Ubisoft did the honors for their other shooter Far Cry), but it looks like the two companies are only in talks right now.

Crytek brings not only a pair of highly regarded FPS franchises to the table, but also its in-house developed CryENGINE. It's possible that a Crytek purchase could bring in extra licensing cash for EA, as the Renderware platform from the also-purchased Criterion loses ground to Epic's Unreal Engine platform. Michael McWhertor

EA Buying Crytek?

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