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Kaija Rudkiewicz is a senior concept artist at Crytek, where she most recently worked on Xbox One launch title Ryse.
What's Next For the Xbox One
Microsoft considered delaying some Xbox One launch games and even holding Halo 4 for their new console before committing to last week's unusually diverse and rich day-one Xbox One line-up, the company's head of game development told Kotaku. And now Microsoft is planning to give early adopters a lot more to play—earlier …
Ryse: Son of Rome: The Kotaku Review
Ryse: Son of Rome is what I want from a next-gen game. It's something different. And it's something impressive.
Crytek Dev Calls Dinner Tweet 'Boneheaded,' Praises Work Conditions
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After a couple of weeks of silence, we're finally hearing from people who worked at Crytek, the game development studio where more than 11,500 dinners were proudly served to "crunching" developers. Two people on the game are saying that Crytek is a pretty good place to work, despite a recent controversial Tweet about…
Ryse is Gonna Beat the Truth Out of You. Or Stab It, Whatever Works.
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If Ryse's main character, Marius Titus, is on a truth-finding mission, as this live-action trailer for the Xbox One game suggests, then he has a rather confrontational approach to conducting an inquiry.
Xbox One Game Tweet Backfires Badly
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Next-gen kicks off this November. That means there are a ton of developers out there busting their butts off to get launch games out on time—and Ryse: Son of Rome, an Xbox One exclusive developed by Crytek, is no different.
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Ryse: Son of Rome Looks like a Better Video Game Version of 300
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Originally teased as Kinect game, Crytek’s ancient war game will be an Xbox One game, with inputshandled by the gamepad controller. Check out the video above to see how it looks.