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Paleo Entertainment Q&A

Jul 09, 2007 7:28pm CST tags: Merchants of Brooklyn
FiringSquad has been updated with a Q&A with Troy Latimer, co-founder of Paleo Entertainment. This former mod team recently announced that it has licensed CryENGINE 2 for the upcoming shooter Merchants of Brooklyn.

Indie Dev Licenses CryENGINE 2 for FPS

Jul 03, 2007 4:51pm CST tags: Crytek, Merchants of Brooklyn, CryENGINE 2
San Diego-based independent developer Paleo Entertainment announced today that it has licensed Crytek's CryENGINE 2 technology to power its upcoming PC first person shooter Merchants of Brooklyn. Today's announcement makes Paleo only the second third-party developer to publicly reveal its usage of the advanced engine, which is being used by several Crytek projects including the anticipated upcoming PC shooter Crysis.

Set in the year 3100, Merchants of Brooklyn follows the path of Brooklyn-born Dr. Matteo Savio, apparently spanning multiple planets in its depiction of far future mob life. Few gameplay details are currently available, though Paleo has released some concept artwork.

"Before licensing the CryENGINE 2 for our new project, we looked carefully at all our options, and concluded no other engine could produce the kind of AAA quality game we were aiming to develop, nor were any other... Read more