XLGames, the studio founded by Lineage creator Jake Song, has signed with Crytek to use the developer´s CryEngine 2 middleware for a new MMORPG.

Jake Song has experience of using CryEngine 1 while working at NCsoft on Aion, where he held the position of executive VP of development.

If you´re a Lineage fan, Jake Song is the man you should be thanking, since he´ s the title´s creator. Song has dealt with Crytek´s technologies before, using the first CryEngine for a MMO called Aion, which hasn´t been released yet. We´ ve seen a similar deal back in July, when MindArk, a Swedish developer also signed an agreement with Crytek, that granted them the use of CryEngine 2 in the Entropia Universe title.

"We previously had a lot of success using their ground breaking CryENGINE 1 technology while at NCSoft for AION, and after seeing what it could do in the early previews of Crysis, we just knew we wanted to continue to work with their great new tools and engine". Said CEO Jake Song.

Beside that, he added: "The CryEngine 2 is in a class by itself, and is the perfect technology on which to build our future gaming world and business." 

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Korean Developer XLGames Selects CryENGINE 2(R) for Their Newest MMO Project

News Original From: pressemeldinger.no

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