Crytek on the look out for 30 new staff

CRYTEK, one of the world’s biggest video gaming companies, has announced it is to create a further 30 jobs at its UK studio in Nottingham.
The German-owned firm, developers of interactive computer games, is to take on a mixture of experienced games designers, coders, artists and graduate trainees over the next four to six months, says Crytek UK managing director Karl Hilton.
He said: “We already employ 110 people at our Nottingham site – and are excited by our success and expansion. The gaming industry in the UK is gathering pace and we are recognised for our high quality development and skills in this sector.
“Here in Nottingham, Crytek has a young workforce who live around the city. As an industry we know we have to develop new skills and Crytek does this by talking to several local universities about recruiting from their courses.”
Nottingham is one of the largest offices in the Crytek group. Other offices are in Budapest, Sofia, Kiev and Seoul. Crytek was founded in Germany in 1999 by the Yerli brothers and has its head office in Frankfurt. Crytek is best known for games FarCry, the Crysis franchise and its proprietary development solution CryENGINE.
Karl, who spoke at the last Invest in Nottingham Club lunch on Friday, says Crytek is currently working on a number of exciting projects from the Nottingham studio. He told club members how a game can take up to two and a half year to develop – and that the region is well known for its expertise.
He added: “The East Midlands has become a hub for the video gaming industry. The three main UK sites are London, the East Midlands and Scotland. When we moved from our last site, Nottingham was a really attractive proposition for us. There is a real buzz in the city of Nottingham and we will continue to benefit from this.”

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