Until Recently, Crytek Shanghai Was Open And Unpaid

You may remember that, back in December 2016, Crytek announced that it would be closing five of its studios after being unable to pay its employees for several months. At the time, it was rumored that, despite many others shutting down, Crytek Shanghai would remain open and turn its attention towards Crytek's VR efforts.

Earlier today, Niko Partners Industry Analyst Daniel Ahmad revealed that, yes, until recently, Crytek Shanghai had been open. But not only had the studio been open, at the time of its closing, its employees hadn't been paid since September 2016. However, the saga of Crytek Shanghai came to an unfortunate end recently, having closed due to being unable to pay rent.

So yes. Crytek Shanghai did remain open.

Employees there worked for no pay since Sep 2016.

Now its closed because they couldn't pay rent https://t.co/HpLT0QqcsD

— Daniel Ahmad (@ZhugeEX) April 17, 2017

Ahmad stated in a followup tweet that Crytek had repeatedly promised that the employees would be paid, but they never were. It is also noted that the studio had attempted to go independent, but its efforts never amounted to anything.

While there were approximately 100 employees at Crytek Shanghai at its peak, it is estimated that only around 20 of them were with the studio when it closed.