Crytek Makes a New Studio in Austin, Contains Former Vigil Employees

<p>It came as a bit of a shock that Vigil&comma; the developer behind <em>Darksiders<&sol;em>&comma; didn&&num;8217&semi;t get a single bid at <a title&equals;"It’s Done&colon; THQ’s Assets Have Been Auctioned Off" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;thqs-assets-auctioned&sol;">THQ&&num;8217&semi;s auction for its assets<&sol;a>&period; The publisher had hoped to find a suitable buyer for the developer&sol;IP&comma; but it seems as though things didn&&num;8217&semi;t work out&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Fortunately&comma; at least for the core team from Vigil&comma; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;crytek&period;com&sol;news&sol;crytek-arrives-in-america-with-new-studio-in-austin-texas">Crytek formed a new studio in Austin&comma; Texas<&sol;a>&comma; complete with Vigil&&num;8217&semi;s former General Manager &amp&semi; Co-Owner&comma; David Adams and other members from the team&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I’m thrilled to be a part of the newest Crytek studio&comma; which will boast some of the brightest development talent in the industry&comma; said Adams&period; &&num;8220&semi;The studio’s launch represents Crytek’s commitment to delivering diverse and high quality content to players everywhere&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>When approached by <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;gamasutra&period;com&sol;view&sol;news&sol;185582&sol;Cryteks&lowbar;new&lowbar;Austin&lowbar;studio&lowbar;could&lowbar;be&lowbar;a&lowbar;second&lowbar;chance&lowbar;for&lowbar;Vigil&period;php&num;&period;UQbtUh00V8E">Gamasutra<&sol;a>&comma; Jens Schafer&comma; representative of Crytek&comma; stated that the newly made Crytek USA Corp is &&num;8220&semi;like a new start for the Vigil team&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Over <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;Jason&lowbar;Rubin&sol;status&sol;295992564081897472">Twitter&comma; THQ President Jason Rubin thanked Crytek<&sol;a> for the formation of the new studio and giving the Vigil Team somewhere to go&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Crytek USA Corp&period; studio marks the first North American studio for Crytek&comma; as well as its ninth worldwide&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;