With Crysis 4 currently in development, Crytek has announced that Hitman 3’s game director will lead the fourth chapter of Crysis. Crytek announced this week that Crytek has hired Hitman 3 game director to lead the development of Crysis 4. One of IO Interactives’ top talents has joined Crytek to develop the next Crysis game.
Hitman 3 Game Director Matthias Engström has left IO Interactive to join Crytek to lead the development of Crysis 4. On Twitter, Crytek announced that Mattias Engstrom, best known for his work as Hitman 3 Game Director, will be joining the Crysis family starting this week.
As director of Hitman 3, Matthias Engström has just joined the team. This week, Crysis 4 could be a few years away, but Crytek Studios didn’t give a release date, window, or year. Crytek CEO Avni Yerli said in a blog post detailing the announcement that Crysis 4 is still in early development, and it will be a while before fans expect anything. Crytek Studios CEO Avni Yerli said in a post that the team is working on a “true next-gen shooter” and that they are “very excited about the future of the game.”
We are happy to announce that Mattias Engström, known for his work as Game Director for Hitman 3 at IO Interactive, joins the Crysis family as Game Director for the 4th installment in the Crysis franchise, starting this week. pic.twitter.com/hHkOrXIAt6
— Crysis (@Crysis) May 3, 2022
As for Mattias Engström’s experience, he started working as a Level Designer at Ubisoft. His work was involved in the creation of both Assassin’s Creed: Revelations and Far Cry 3. Later, he moved to IO Interactive, where he worked as a Level Designer on the first two Hitman reboot. He later got promoted as a Game Director and was leading the development of Hitman 3.
Their statement reads “We are happy to announce that Mattias Engström, known for his work as Game Director for Hitman 3 at IO Interactive, joins the Crysis family as Game Director for the 4th installment in the Crysis franchise, starting this week.”
Along with the announcement, Crytek said it continues to recruit new talent to join them on Crysis 4, including an art director, game designer, and others. In addition to the announcement, Crytek also posted a job listing exclusive to Crysis 4, indicating that Crytek may step up its development efforts. As it became known, the director of the next part of the franchise (the name is not final) was Matthias Engström, who held a similar position with the social stealth action game Hitman 3. While Hitman 3 director Matthias Engstrom was the sole game director of IO Interactive for three years, Angstrom has spent much more time at Crytek Studios, having been with them since 2014.
