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| Company type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Video games |
| Founded | January 28, 2013 |
| Defunct | July 30, 2014 |
| Fate | Shut down |
| Successor | Gunfire Games |
| Headquarters | Austin, Texas, U.S. |
Key people | David Adams (CEO) |
| Parent | Crytek |
Crytek USA Corp. was an American video game developer based in Austin, Texas, and a subsidiary of Crytek. The studio was led by David Adams, who was formerly the CEO of Vigil Games; a studio that had been acquired by THQ, but was shut down as part of THQ's Chapter 11 bankruptcy on January 23, 2013. Adams was personally courted by Crytek's founder Cevat Yerli due to Vigil's work on the Darksiders series, and the trust and leadership of his studio's former staff—many of whom had also joined him at the studio.
On July 30, 2014, following financial difficulties that prevented employees from being paid on time, and the resulting departure of the studio's leadership and most of its employees, Crytek announced that the studio's sole game in development, Hunt: Horrors of the Gilded Age, would be taken over by Crytek, and that Crytek USA would survive solely as a provider of support for third-party CryEngine licensees. In August 2014, Adams formed Gunfire Games after his departure from Crytek USA.