Free CryEngine 3 downloads soar past 100k

Wannabe developers (and probably a fair few random people just curious to see what a proper SDK looks like) have downloaded Crytek's CryEngine 3 SDK over 100,000 times within a week of it going free. That's according to the download count on the official Crytek page, which says the package has been grabbed 114,733 (thanks Gamasutra) at the time of writing.Crytek last week made the full version of CryEngine 3 free to anyone who cares to download it. CryEngine director of global business development, Carl Jones, said that he hopes offering the kit free will spawn new developers and spread the use of CryEngine 3."With the release of our SDK we encourage creators to try out CryENGINE 3 and hope it will lead to new companies being formed and using our engine," he said at the time of the announcement. "More importantly we expect to increase the talent pool for CryENGINE developers, as well as boosting our online community of users."Prospective developers can make a game for non-commercial purposes for free. If they should go on to sell a CryEngine 3-developed product Crytek asks for 20 percent of the revenues made. Mike Jackson