Cevat Yerli (born 1978 in Coburg, Germany, to Turkish immigrants from Giresun) is a video game developer. He co-founded Crytek, one of the largest video game developers in Germany, and served as its CEO and President until February 2018.

Cevat Yerli
Cevat Yerli in NYC, 2022
Born1978 (age 45–46)
OccupationComputer game developer
Known forCo-Founder and former CEO & President of Crytek

In 2017 Cevat Yerli launched The TMRW Foundation, a new for-profit deep tech organization.[1]

Crytek

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Yerli founded Crytek in 1997 and formally turned it into a company in 1999. His brothers, Faruk and Avni, joined Crytek in 2000 and 2001, respectively.[2][3] The company developed games such as Far Cry and the Crysis series.[4] In 2006 Cevat visited South Korea and, influenced by the country’s gaming culture, he launched Gface in 2012.[5] GFACE was a social gaming network that hosted free-to-play titles streamed over the internet.[5] Yerli was the director and executive producer on nearly all games until stepping down on 28 February 2018.[6]

Games created

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Year Game Notes
2004 Far Cry creator, game director, executive producer
2007 Crysis creator, game director, executive producer
2011 Crysis 2 game director, executive producer
2012 Warface co-creator, executive producer
2012 Fibble Executive Producer
2013 Crysis 3 game director, executive producer
2013 Ryse: Son of Rome game director, executive producer
2014 The Collectables executive producer
2016 Robinson - The Journey executive producer
2016 The Climb executive producer

The TMRW Foundation

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In 2017 Cevat launched a new company, The TMRW Foundation, independently from Crytek.[1] It is a for-profit organisation that develops AI- and 3D-related technologies.[7] One of the foundation’s initial projects involved being contracted by the UAE Ministry of Health in the creation of a metaverse service centre.[8] As of October 2022, the TMRW Foundation employed 100 people.[1] In 2022, Cevat and The TMRW Foundation premiered ROOM 3D at the GITEX Technology Fair in Dubai. ROOM 3D, a virtual teleconferencing platform, had taken approximately three years to develop and the aim is to reduce video call fatigue and let users interact with objects and their peers in a natural and learned way.[1][8][9][10] It is the first live product operating on patented and browser first RealityOS, a cloud-based social 3D communications platform which has been developed by the TMRW Foundation.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Cevat Yerli created Room for 3D animated Video Conferencing". Venture Beat.
  2. ^ "Cevat Yerli Biography". IGN. Archived from the original on 2009-08-12. Retrieved 2009-06-02.
  3. ^ "Crytek Company Profile". Crytek. Archived from the original on September 24, 2009. Retrieved 2009-12-02.
  4. ^ "Cevat Yerli". IMDb. Retrieved 2009-06-02.
  5. ^ a b Stuart, Keith; @keefstuart (2012-07-02). "Crytek's Cevat Yerli: free-to-play games are the only future". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
  6. ^ "The CEO of Crytek has stepped down". Polygon. Retrieved 2018-07-01.
  7. ^ "Scaling the Metaverse Economy". NASDAQ.
  8. ^ a b "How Governments are Solving Real Problems In the Metaverse". Techonomy.
  9. ^ "This new service gives Zoom-style video calls a 3D video game twist". Fast Company.
  10. ^ "Bringing teams together again, 3D video communications platform ROOM launches their Founders Plan". Tech EU.