Crytek rescues Free Radical

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Develop reports that German developer Crytek has acquired the business and assets of Free Radical from the administrator, saving 43 jobs.

The fact that Free Radical owned the intellectual property to some of its games must have been of substantial assistance to the administrator as they sought a buyer, although it is interesting that it was a developer rather than a publisher that acquired the assets.

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