Cevat Yerli, CEO and President of Crytek, will deliver a track keynote at this year’s Game Developers Conference Europe (GDC Europe). In his keynote “The Future of Gaming Graphics,” Yerli will inspire attendees with the story of Crytek’s success in developing of high-end 3D-game technology for the PC and next generation consoles as well as shed light on the future of rendering in the next 3-5 years.

His first games and development experiences go back to the 80s with the Commodore 64 and the Schneider CPC 6128 where he worked on simulation games. Since then, his passion has been making and playing games. After his economics studies he focused his passion on his lifetime project to create Crytek, and in 1999, the studio was born. Cevat drives the vision of Crytek’s games and technologies and defines, together with Avni and Faruk Yerli, the studio’s strategic business development.

Yerli is the latest addition to the keynote line-up, which includes:

• Klaas Kersting, CEO, Gameforge – “Changes in the Games Industry – Free-to-play vs. Payment Models”
• Matias Myllyrinne, Managing Director, Remedy – "From Max Payne to Alan Wake: Creating Intellectual Properties the Remedy Way"
• Hilmar Pétursson, CEO, CCP – "CCP: Winning the War"

GDC Europe will take place August 17-19 at the Cologne Congress East Center in Cologne, Germany in conjunction with gamescom. To learn more about the keynotes and speaker line-up, registration and exhibiting opportunities, visit: www.gdceurope.com.