Crysis 3 will be the last game from prolific developer Crytek to charge any fees up front. CEO Cevat Yerli revealed earlier today that "the future is online and free-to-play," and in following this line of thinking his company would be shifting all of their focus over to a more easily-accesible form of video game.

The company's first free-to-play game was revealed as Warface, which has actually been available in Asian regions as of late 2010. The shooter will be coming to North America at last in late 2012. Yerli believes that Warface and similar games are destined to take over the market in the future, and that Crytek is in prime position to become a leading force in the free-to-play revolution. "If you look at what kind of games are done in the packaged goods market," the CEO elabortaed, "with DLCs and premium services and whatnot, it's literally milking the customers to death." That might be a bit of an exaggeration (or at least we hope so -- it'd be a shamed to die from too much DLC,) but his point definitely sticks. In an age of pre-order bonuses, day-one DLC, and retailer-exclusive items, going free-to-play can be quite alluring, indeed.