Cevat Yerli

Cevat Yerli (born 1978) is German 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.

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

Crytek

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. The company developed games such as Far Cry and the Crysis series. In 2006 Cevat visited South Korea and, influenced by the country's gaming culture, he launched Gface in 2012. GFACE was a social gaming network that hosted free-to-play titles streamed over the internet.

Games created

The TMRW Foundation

In 2017 Cevat launched a new company, The TMRW Foundation, independently from Crytek. One of the foundation’s initial projects involved being contracted by the UAE Ministry of Health in the creation of a metaverse service centre. As of October 2022, the TMRW Foundation employed 100 people. 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.