. ▁ ▁Y er li ▁trust ed ▁the ▁cre ative ▁skills ▁of ▁V ig il ' s ▁employees ▁based ▁on ▁their ▁games ▁alone , ▁and ▁quickly ▁developed ▁a ▁relationship ▁with ▁Adams ▁and ▁his ▁former ▁colle agues ; ▁Y er li ▁h ired ▁many ▁of ▁V ig il ' s ▁former ▁employees ▁based ▁sole ly ▁on ▁their ▁leadership ▁and ▁trust ▁around ▁Adams . ▁Cry tek ▁USA ▁planned ▁to ▁start ▁from ▁" scr atch " ▁and ▁not ▁work ▁on ▁any ▁previous ▁IP ▁( such ▁as ▁Dark s iders ▁and ▁another ▁project ▁c oden amed ▁" C raw ler "); ▁however , ▁Adams ▁personally ▁confirmed ▁that ▁Cry tek ▁would ▁bid ▁on ▁the ▁Dark s iders ▁franch ise ▁during ▁TH Q ' s ▁second ▁au ction ▁in ▁April ▁ 2 0 1 3 . ▁Adams ▁expressed ▁interest ▁in ▁the ▁opportunity ▁to ▁bring ▁the ▁franch ise ▁" home " ▁to ▁its ▁original ▁cre ators . ▁The ▁series ▁was ▁instead ▁sold ▁to ▁Nord ic ▁Games . ▁ ▁Sh ut down ▁ ▁In ▁June ▁ 2 0 1 4 , ▁Cry tek ▁USA ▁announced ▁their ▁first ▁game , ▁H unt : ▁Hor ror s ▁of ▁the ▁G ild ed ▁Age . ▁However , ▁on ▁July ▁ 3 0 , ▁ 2 0 1 4 , ▁Cry tek ▁announced ▁that ▁as ▁part ▁of ▁a ▁rest ruct uring , ▁development ▁of ▁H unt ▁would ▁be ▁shift ed ▁to ▁Cry tek , ▁Cry tek ▁USA ' s ▁remaining ▁employees ▁would ▁be ▁laid ▁off ▁and ▁that ▁limited ▁operations ▁would ▁be ▁maintained ▁at ▁Cry tek