after the release, crytek stopped working with ubisoft and signed a deal in july 2004 to make a gaming franchise with another publisher called electronic arts, which became the "crysis" franchise. in march 2006, ubisoft got the legal rights to the "far cry" series and a license for the cryengine version used in the making of "far cry". ubisoft montreal became the main studio for making all future "far cry" games.