Crysis Wars: Free Weekend!
October 3, 2008 by Raj
Filed under Action, Adventure, Corporate, Development, First Person Shooter, Genre, Miscellaneous, Newsbits
Following Valve’s free weekend roots, Crytek has annouceed a free-weekend for Crysis Wars. You can play Crysis Wars for free from 10th October to 12th October by registering at MyCrysis.com and downloading the client (which weighs 6GByte) More info below:
Electronic Arts and Crytek are announcing today that Crysis Wars, the new multiplayer suite for Crytek’s award-winning Crysis franchise and part of the critically acclaimed Crysis Warhead package, will be available for free from Friday, October 10th through Sunday, October 12th.
“We have been extremely pleased with the reception we have received from gamers and press for Crysis Warhead,” said Cevat Yerli, CEO and President of Crytek. “Crysis Wars is definitely a big reason for this success and something we are dedicated to, not only as a part of future Crysis titles, but in terms of releasing new modes and continued support for our growing community.”
Starting on Monday, October 6th, gamers can take advantage of this offer by registering online at www.mycrysis.com. After registration, those who sign up will be emailed a unique activation key that will allow them to immediately play Crysis Wars on LAN for the entire week and will allow them to play on Gamespy servers from October 10th at 11:00 AM PT to October 12th at 11:59 PM.
Crysis Wars includes:
- Three diverse multiplayer modes including InstantAction, TeamInstantAction and PowerStruggle
- 21 maps ranging from large battlefields to smaller, more intimate battlegrounds with a diverse array of settings ranging from beaches to graveyards
- All weapons and vehicles released within the Crysis Universe
For more information about Crysis Wars and to take advantage of “Wars Weekend”, please visit www.mycrysis.com. For more information about Crysis Warhead, winner of Editor’s Choice Awards from IGN.com and GameSpot.com, please visit www.crysiswarhead.com. Crysis Warhead is now available at retail stores and leading online download services for only $29.99.
Crysis Now on Steam!
September 13, 2008 by Raj
Filed under Action, Adventure, Corporate, Development, Digital Distribution, First Person Shooter, Genre, Miscellaneous, Newsbits, Steam
EA finally caved in to Steam, both Crysis and Crysis: Warhead are now available for pre-order on Valve’s Steam service. Fantastic news indeed!
Crysis Warhead - Opening Intro Leaked
September 4, 2008 by Raj
Filed under Action, Adventure, Corporate, Development, Downloads, First Person Shooter, Genre, Miscellaneous, Newsbits, Videos
Someone was nice enough to leak the full opening intro for Crysis: Warhead. If you can’t wait till the game goes retail, check out the intro after the jump. The intro is spoiler free. Read more
CryEngine 3 Info Revealed
August 22, 2008 by Raj
Filed under Action, Adventure, Corporate, Development, First Person Shooter, Genre, Interview, Miscellaneous
Despite the inconsistent (probably the best way to phrase it) response Crysis received, it’s still a brilliant game - atleast on technical standards. But that’s that, what does the future hold for Crytek and their CryEngine game engines? Cevat Yerli sheds some light:
Yerli says “the future will start” for Crytek in 2009 when they begin to develop CryEngine 3, “but will only become visible in 2012.”
Alright, so CryEngine 3 will be so powerful that it’ll bring Apocalypse? On a much more serious note, let’s hope the algorithms of the engine are optimised better and it doesn’t become far too advanced for the future hardware it’s suppose to run on.
Crysis Took $ 22mil to Make
August 19, 2008 by Raj
Filed under Action, Adventure, Corporate, Development, Events, First Person Shooter, Games Convention 2008, Genre, Miscellaneous, Newsbits
According to Cevat Yerli, Crysis took total of USD 22mil to make. The game, however, did suffer from extreme piracy and was the most pirated game in company’s project history (which only consist of FarCry and Crysis)
Yerli maintained the game was profitable, adding, “if it wasn’t profitable I wouldn’t be able to stand here.”
Crysis: Warhead Coming September 16th
August 13, 2008 by Raj
Filed under Action, Adventure, Corporate, Development, First Person Shooter, Genre, Press Releases, Release Dates
The sequel to 2007’s epic first-person-shooter Crysis — Crysis: Warhead is set to sail the retails shelves on September 16th (NA) and September 12th (Europe) Among other things, Crysis: Warhead will boast a new multiplayer counterpart, dubbed Crysis: Wars and will use an optimised and updated version of CryENGINE 2. Unlike the original Crysis, in Warhead, you’ll take the shoes of Sergeant Michael ‘Psycho’ Sykes. Yes, that annoying british wanker. Crysis Warhead is the first title being developed by Crytek’s Budapest Studios. Read more
Crysis Warhead Officially Announced, EXCLUSIVE to PCs
June 5, 2008 by Raj
Filed under Action, Adventure, Corporate, Development, First Person Shooter, Genre, Miscellaneous, Newsbits, Press Releases, Release Dates
After the teaser site, Electronic Arts have officially announced the sequel to Crysis; Crysis Warhead. In Warhead, players will take charge of Sergeant Sykes aka Psycho (yeah, that annoying British fellow) and the game will take place parallel to events in original Crysis. Warhead will also feature more multiplayer content and will be coming to PCs this Autumn. Press Release and High-resolution boxart after the jump!
Press Release:
Maximum freedom, maximum explosions and maximum Psycho! Electronic Arts Inc. and award-winning independent studio Crytek today announced Crysis Warhead® – the parallel story to Crysis, one of the most critically-acclaimed first person shooters and PC games of 2007. Shipping exclusively for the PC this autumn Crysis Warhead is the first title to be developed at Crytek´s Budapest studio, and is built on a new, enhanced and optimized version of Crytek’s CryENGINE® 2 technology. Read more
LucasArt’s Cameron Suey is clueless
May 12, 2008 by Raj
Filed under Action, Adventure, Corporate, Development, Genre, Interview, Miscellaneous, Newsbits
VideoGamer.com had a go with Cameron Suey of LucasArts. The main focus was LucasArt’s upcoming Star Wars: The Force Unleashed title, which amazingly, is coming to every other platform except PC. Ofcourse, one expects a decent explanation for that, but if you go by the interview, you’ll get the exact opposite impression. Undoubtly one of the most bullshit interviews you’ll ever come across. Read more
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