Crysis Wars: Free Weekend!
October 3, 2008 by Raj
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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: Warhead Will Contain Annoying DRM
September 17, 2008 by Raj
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It seems EA didn’t learn from Spore Piracy fiasco, the company’s now becoming almost trademark-esque Online Activation will come embedded in Crysis: Warhead, too. Crysis’s game designer shed some light on the DRM situation, confirming the game will indeed limit Installs:
Just to get that clarified, you can install warhead as often as you want on your PC as long as you do not make major changes to your hardware or re-install Windows.
So you can activate the game on X different PC’s, whereas the number has not yet been clarified in the end, but you can install the game as often as you want on each of the PC’s.
- Alex
With Crysis: Warhead getting Steamed, everyone is anxious to know if the Steam version too, will limit activations, as was the case with Steam version of BioShock.
Crysis Now on Steam!
September 13, 2008 by Raj
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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
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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
Crysis Took $ 22mil to Make
August 19, 2008 by Raj
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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.”
EA in PC Crysis
July 29, 2008 by Raj
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EA will now be branding and selling PCs for Crytek’s upcoming title; Crysis: Warhead.
At Electronic Arts’ Comic-Con booth today, an EA rep mentioned that the company plans to market pre-built PCs in conjunction with the release of Crytek’s upcoming PC-exclusive shooter Crysis Warhead. The idea seems to be to try and circumvent some of the intimidation that exists for gamers who are either new to high-end PC gaming, or have been out of the scene for some time, and reassure them that it is not prohibitively expensive to acquire a machine that can tame something like Crysis and its followup.
Crysis Wars Unveiled
July 11, 2008 by Raj
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According to EA Store, Crysis: Warhead will also contain Crysis Wars. A new multiplayer component that comes with new vehicles/weapons and gameplay modes. Would Crysis Wars/Warhead suffer the same piss-poor after-sales support that Crysis did? Only time will tell.
- Pulse-racing new installment from 2007’s PC Game of the Year*: Play as Sergeant Sykes and experience a whole new side of the battle. A standard combat mission behind enemy lines becomes critical when you discover your enemies have captured something of vital importance to the ensuing war. It’s down to you to retrieve the cargo, at any cost.
- More explosive and dynamic minute to minute game play: new customizable weapons, new vehicles, new photorealistic locations to explore, and a fully interactive war zone to dominate.
- Enhanced human and alien AI: Intelligent enemies, bigger challenges, and all-new ally squad support.
- Includes Crysis Wars®, an expanded new multiplayer experience with new online modes and 21 maps including seven all-new maps to battle it out against other players.
- Crysis Warhead is a standalone release and does not require ownership of Crysis to play.
Crysis: Warhead Screenshots
July 1, 2008 by Raj
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EA has released first two screenshots of Crysis: Warhead. The screens have been photoshopped like hell to make them look extra detailed with tweaked contrast. The second screen also shows the new vehicle.
Crysis: Warhead Details, Screenshots, Preview
June 25, 2008 by Raj
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Tiscali games has some juicy details about Crytek’s upcoming title; Crysis: Warhead. The details have been taken from their recent preview of the game. Check them out below:
- Begins when the original game’s Nomad character parts ways with Warhead’s new hero, Psycho, and follows him all the way until the two are to reunite again on board the aircraft carrier.
- Mostly located on the other side of the island.
- Less linear approach and more sandbox type of gameplay, as opposed to the original.
- Same nanosuit and the same functions, with more likely to be revealed later (definitely a “surprise” in that matter is promised).
- Singleplayer campaign to last 8-10 hours.
- At least two new weapons, the granade launcher and double SMG.
- Improved enemy AI, betterily able to organize itself and follow tactics.
- New vehicles incl. Armored Scout Recon (about the size of a jeep with a mounted gun) and a hovercraft, both playable in multiplayer as well.
- New team-based MP mode and less complex than the original two.
- Betterily optimized to run faster than the original game on the same hardware.
- Won’t require DX10 for maximum details and full effects.
- Dialogues done by Bioshock’s Susanna O’Connor.
- Completely stand-alone and as noted by developers, not an add-on but a full title.
- The possibility of Crysis 2 to rely heavily on Warhead’s sales.
Tiscali also has some screens. Well, to be fair, they are more like caps taken from videos. From the screens, the game will boast new weapons; A Grenade Launcher, Possibly an UZI, and the ability to duel wield the new weapons. The graphics and environments, so far, look identical to the original Crysis.
This month’s PCGamer will have a full-blown preview, so watch this space.
Crysis: Warhead @35fps on a $653 PC?
June 19, 2008 by Raj
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According to Crytek, Crysis: Warhead will be playable at High settings at 30-35fps on a $653 PC. The engine is said to have gotten tons of optimisations and there’s a fair chance that these optimisations/tweaks will make it to Crysis itself. Crytek didn’t reveal the resolution, though.
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