Crytek is announcing that it has released the first patch for Crysis Warhead, the first person shooter launched late last year. Patch 1 can be downloaded from Softpedia and will bring the version number of the game up to 1.1.1.710 when applied successfully. Be sure to check this in the main menu, in the lower right corner.

The biggest changes are related to how the game runs in Windows Vista. The developers are saying that the “mouse cursor should no longer have an offset in the menu” and that a problem where Crysis Warhead decided to launch in windowed mode without the player requesting it should not be as common after the patch. The “Enthusiast” graphic setting has also been tweaked by Crytek in order to better support dynamic textures. Players will also be able to launch a time demo directly from the command line, if they choose to.

Crytek has also added an all new 64 bit executable for both Windows XP x64 and for Vista x64. The new executable is supposed to allow the game to take full advantage of the 64 bit system architecture and players will see an increase in performance. Beware though that the save games between the 32 bit and 64 bit versions of the executable are not compatible.

Crysis Warhead is a companion piece to the original Crysis game, detailing the adventures of Psycho as he visits a section of the island not seen in the first game. The gameplay, which is based around the nano suit, is pretty much the same and players will get to take out a few new breeds of aliens as they pursue a North Korean general with a personal agenda. We've got a full review of the game written by our very own Andrei Dobra.