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GOTY 2011: Best First-Person Shooter – Crysis 2

Quite a lot of great first-person shooters have been released this year, with two special ones, Battlefield 3 and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 being released in quick succession, one after another. While both those titles were very good, the best shooter experience I had this year was with Crysis 2. Crytek stomped...

29 December 2011
16:31 GMT

GOTY 2011: Best Graphics Runner Up – Crysis 2

While video game graphics these days are being weighed down by the aging consoles, like the Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3, there were still quite a lot of great titles that were released this year which managed to push current platforms to their limits and delight us with their visual fidelity.Among them was Crysis 2, co...

19 December 2011
06:50 GMT

Crysis 1 Out on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, Launch Trailer Available

The original Crysis first person shooter from Crytek is now available on consoles like the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, and the German developer has also released a special launch trailer depicting the core conflict in the game and the more refined gameplay.Crysis became somewhat of a legend among PC gamers back in 20...

5 October 2011
06:18 GMT

Crysis 1 Available on October 4 for PS3 and Xbox 360 Consoles

The original Crysis first person shooter from Crytek will be released onto consoles like the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 on October 4, after being announced earlier this month.Seeing as how Crysis 2 impressed not just PC gamers but also console owners, Crytek, together with its publishing partner, Electronic Arts, hav...

27 September 2011
14:21 GMT

Crysis on PS3 and Xbox 360 Gets New Details, Costs $20

The original Crysis first person shooter from Crytek and Electronic Arts is coming to consoles this October, after being released for the PC back in 2007, so the two companies have now posted new details to go along with the announcement trailer that premiered before the weekend.Crysis 1 impressed a huge number of PC...

12 September 2011
15:51 GMT

Remastered Crysis 1 Coming to PS3 and Xbox 360 This October

Crytek has just confirmed that the original Crysis first person shooter is making its way onto consoles like the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in the form of a remastered downloadable version this October. Crytek impressed a huge amount of gamers earlier this year with Crysis 2, one of the most technologically advanc...

9 September 2011
04:28 GMT

Crysis 1 Coming to PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, ESRB Leak Says

Crysis 1 is reportedly headed to the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 consoles, as new listings from two separate video game rating boards have pinned to it the two aforementioned platforms, besides the PC one, for which it was released back in 2007. German developer Crytek made the original Far Cry for Ubisoft many yea...

5 July 2011
04:50 GMT

Crysis 2 Gets DirectX 11 and High Resolution Texture Patches Next Week

Crysis 2 will finally receive support for DirectX 11 as well as for high resolution textures, as Crytek, the developer of the first person shooter, has pinned a concrete release date on the free updates that include these features.Crysis 2 was a stunning game in terms of graphics, showcasing the power of the new CryE...

23 June 2011
04:00 GMT

Crysis 2 Benefited from Coming to PC as Well as Consoles

Crysis 2, the newest first-person shooter from Crytek, has benefited immensely from arriving on the PC, just like its predecessors, Crysis and Crysis: Warhead, but also on consoles like the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, a first for its developer, Crytek. Crysis 2 was one of the biggest games that appeared last month...

19 April 2011
03:10 GMT

Crysis 2 DirectX 11 Patch to Be Released Soon

Crytek, the developer behind the most recent Crysis 2, has announced that it will be launching a special patch for the game that will give it support for the new DirectX 11 technology. Crysis 2 was eagerly awaited by a huge amount of fans, who couldn't wait to see what the German developer could do, especiall...

11 April 2011
04:20 GMT

Crysis 2 Diary - The Complicated Story

Crysis 2 is a very good game, which is why we gave it an impressive 9/10 in our review that appeared yesterday. The gameplay manages to cater to a lot of tastes, with the upgraded nanosuit and the array of weapons drawing in quite a lot of players. Sadly, the game's biggest flaw is its story, which, althou...

7 April 2011
09:10 GMT

Crysis 2 Diary - The Useless Variety of Weapons

Crysis 2 is quite a fun game, no matter the type of player you may be, accommodating styles like the stealthy sniper that chooses vantage points and picks off enemies one by one, or the armored brute, who just leaps into the middle of firefights and starts smashing all of his enemies. Part of this flexibility can ...

6 April 2011
09:15 GMT

Crysis 2 Review

When it comes to beautiful looking games, few developers can come close to the pedigree of German company Crytek, which is responsible for titles like the original Far Cry, Crysis or Crysis: Warhead.Now, the studio is back, with Crysis 2, the next installment in its first-person shooter, running on the brand new CryE...

6 April 2011
07:00 GMT

Crysis 2 Diary - The Nanosuit 2.0 and Its Addictive Nature

We already established the fact that Crysis 2 allows for different types of players to have fun in its single-player and even in the multiplayer mode, going for strategies like the invisible predator or armored tank, so we're now talking about the new nanosuit worn by the playable characters and how its use beco...

5 April 2011
08:40 GMT

Crysis 2 Diary - Playing as an Invisible Predator

Crysis 2 has been out for a week now and even if there are some issues with its gameplay, specifically its multiplayer mode, you can still enjoy the pretty long single-player campaign. While the story is a bit too convoluted for its own good, the gameplay is what actually matters, and Crysis 2 allows you to go thr...

1 April 2011
08:20 GMT

New Crysis 2 Update Now Available, Fixes Security Problems

Crysis 2 has just received a new security update, which will be automatically downloaded when you start up the game and are connected to the Internet. Crysis 2 has been out for a week now and it has already received a hefty patch, which aimed at fixing some of the big issues encountered by players, especially on t...

1 April 2011
03:40 GMT

Crysis 2 Cheaters Will Be Eliminated, Crytek Promises

Crytek, the developer of the recently released Crysis 2, has promised that it will eliminate all of the cheaters currently running amok in the game's online mode. Crysis 2 was launched last week and it seems that there were quite a few problems with it, prompting the developer to release a patch before the we...

31 March 2011
03:40 GMT

New Crysis 2 Patch Arrives This Week

Crytek, the developer of Crysis 2, which was launched last week, has confirmed that a second update will arrive this week in order to solve all of the issues encountered by players both on the PC and on consoles like the PlayStation 3 or Xbox 360. Barely has Crysis 2 been released by Crytek and Electronic Arts, it...

29 March 2011
03:50 GMT

Quick Look: Crysis 2

The original Crysis and its spinoff, Crysis: Warhead, have become somewhat legendary in PC gaming, as the titles developed by Crytek couldn't be played properly on even the most powerful computers those days. Now, the studio is at it again, with Crysis 2, running on its all-new CryEngine 3 technology, that prom...

25 March 2011
18:21 GMT

Crysis 2 Multiplayer Demo Impressions

The Crysis 2 Multiplayer Demo for the PC arrived yesterday, but due to technical issues and because the MyCrysis website registration was down, I wasn't able to play it until today. If you want a one-word description for the multiplayer of Crysis 2, it's 'paranoia', because you never know from ...

2 March 2011
07:25 GMT

Download Crysis 2 Multiplayer PC Demo

Crysis 2 has just received its multiplayer demo on the PC platform, after previously being exclusive on the Xbox 360 console. Crytek is getting ready to launch Crysis 2 at the end of the month, but, in order to hype it up, it's been rolling out multiplayer demos for the game. We already saw one launched on...

1 March 2011
02:50 GMT

Crysis 2 Won't Have Co-Op, Will Still Impress Gamers

Crysis 2 won't have a cooperative online mode, but will still impress players through its "beefy" campaign and the top-notch multiplayer, according to Crytek, its developer. Crysis 2 is one of the biggest first-person shooters to appear at the beginning of the year, so its development studio, Crytek, is makin...

24 February 2011
17:21 GMT

Crysis 2 Leak Was an Incomplete Build Filled with Problems

Crytek, the company behind the upcoming Crysis 2 first-person shooter, has talked about the big leak that happened last week, when a build of the game appeared onto torrent sites, with over a month before the title's actual release. PC pirates had a field day, as even if the build of the game was incomplete, ...

22 February 2011
04:25 GMT

Crysis 2 Leak Doesn't Mean Crytek Will Abandon the PC Platform

The recent leak of an incomplete build of Crysis 2 onto torrent sites won't affect the dedication of its developer, Crytek to the PC platform, at least according to an official statement from studio boss Cevat Yerli. Crysis 2 is set to be one of the most important games of the year, once again trying to showc...

17 February 2011
18:01 GMT

Crysis 2 Minimum PC Requirements and Trailer Revealed

Crysis 2 has just received a brand new trailer, showing there's no room for the weak in the game, as well as the minimum PC system requirements, showing that there's no room for slow computers if you want to play it as it was meant to be. The original Crysis made a name for itself by being barely playabl...

3 February 2011
05:00 GMT

Crysis 2 Multiplayer Demo Will Arrive on the PC

Crytek, the studio behind the upcoming Crysis 2 first-person shooter, revealed through its Twitter account that it would be releasing a multiplayer demo for the PC platform of the game, before its launch this March.Crysis 2 has been eagerly awaited by gamers for quite some time, especially by PC owners, who wanted to...

31 January 2011
03:45 GMT

Crysis 2 Multiplayer Demo Issues Will Be Fixed

The Xbox 360 exclusive multiplayer demo for Crysis 2, which was launched at the beginning of the week, will see an update released in the following days, as many users have reported lots of issues with the title released by Crytek. Crysis 2 is one of the most anticipated shooters of the beginning of the year, so t...

27 January 2011
17:21 GMT

Crysis 2 Can't Be Done on Other Engines, Crytek Says

Crytek, the company behind the upcoming Crysis 2 and other technologically-advanced titles like the original Crysis or Far Cry, has just revealed that its newest game can't be done on rival engines like Epic Games' Unreal one. Crysis 2 is set to be one of the most impressive games this generation, with C...

27 January 2011
14:51 GMT

Incoming 2011 - Crysis 2

What we know Crysis 2 is the full pledged sequel to the 2007's Crysis and its subsequent spinoff, Crysis Warhead, and is set to be one of the most technologically advanced titles of the year, being based on the all-new CryEngine 3 tech. The game continues the futuristic scenario where Earth is invaded by a...

25 January 2011
08:25 GMT

First Person Shooters Need Multiplayer Modes, Crytek Says

First-person shooters need great multiplayer modes if they want to survive in today's video game market, at least according to Crysis 2 executive producer Nathan Camarillo. Lately, we've been hearing quite a lot about multiplayer modes and how they are necessary for today's games to stay relevant an...

19 January 2011
03:05 GMT

Crysis 2 in 3D Amazed Avatar Director James Cameron

Crysis 2, the full pledged sequel to the extremely impressive PC exclusive first person shooter, looks so good running in 3D, that James Cameron, the director of 3D movie phenomenon Avatar, fell in love with it, proclaiming it to be a 3D benchmark. One of the biggest first-person shooter of this year, at least in ...

14 January 2011
03:20 GMT

Electronic Arts Needs to Balance Great Games with Sales

The leader of the EA Games label at publisher Electronic Arts has said that his company needs to create a system where it can balance the quality of the video games it publishes with the commercial success that they achieve in the long term. Speaking to Develop as part of a bigger interview, Frank Gibeau, who is t...

13 December 2010
05:35 GMT

The PC Is a Generation Ahead of PS3 and Xbox 360, Crytek Says

Crytek, the developer behind the Crysis series, has once again praised the PC platform, saying that it is one generation ahead of current home consoles like the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, but, sadly, is being held back by developers that don't give it enough importance.Crysis was exclusive for the PC, and made ...

26 November 2010
14:21 GMT

Crysis 2 Multiplayer Beta Invites Sent to Xbox 360 Users

Crytek has now begun sending out the official invitations for the Crysis 2 multiplayer beta stage, which will be exclusive for Xbox 360 at this moment.Crysis 2 is the sequel to one of the most graphically intensive PC titles ever released, and will finally bring its top notch visual presentation to the PlayStation 3 ...

14 October 2010
15:51 GMT

Crytek Working on New Online FPS

Evidence has been mounting that Crytek is working on a massively multiplayer online first-person shooter that may be called Kingdoms or Codename Kingdoms. The LinkedIn profiles of James Dennett, senior Information Technology manager at Crytek, and Yegor Borndar, an ex-Crytek employee, show that both of them have been...

1 June 2010
04:04 GMT

Ending Borderlands

The Borderlands crusade was abruptly ended at mid-day on Saturday, when a disappointed and confused me finished the first playthrough of the game. With now a conclusion in sight, the title resembles, as the story development goes, Crysis a lot. You spend three quarters of the game mowing down your fellow men, only to...

2 November 2009
08:52 GMT

CryEngine 3 Has Been Released

Crytek thinks it’s time for yet another change in game graphics so they've launched a brand-new engine. The company's third development platform is also the first natively multiplatform version of the engine, which has been officially released and is available to licensees. The engine supports the Dir...

15 October 2009
16:51 GMT

Crytek UK Is Developing a New Shooter

A new shooter is in the making and if that is not big news then the fact that it caries the Crytek name should tell us something. Crytek UK have already started development on a title that they hope will prove to be a "defining game series" for the newly formed studio, and which will focus on both the single player a...

9 October 2009
05:59 GMT

Crysis Running on the iPhone, Thanks to AMD's DirectX 11 GPUs

The iPhone, Apple's entrance in the world of mobiles and handhelds, is one of the world's most popular devices, having already reached its 3rd generation. Crysis is also one of the most popular products in its category, being considered a benchmark for new computer hardware, due to its strong visual require...

11 September 2009
08:56 GMT

Discipline Kept Crysis Away from Consoles

Do you remember that way back in May 2008, more than a year ago, Cevat Yerli, the outspoken president and Chief Executive Officer of Crytek, announced that his company was no longer working on PC exclusive titles, mainly because of the piracy plaguing the platform?It took all this time for the company to actually com...

17 June 2009
03:26 GMT

Crysis 2 Maxes Out the PlayStation 3, Says Crytek CEO

The console war has been waged on the hardware side as much as on the software side of things. From companies boasting that they have the most powerful devices to the most complete set of services, you will always hear corporate executives giving out statements such as that. But it is always up to the third-party de...

16 June 2009
13:01 GMT

Perfect Unreal Engine Impossible

Tim Sweeney is a legend in the videogame world. He is one of the co-founders of Epic Games and currently serves as the Chief Executive Officer and technical director of the company.People like Cliff Blezisnki and Mark Rein might get more exposure but when it comes to the tech of Epic videogames, Sweeney is the genius...

27 May 2009
13:11 GMT

Crytek Attempted Cloud Gaming Way Before OnLive

Cloud computing has been around for quite some time, as the idea of using a computer cluster in order to calculate certain demanding tasks and sending the results back to the original PCs is something tested and proven. But when OnLive announced that it would be offering on-demand video game streaming for the masses...

27 April 2009
15:01 GMT

Play Crysis Wars for Free Until April 17

There are a lot of video game developers that specialize in first-person shooters. We've got studios like Infinity Ward, id Software or Epic Games, but none of them is as respected as Crytek, creator of the iconic Far Cry and the more recent Crysis series of games. It has always pushed the envelope in terms of ...

10 April 2009
03:03 GMT

Goodbye Free Radical, Hello Crytek UK

The gaming industry is a very tough line of work for a lot of small independent studios. It's quite hard to finance the development of a game as a small company, so in a lot of cases studios that show promise are bought by other larger companies that have the resources necessary to finance the development of a w...

5 February 2009
15:01 GMT

Free Radical Acquired by Crytek

Crytek, the developer behind such titles as the original Far Cry and the newly launched Crysis series, seems to have acquired the Free Radical Design studio, which had declared bankruptcy and laid off a lot of its staff a few weeks ago. The United Kingdom-based studio now only has 40 employees and is not continuing a...

4 February 2009
02:49 GMT

Phenom II X4 940 Tested on Crysis

It looks like AMD's upcoming Phenom II X4 processors just keep showing up in the news, as we are getting closer to their official introduction in the first quarter of 2009. According to the most recent details, AMD's yet-to-be unveiled 45nm quad-core processors are expected to deliver an impressive gaming ...

25 November 2008
07:05 GMT

One Hour With: Crysis

First of all, let me just say that I really got into the Crysis hype at the beginning: I saw all the trailers, I downloaded all the pictures from Electronic Arts and Crytek, and, like any other gamer, I prayed that my PC would run the game. It was a sad day when I saw the official system requirements – I was br...

25 September 2008
09:28 GMT

Pre-Order Far Cry 2 and Get the Original Game for Free

If you live in the United States, Canada or Mexico and you plan on pre-ordering Far Cry 2 then it's about time to rejoice. Upon ordering you will be able to also get and then play the original game, which Ubisoft holds the rights to. The original Far Cry After puts the player in the shoes of Jack Carver, a...

3 September 2008
03:55 GMT

DirectX 11 Will Change How Gaming Looks

At long last, after months of speculation, Microsoft has revealed a few details regarding its upcoming DirectX 11. The company promises that, following the somewhat icy reception that the Vista only DirectX 10 has had, it will create a gaming graphics API that will improve the looks and the performance of AAA game ti...

23 July 2008
02:55 GMT


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