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PC FPS Ships to Factory
2007-10-30 23:48:00
Good news for PC gamers eagerly awaiting Crysis, a futuristic FPS with stunning visuals, developed by Crytek, the people behind 2004’s Far Cry. Despite delays earlier in production (the first demo came a month late), EA has confirmed the game will hit its November 16 projected launch date. In fact, development has wrapped up and factories ...
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Oh yes, Crysis demo on September 25th!
2007-08-27 22:10:00
Crytek’s Community Manager Alexander Marschal revealed today that a Crysis demo will arrive on Sept ember 25th. That’s less than a month away people! It will be a singleplayer demo and will feature the very first map from the campaign. Here’s the full announcement: “PC gamers now have a reason to mark a big circle around September 25th ...
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More eye candy from Leipzig
2007-08-23 02:48:00
The Crysis team has released more eye pleasing goodness at the Leipzig Games Convention. These four new screenshots are, I dare say, the best looking ones we’ve seen yet.
More About: Candy , Screenshots , Eye candy , Eye-candy

Crysis ?Rampage? trailer
2007-08-22 20:51:00
Here’s a new Crysis trailer that’s being shown at the Games Convention in Leipzig right now. Not much gameplay in there, mostly nano-suit CG but it’s still well worth the look.
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Crysis release date announced
2007-08-02 20:53:00
Ready your $500 GPU’s for November 16 because that’s when Crysis will hit store shelves in North America and Europe. Here’s a few words from Cevat Yerli, CEO and President of Crytek: ?Crytek is constantly striving to push the boundaries of both game design and technology, while maintaining quality at the highest bar. We?re thankful to ...
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Crysis info and screenshots from E3
2007-07-11 19:07:00
As many of you know, the E3 Media and Business Summit (aka the biggest gaming event of the year) is going on in Santa Monica right now and naturally, Crysis is there. EA has released the official updated fact sheet for Crysis along with five magnificent new screenshots. Without further nonsense, here are the key features, ...
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Paleo licences CryENGINE 2 to develop a first person shooter
2007-07-04 12:49:00
Paleo Entertainment, a new independent development studio based in San Diego, California, today announced that they have begun developing an original FPS game entitled “Merchants of Brooklyn.” Troy Latimer, President of Paleo Entertainment: “Before licensing the CryENGINE 2 for our new project, we looked carefully at all our options, and concluded no other engine could produce ...
More About: Shooter , Person , First Person , Paleo , Develop

Crysis box art revealed
2007-06-22 15:11:00
EA has uploaded this image as the cover art for Crysis to their press site. So this is what the cover of the most anticipated PC game of the century looks like huh… How modernly minimalist of you EA. Seriously though, we think it looks pretty damn kick-ass. And releasing stuff like this only means one ...

CVG previews Crysis
2007-06-15 13:08:00
ComputerAndVideogames.com had the chance to sit down and play Crysis and they’ve written one hell of a preview. Here are some quotes from the article: “..you can pick up, throw and even beat people with live chickens. You can pick up, throw and beat people with anything smaller than a car, and in this I include ...

Crysis - inside an alien ship
2007-06-12 21:10:00
Have a look at this cool video of Crysis where the player takes a look into an alien ship in the game. The inside of the ship reminds me a bit of what we saw in Prey and it looks to be at least partly organic.
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First screenshots from a Crysis mod
2007-06-03 13:13:00
The Obsidian Edge 2 team has released the first screenshots from a CryENGINE2 powered game that aren’t from Crysis . Obsidian Edge 2 is a tactical shooter mod for Crysis where you’ll need to outfit your squad with the proper weapons and equipment, carefully plan your actions with your team, and then execute your plan in ...
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Parallax Occlusion Mapping up close and personal
2007-05-25 10:25:00
NVIDIA’s Vice President Content Relations, Roy Taylor, released an image (above) showing off CryENGINE 2’s parallax occlusion mapping abilities and I must say it looks impressive as hell. Parallax occlusion mapping gives a greater sense of depth to a surface texture applied to a polygon, such as could be used to realistically emphasize the relief surface ...
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Crytek opens yet another studio
2007-05-20 02:01:00
In addition to the recent announcement of a new studio in Kiev, Crytek has now opened another studio in Budapest, the capital of Hungary, which will also be working on a new IP. If it’s the same IP as the Kiev studio is working on needs clarification but it’s a non-fps. Next-Gen.biz has made a phone ...
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Multiplayer Q&A at GameSpy
2007-05-17 21:47:00
GameSpy has done a two page Q&A with Crysis director Eric Lagel where they talk about Crysis’ multiplayer aspects. It’s revealed that players can use vehicles, and alien tech will definitely be usable in multiplayer matches GameSpy also scored two new multiplayer screenshots which you can see below (click to enlarge). Read the full Q&A ...
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Crytek?s new studio working on a new intellectual property
2007-05-11 02:14:00
Crytek has just made it known that they’ve opened a new studio in Kiev. They’ve been recruiting for the past year and a half and have put the new team through an intensive training period. Why ? I’m glad you asked. Here’s a quote from Faruk Yerli, Crytek’s Managing Director: ?Now that our CryENGINE 2 middleware ...
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Crysis never ceases to impress
2007-05-11 01:47:00
Everyone expects Crysis to be one hell of a game and we all know it will look and play great. But recently, Crytek has been releasing some screenshots and especially gameplay videos that tend to pretty much put most of the previous ones to shame. Check out the new screens and a 3min30sec gameplay video after ...
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