<![CDATA[Crysis 2]]>Crysis 2 PS3, 360, PC-bound
News by Tor Thorsen, GameSpot Jun 1, 2009 6:43 am PT 328 comments
Hours before its press event, Electronic Arts announces that German developer Crytek is finally bringing its cutting-edge graphics shooter series to consoles.

After years of hints and tech-demo teases, the Crysis series is finally headed to consoles. This morning, Electronic Arts and German developer Crytek announced the development of Crysis 2 for the PC, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3. The game will be the first console title that the notoriously PC-centric studio will develop directly for consoles, having let Ubisoft develop the console spin-offs for its groundbreaking 2004 first-person shooter Far Cry. Ubisoft bought the Far Cry IP outright in 2006. No release date was given.

All good things come to those who wait, ja?
"The development of Crysis 2 marks a major stepping stone for our studio," said Crytek CEO and President Cevat Yerli in a statement. "This is not only the next game in the Crysis franchise, it's the first title we are developing for consoles and the first title being built on CryEngine 3." In March, the CryEngine3 was shown off on the 360 and PS3 to Game Developers Conference attendees.

As part of today's announcement, EA and Crytek also announced that they were extending their strategic partnership forged in 2004. The deal came shortly after Far Cry became both a critical and commercial hit on the PC for Ubisoft, which EA still owns one fifth of. The deal is part of the EA Partners program, which lets developers pick and choose marketing, sales, and development-support services from the megapublisher. Current EA Partners and games include Harmonix (Rock Band), Valve (The Orange Box and Left 4 Dead), Grasshopper Manufacture (Unnamed PC/PS3/360/Wii project), and Epic Games (Untitled People Can Fly Project).

For more on Crysis 2, check out GameSpot's video stream and live blog of EA's E3 2009 Press Conference at 2 p.m. PDT/10 p.m. BST this afternoon, straight from the Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles.

]]>http://localhost:4567/topic/1173/crysis-2RSS for NodeSat, 13 Jun 2026 19:09:52 GMTMon, 01 Jun 2009 19:26:47 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Crysis 2 on Tue, 02 Jun 2009 00:08:35 GMT]]>Yeah Alienware, you pay for the name obviously, same with Sony to a lesser degree.

Halo 2 does not fucking play well! it plays for kids that cantuse a cntroller with any more grace than "HULK SMASH!"

]]>http://localhost:4567/post/18324http://localhost:4567/post/18324Tue, 02 Jun 2009 00:08:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Crysis 2 on Mon, 01 Jun 2009 23:54:09 GMT]]>I tried to play this game on my pc,not for me.
killed my pc

]]>http://localhost:4567/post/18320http://localhost:4567/post/18320Mon, 01 Jun 2009 23:54:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Crysis 2 on Mon, 01 Jun 2009 23:47:42 GMT]]>@Dantetidus:

I've actually played Crysis on high spec Alienware PC (Dont care if you dont like alienware or not, fact is theyre pretty up there)

Long story short, Crysis looks like when i cum, plays like Halo 2.

Halo 2 plays pretty damn good man. Better than most new games out there. Alienware are very good PC's except you're playing 2x as much as you would to just build it yourself. I played Crysis on Highest graphic settings and…wow. Just wow. It did lag a little here and there (like around water or big explosions) but still looked amazazing.

]]>http://localhost:4567/post/18318http://localhost:4567/post/18318Mon, 01 Jun 2009 23:47:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Crysis 2 on Mon, 01 Jun 2009 22:55:51 GMT]]>I've actually played Crysis on high spec Alienware PC (Dont care if you dont like alienware or not, fact is theyre pretty up there)

Long story short, Crysis looks like when i cum, plays like Halo 2.

]]>http://localhost:4567/post/18305http://localhost:4567/post/18305Mon, 01 Jun 2009 22:55:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Crysis 2 on Mon, 01 Jun 2009 22:47:44 GMT]]>@LoVeRSaMa:

Hopefully they are porting this game from the PC version and that the PS3 wont get a 360 port.

Crysis 1 holds the record for best looking PC game of all time so far, the gameplay was actully really shit, but hopefully Crysis 2 can push that bar.

I loved this game. Even though the controls might have been a little sketchy, this was a very fun game to play. Visually it was amazing but most computers couldn't run it at high enough settings to appreciate this. I look forward to Crysis 2 and hope it's as good as the original.

]]>http://localhost:4567/post/18304http://localhost:4567/post/18304Mon, 01 Jun 2009 22:47:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Crysis 2 on Mon, 01 Jun 2009 20:01:01 GMT]]>Hopefully they are porting this game from the PC version and that the PS3 wont get a 360 port.

Crysis 1 holds the record for best looking PC game of all time so far, the gameplay was actully really shit, but hopefully Crysis 2 can push that bar.

]]>http://localhost:4567/post/18277http://localhost:4567/post/18277Mon, 01 Jun 2009 20:01:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Crysis 2 on Mon, 01 Jun 2009 19:42:17 GMT]]>Doubt it.
The pattern for most multi-format games is that the GFX suck.

]]>http://localhost:4567/post/18275http://localhost:4567/post/18275Mon, 01 Jun 2009 19:42:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Crysis 2 on Mon, 01 Jun 2009 19:36:42 GMT]]>sad to say not much of a pc gamer actually i am not at all. but this game had killer graphics. this was as good as killzone graphics wise. hopefully they keep their standards up!

]]>http://localhost:4567/post/18274http://localhost:4567/post/18274Mon, 01 Jun 2009 19:36:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Crysis 2 on Mon, 01 Jun 2009 19:27:28 GMT]]>wasn't crysis the "halo beater" for PC?

]]>http://localhost:4567/post/18271http://localhost:4567/post/18271Mon, 01 Jun 2009 19:27:28 GMT