Far Cry 2 given solid release date

By Tom Bramwell Published 5 September, 2008

Collector's Edition also announced.

Ubisoft has announced that Far Cry 2 will be released for PS3, Xbox 360 and PC on 24th October.

In addition to the usual game-in-a-DVD-case shenanigans, the publisher has also teamed up with GAME to distribute a special Collector's Edition version.

This will include a t-shirt, an art book, a fold-out map (the press release says "Collector 50 square kilometre map", which may not be literal), and a making-of DVD. What's more, it comes in a wooden box. Wood is excellent.

Ubisoft Montreal's first-person shooter sequel has already won plaudits for keeping up the original game's fine graphical tradition - despite development switching to Montreal from original studio Crytek, who buzzed off to make Crysis for EA.

Far Cry 2 plunges players into a massive, 50-kilometre square chunk of Africa where it's important to make friends and influence/shoot people in order to survive.

In addition to the usual single-player campaign and multiplayer, Ubisoft Montreal has produced an impressive map editor (all formats), which allows you to craft huge levels to insane degrees of detail in just a second minutes.

'Far Cry 2 given solid release date' Screenshot 1

I COME IN WOOD.

You can read more about that and check out a video in our original Far Cry 2 map editor announcement story, and check out our Far Cry 2 hands-on preview for more on the game.

Look out for a review closer to release.

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About Tom Bramwell

Tom is Operations director of Eurogamer Network and Editor-at-Large of Eurogamer.net. He joined the company in February 2000.

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  • PierrePressure #1 3 years ago

    Sooner than I thought :)

  • legendmir #2 3 years ago

    awesome

    hmm, this, gta iv, diablo 3.. pc gaming is getting good

    /prays for ff 13 pc release

  • mcmonkeyplc #3 3 years ago

    24th! That's a fable 2 day! FOOLS!

  • mcbi4kh2 #4 3 years ago

    LBP is around then as well I think.

  • KingOfSpain #5 3 years ago

    Great news, I thought this was a 2009 game!!

  • kmittal82 #6 3 years ago

    I saw the running demo at a recent gaming event, was moderately impressed, the videos make it look much better than it actually is. Still, headed for atleast a 7/10

  • Miths #7 3 years ago

    So that makes it seven games on my October list - several of them rather huge in scope. I guess I'll have to take a vacation :p.

  • FromTheLandUnknown #8 3 years ago

    Mcmonkey and mcbi4kh2,
    I'm pretty sure, that they should not be worried because these two! I mean- Fable? And a fucking shit for retards as LBP?
    How easy it is these days to be influenced by PR bullshit and hype. Wonder how long LBP will be played and remembered.
    Having only console now, I still feel sorry that I can't play Far Cry in the moment, even after 4 years.Most FPS fans will not look twice at their priority lists, and will buy Far Cry.
    Having said that, I'm totally aware, that even the two mentioned games will have their fans. I's just that there are not many who combine playing these 2 genres, so Far Cry 2 makers and publishers should not worry.
    I also think that this game is creating much excitement already, because simple fact, that Far Cry (1, if you will) was much underrated game in comparison to others at that time (Half Life2, for example, which not only I found shit and overhyped), and much more (re)playable.




  • Negotiator #9 3 years ago

    Could be an amazing game, it's the open world that's the magic of this game. An almost limitless amount of ways to approach any situation, as I said could be amazing.

  • FromTheLandUnknown #10 3 years ago

    Negotiator +5
    You hit just the essence- FPS in an open world, a dream come true for many. Still remembering the games like Operation Flashpoint, and Far Cry of course. The open world in games is such a fascination, even in other genres (Oblivion and possible Fallout, for example), that is easy to overlook some minor flaws in such games. As for Operation Flashpoint, it still counts as one of my best game experiences, with all the problems, which game had, and would still rather played it as some of todays shooters as totally limited Call Of Duty clones. That was my second FPS experience, and afterwards it went all downhill untill Far Cry, that is.
    Half Life was nothing in comparison for me, being totally scripted, like on rails FPS. I wonder when will publishers understand, that
    money lies in open world games, yes, even shooters.
    I am ready to overlook some issues, like AI and typical Far cry ones, like spotting you miles away through jungle on account of open, non scripted world.

  • FromTheLandUnknown #11 3 years ago

    Negotiator +5
    You hit just the essence- FPS in an open world, a dream come true for many. Still remembering the games like Operation Flashpoint, and Far Cry of course. The open world in games is such a fascination, even in other genres (Oblivion and possible Fallout, for example), that is easy to overlook some minor flaws in such games. As for Operation Flashpoint, it still counts as one of my best game experiences, with all the problems, which game had, and would still rather played it as some of todays shooters as totally limited Call Of Duty clones. That was my second FPS experience, and afterwards it went all downhill untill Far Cry, that is.
    Half Life was nothing in comparison for me, being totally scripted, like on rails FPS. I wonder when will publishers understand, that
    money lies in open world games, yes, even shooters.
    I am ready to overlook some issues, like AI and typical Far cry ones, like spotting you miles away through jungle on account of open, non scripted world.

  • skillian #12 3 years ago

    And a fucking shit for retards as LBP?

    Yeah, you tell 'em.

  • dr_faulk #13 3 years ago

    I read the title as "Far Cry 2 has solid frame rate".

    Boooo....

  • Red-Moose #14 3 years ago

    Looking forward to this! :)

  • Raziel #15 3 years ago

    Same day as Fable 2 and LBP and only a week before Fallout 3.

    Wtf, seriously, can't they spread it out a bit? Summer was so boring that I nearly went into a coma and now this?

  • mkreku #16 3 years ago

    I am seriously considering pre-ordering that wooden box. I've never owned a wooden game box before..

  • Negotiator #17 3 years ago

    This year is the most loaded with great games I can ever remember, and last year was incredible. With this, GOW2, COD5, Fable 2, POP,L4Dead,Nuts and Bolts etc....

  • skyman #18 3 years ago

    I was extremely confident that it will come out in November. Thanx Ubisoft xD

  • ChthonicEcho #19 3 years ago

    Wtf, seriously, can't they spread it out a bit? Summer was so boring that I nearly went into a coma and now this?
    Agreed. Why can't games arrive in summer? Or on Holidays, towards the end of the year?

  • KingOfIceland #20 3 years ago

    oct 24th?!!?!? DAGNABBIT!! this year's october has become last year's november

  • peppergomez #21 3 years ago

    such a great time to be a pc gamer! gonna be spending like $400 on games before xmas:

    x3 terran conflict
    fallout3
    far cry2
    gta4
    stalker clear sky
    left for dead
    red alert3

    bring it on!

  • godwin123 #22 3 years ago

    24th October is close but will take ages for days to get there... almost 48 days left...

  • crozon #23 3 years ago

    and don't forget spore, crysis warhead, gtr evolution its a good time to be a pc gamer :)

  • siro #24 3 years ago

    FromTheLandUnknown: "Half Life was nothing in comparison for me, being totally scripted, like on rails FPS. I wonder when will publishers understand, that money lies in open world games, yes, even shooters."

    Yeah, because the first open world shooter you mention (Far Cry) was such a bestseller... not. Unlike Half-Life 2. Not trying to argue about the merits of open world games, but those have hefty cost to develop and if you don't have a major license (read: GTA) it's not that profitable to do games like that, accompanied by a long development time in which you won't see any revenue at all. There's better business to find in the games market.

  • polaris70 #25 3 years ago

    The original Far Cry wasn't an 'open world' game. Sure the corridors were larger than most games but it was still basically on rails. Far Cry 2 is a true 'open world' game like GTA. It has a map bigger than Oblivions. It looks awesome and I can't wait to get it. Game of the Year, possibly if the story and A.I is good. GTA4 got all the sychopancy from the reviewers, even though the combat was archaic and the game was far too easy (lock-on, shoot, lock-on, shoot, repeat). But this game is basically the same style as GTA4 but with far better combat, far better graphics and far better physics and an unbelievable map-editor. If the A.I and story match then I expect a 10/10.
    Edited by 2 at 07/09/08 @ 00:41

  • stoopidgreg #26 3 years ago

    no word on special edition price?

  • warlockuk #27 3 years ago

    I like the idea of "influence/shoot" :)

    STOP, OR I'LL INFLUENCE/SHOOT YOU!

  • Sp33dking89 #28 3 years ago

    How comes playstation doesnt get this