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Crysis Wars free trial starts Thursday

Full online, LAN, editor access for a week.

Crytek is offering another free trial week for Crysis Wars starting this Thursday, 9th April.

Full details on how to join the online multiplayer mayhem will be posted today on the official Crysis site. Incidentally, those with keys from previous trials will be able to reuse them.

The Crysis Wars trial grants full, time-limited access to LAN play, online play and the map editor.

Crysis Wars arrived last year as the beefed-up multiplayer part of standalone expansion Crysis Warhead. Both, we thought, were brilliant.

Head over to our Crysis Warhead review to find out why.