Crysis 2

The makers of Star Citizen - Cloud Imperium Games and Roberts Space Industries - are being sued by Crytek over misuse of CryEngine.

Far Cry, Crysis and Ryse developer Crytek has broken its silence following reports of unpaid wages to say it's letting go of multiple studios.

Crytek is in trouble once again, with staff saying they have suffered delayed wages for months.

There's an officially-licensed Crysis board game on Kickstarter.

Tomorrow marks the five year anniversary of the Crysis franchise.

The science fiction shooter series began on 13th November 2007 with the release of Crysis for PC, a launch that carried much fanfare. Here was a shooter that was part open world sandbox, a fitting follow-up to the company's first game Far Cry, part graphics showcase. The hype for months before launch was that Crysis was the best-looking game ever created. Not only was your PC not good enough to run it - no-one's was.

Three and a half years later Crytek released Crysis 2. But there was a catch: the game was no longer a PC exclusive. Crytek had, according to some, sold out. And as more information about the new New York setting emerged and this new “choreographed sandbox” was laid bare, fans of the first game accused the developer of dumbing down the core Crysis gameplay to accommodate the console audience.

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German developer Crytek will make another Crysis game after Crysis 3, it's revealed - but it won't be called Crysis 4.

Crytek's system-challenging title gets compared on AMD's new Fusion APU and the established integrated Intel HD4000 graphics core.

The AMD Fusion core get its sternest workout yet on Crytek's ambitious shooter running at the lowest settings at 720p.

With a substantial gulf in price between them, we compare Crysis 2 running on the GTX 660 and its Ti sibling.

The GTX 660 takes on AMD's aggressively priced HD 7850 with some intriguing results.

The two enthusiast-friendly GPUs do battle on Crytek's phenomenal PC shooter.

2012's notebook GPU heavyweights face-off on a fully maxed out Crysis 2.

Decent performance from the 7870 on a maxed out Crysis, but the 660 Ti maintains higher frame-rates in more intensive gameplay.

The overclocked 7870 takes on its last-gen predecessor with Crytek's epic ramped up to ultra settings with the high-res texture pack installed.

Our overclocked 7870 takes on its less powerful stablemate with all settings at ultra and high-res textures engaged.

The difference between £100 and £250 worth of GPU power, with Crysis 2 Ultra as the test bed.

"Maximum Game" at maximum settings using GPUs at two very different price tiers.

At 1366x768, only the most intense effects work fazes the Radeon HD 6870, giving us a nigh-on 60Hz experience.

Two GPUs face-off as we put the DFPC through its first hardware upgrade.

Crysis 2 Maximum Edition and NASCAR 2011 have all arrived on the PlayStation Store courtesy of today's update.

The PC game is locked at 720p on high settings, with v-sync enabled and compared to console.

Integrated GPU vs console with Crysis 2 running at 720p on high settings.

The AMD Trinity integrated GPU takes on Intel HD4000 in the form of an Alienware M14x: 720p res, high settings.

Seven-year-old console hardware vs. the £300 Digital Foundry gaming PC on Crytek's demanding shooter.

Alienware's mid-range gaming laptop faces off against the £300 Digital Foundry gaming PC.

Digital Foundry's £300 gaming PC takes on the PS3 in this technologically groundbreaking shooter.

The two laptops compared at very high settings, 1366x768 resolution, with DX11 engaged and high-detail textures on.

Crytek's DX11 mode and high-res textures engaged on this performance comparison of Crysis 2 with the GT 650M GPU.

EA-published games Crysis 2 and Dragon Age 2 were pulled from Steam's marketplace due to issues surrounding the titles' in-game DLC stores, a new report suggests.

Crysis 2 compared with different quality levels on a Radeon HD 7970M-powered Alienware laptop.

Crytek's epic at max settings on two of the most powerful GPUs in the world.

German governing party Christlich-demokratische Union (CDU) has publicly protested against Crysis 2 being nominated for - and eventually winning - the German Computergames Award for Best German Game.

Digital Foundry performance analysis of one of the most demanding games running on top-end NVIDIA hardware.

A new EA job ad suggests Crysis 3 is in development.

The most pirated PC game of 2011 wasn't Modern Warfare 3, Battlefield 3 or Skyrim - it was Crysis 2.

Do you like playing games? Do you especially like playing games without having to move from exactly where you are seated reading this news story?

EA has recommitted to having third party games on Origin and, in a dig at rival service Steam, talked about how to treat other publishers.

Crysis 2 developer Crytek has been accused of bad hiring and firing practices.

Crysis 2 developer Crytek is hard at work on a brand new FPS franchise, according to a developer CV.

FPS sequel Crysis 2 has now sold in three million copies worldwide, publisher EA has announced.

Portal 2, Dead Space 2 and Dragon Age II, meanwhile, have all broken the two million mark, while FIFA 11 nears 15 million units and Battlefield: Bad Company 2 nine million.

The numbers come from EA's fiscal Q1 earnings report, which saw the publisher log non-GAAP net revenue of $524 million, down slightly from $539 million this time last year. Digital revenue was picked out as a highlight though, increasing 11 per cent to $209 million.

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Video game graphics achieved using the DirectX 11 standard provide a solid indication of the visual power of the next Xbox and PlayStation, Eurogamer has been told.

Those who played the PC version of sci-fi shooter Crysis 2 online upon release know it suffered from cheaters.

You can't buy Crysis 2 and other EA games from digital download service Steam because Valve won't let EA directly manage its relationship with gamers.

Microsoft and Crytek discussed the possibility of the Crysis 2 developer going first-party just after the launch of Far Cry.

The first Crysis game is coming to Xbox 360, judging by a Korean Ratings Board listing spotted by Kotaku.

Gamers with second-hand copies of the PlayStation 3 version of Fear 3 now have the ability to access all the game's multiplayer modes.

This week's EU PSN Store update adds Fear 3's multiplayer unlock code, priced £3.19.

Fresh versions of the game come with the code included. Those with used copies must pay to play online options 'F**king Run!' and 'Soul Survivor'.

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The DirectX 11 update for the PC version of Crysis 2 is available for download now, and weighs in at a whopping 2.32GB.

As detailed last week, you'll need to install the new 1.9 update – also out today - before you try to run the graphics patch.

Here's a full run-down of the new features added by the DX11 download:

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Crytek's decision to make Crysis 2 more accessible to low-spec PC gamers and their console brethren might have been a mistake, reckons the studio's CEO.

The long-awaited Crysis 2 PC DirectX 11 patch launches next week, developer Crytek has confirmed.

You can download DX11 and high res texture packages for the shooter from 27th June, along with update 1.9, from the game's official site.

News of the upgrade first leaked out this morning, but Crytek has now kindly made it official.

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The Crysis 2 DirectX 11 Ultra Upgrade for science-fiction shooter Crysis 2 has been revealed.

Crysis studio Crytek has denied reports that it's already developing for the Xbox 360's successor.

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The decision to remove Crysis 2 from Steam was Valve's call, not EA's, the game's publisher has insisted.

Crysis 2 has disappeared from Steam and is now "only on Origin", EA's new digital distribution store.

The PlayStation Store catch-up continues, although today's update is less exciting than the initial splurge.

High profile DLC arrives for Fallout: New Vegas in the shape of Honest Hearts, and for Crysis 2 in the shape of the Retaliation Pack.

Snazzy racer Split/Second arrives as a downloadable game for £20 but, as always, you can find it cheaper in a box online.

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Full stereoscopic 3D is set to hit the Xbox 360, Eurogamer can reveal.

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The Retaliation Map Pack for Crysis 2 will be released on 17th May, a new EA video has confirmed.

This is the date for all three platforms: PC, PS3 and Xbox 360. Obviously the PS3 release is dependent on the PlayStation Store being back in working order.

Added in Retaliation will be four new maps: Park Avenue, Transit, Shipyard and Compound.

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Modding tools for the PC version of Crysis 2 are on their way, developer Crytek has announced.

It's been just over three weeks since Crytek released its first proper game in three years. With Crysis 2, the Frankfurt-based developer has delivered a technically excellent, graphically superb shooter that is groundbreaking in many respects. It delivers state-of-the-art visuals, effects and physics onto five-year-old console architecture, and in stark contrast to its predecessor it manages to run extremely well even on relatively middle-of-the-road PCs.

Crytek has promised to eradicate Crysis 2 exploits and punish those who use them.

Crysis 2 PC users will see a DirectX 11 patch in two to three months time, so says a report from our colleagues at Eurogamer.cz.

UPDATE: EA has issued Eurogamer with a statement on the matter, adding further confusion to the status of DirectX 11 support for Crysis 2.

"We have not made any official announcements about a patch yet," an EA spokesperson said.

ORIGINAL STORY: Crytek has poured cold water on a report that a DirectX 11 patch for excellent sci-fi first-person shooter Crysis 2 was in the works – but stopped short of denying its existence.

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Crysis 2 is EA's biggest UK launch of 2011, sales-counter GfK Chart-Track has revealed.

That means the 8/10 shooter developed by Crytek has enjoyed a bigger opening weekend than Dragon Age II, Dead Space 2, Bulletstorm and Fight Night Champion - the games EA has already released this year.

Crysis 2 topped the UK all-formats chart this week, selling a 57 per cent majority on Xbox 360. The remaining 43 per cent was split 29 per cent on PS3 and 14 per cent on PC. Remember, digital sales aren't counted, which excludes Steam and its ilk.

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The UK all-formats chart is rocked by a raft of new arrivals this week, the best selling being EA's blockbuster shooter Crysis 2, which tops the list.

High, very high and extreme settings compared.

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Has Crytek "sold out" to the console audience with its first triple-format release? Or is Crysis 2's new vision for the franchise a necessary shift, fundamental to the continued existence of the world-renowned German studio?

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Like-for-like scenes compared on both consoles.

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The PC version of FPS sequel Crysis 2 is only a day old in the US and it has already been patched up.

The update, detailed on the game's official forum, makes a number of tweaks, adding cheat detection, removing the auto-aim option wholesale and speeding up text chat. Here's a full list of fixes:

Server Browser shows incorrect pings - Fixed

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First person suitor.

If the previous 10 years of video game design were led by the characters we control, this decade is already being defined by what they wear. Not in terms of fashion; aside from the cut of Bond's tuxedo in Goldeneye, style never had very much to do with shooting games. But in terms of the performance-enhancing abilities they offer our avatars, the identity of many titles now pivots on the suits we are given to wear.

Suits transform the man into the super man. They allow us to skid on our knees at 50mph, to leap tall buildings in a single bound, to punch through concrete. They cloak us with invisibility, they toughen our exteriors to withstand the bite of shrapnel and they provide justification for the head up displays that almost no video game can do without.

It started with Master Chief, a faceless cipher whose identity exclusively hangs on his regenerating armour. From here games as diverse as Vanquish, Dead Space and, in its latter stages at least, BioShock have relied on the suits their characters wear for relevance. Stepping into the shoes of a space soldier is no longer interesting enough. We demand rocket boots.

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Crytek sequel knows how to party.

Crysis 2 maker Crytek has defended the use of digital rights management in its games, claiming most fail to notice it.

Snazzy suit and weapons, check.

EA has pulled the PlayStation 3 multiplayer demo of upcoming first-person shooter Crysis 2 – two days after it launched.

German developer Crytek has hit back at those who have criticised the PlayStation 3 version of upcoming first-person shooter, insisting it is exactly the same as the Xbox 360 version.

Oscar-winning composer Hans Zimmer has lent his hand to Crysis 2's score, the game's publisher EA has revealed.

Sony is trying to move PlayStation Move. Get it. That's the theme of today's PlayStation Store update.

Cue a raft of new special offers. Flight Control (7/10) is £2, Swords and Soldiers (8/10) is £4.80 and Sackboy's Prehistoric Moves (7/10) now £2.50.

There's a huge demo for PlayStation Move Heroes to download if you'd like, too. It's 2.6GB. Other demos today are for Crysis 2 multiplayer and Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12.

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Crytek experimented with Move controls for the PlayStation 3 version of Crysis 2 but ditched the idea, judging it a poor fit for the gameplay, the FPS sequel's senior producer has revealed.

There will be no Online Pass code within the box of Crysis 2.

The Crysis 2 Xbox 360 demo released last month was downloaded an impressive 1.7 million times, EA has announced.

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Forthcoming FPS sequel Crysis 2 gets a new Xbox 360 multiplayer demo next week, publisher EA has announced.

The new demo, which hits Xbox Live on 1st March, will include two maps - "Skyline" and "Pier 17" - and two gameplay modes - "Team Instant Action" and "Crash Site".

As previously announced, PC users can get their hands on the demo on the same day. A PlayStation 3 version is also on the way, but EA hasn't confirmed a release date for that as of yet.

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A new Crysis 2 video has confirmed a PlayStation 3 multiplayer demo will launch.

The gameplay video, below, shows a snippet from the single-player level "Semper Fi or Die".

At the end of the video we're told: "PS3 multiplayer demo coming soon."

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Just days after the PC version of high-profile shooter Crysis 2 was leaked onto the internet, forcing developer Crytek to issue a statement that said "piracy continues to damage the PC packaged goods market and the PC development community", one group has claimed PC game piracy is actually on the decline.

PC and Xbox 360 gamers can play upcoming science fiction shooter Crysis 2 before launch. But what about PlayStation 3 gamers? Will they get a demo?

Upcoming science fiction shooter Crysis 2 will unravel some of the mysteries left dangling at the end of 2007 FPS Crysis, Crytek has teased.

This is a strange situation. I'm writing a preview of a single level in Crysis 2 at the same time a leaked version of the entire game is filtering into thousands of hard-drives around the globe.

A PC Crysis 2 multiplayer demo will be available to download from 1st March, EA has announced.

The demo, which will be available to download from the Crysis 2 website, includes two maps and two modes, each setting up six versus six matches.

Skyline is set on top of the rooftops and interiors of skyscrapers in Crytek's crumbling New York, and Pier 17 is an open environment with limited cover.

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3D support in demo code based on flat 2D layers.

Crytek says that the 3D mode in the Xbox 360 multiplayer demo of Crysis 2 does not represent the quality of the stereoscopic support in the final game.

The game industry has reacted angrily to the leaks of two of 2011's most anticipated shooters: Crysis 2 and Killzone 3.

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German developer Crytek has moved to reassure gamers that it remains committed to the PC despite the leak of a near complete build of upcoming shooter Crysis 2.

If you can get your bottom to London on 19th February, you can meet the stars of BioWare, Crytek and Slightly Mad studios - and play their games.

Publishing giant Electronic Arts and German developer Crytek suffered a blow over the weekend after a near final version of the hotly anticipated first-person shooter Crysis 2 was leaked online.

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Can consoles run Crysis? It's a question Digital Foundry has considered on a number of occasions in the past, based on tech demo footage Crytek released showing its state-of-the-art CryEngine 3 running on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. The recent Xbox Live Crysis 2 multiplayer demo allows us to revisit this topic once more, this time with the benefit of being hands-on with live code.

Gamers playing the recently released Crysis 2 demo appear to be gaining access on a random basis to a second map, entitled Pier 17.

Pier 17 also contained in 1.8GB download.

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The minimum PC system requirements for Crysis 2 are in the wild, and they're down slightly on the notoriously demanding specs its predecessor asked for.

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A PC demo of upcoming sci-fi shooter Crysis 2 will release, EA has announced.

"At this time, Crytek & EA are glad to confirm that we'll be releasing a pre-launch Crysis 2 multiplayer demo on PC! Stay tuned for details," splurged the official Crysis Twitter account.

The decision follows a raft of complaints by PC gamers about the apparent Xbox 360 exclusivity of the demo.

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Crysis 2 developer Crytek is working on a patch to address a number of bugs in the game's Xbox 360-exclusive demo.

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Gold subscription exclusive demos for upcoming shooters Bulletstorm and Crysis 2 are available to download from Xbox Live.

A multiplayer Crysis 2 demo is heading exclusively to Xbox Live on 25th January, publisher EA has announced.

The demo will feature the game's Skyline map and two game modes: Team Instant Action and Crash Site. The former pits two teams against each other as they attempt to kill as many opponents as possible to earn higher ranks. In the latter you'll battle for control of alien drop pods, earning points by guarding their pods and keeping enemies at bay.

EA also revealed what goodies lie in store for anyone prepared to stump up for a pre-order. Early birds get a limited edition of the game which includes a camouflage skinned SCAR assault rifle and early access to the Holo Decoy - a weapon attachment that projects a moving holographic mirror of the player.

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A novel based on Crysis 2 is in the works, to be released alongside the game next year.

In terms of raw grunt, the PC is "easily a generation ahead" of consoles, Crysis maker Crytek believes.

Crytek has denied it's feeling the pressure after EA confidently proclaimed upcoming shooter Crysis 2 will be a 90 rated game, but has admitted meeting EA's lofty expectation is one hell of a challenge.

Activision's Call of Duty is the biggest first-person shooter franchise of all time, and Treyarch's recently released Black Ops is expected to be the biggest game of 2010 – but one developer reckons it can match COD's phenomenal popularity with a FPS series of its own.

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The first round of Crysis 2 closed multiplayer testing appears to be for Xbox 360 owners only.

An invitation sent out to community site members (and Kotaku) declared that "this tech test is limited to Xbox 360 consoles only this time around".

That infers that PC and PS3 owners will get a chance to play at a later date. All three platforms will need testing, clearly.

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EA's forthcoming shooter Crysis will be great in 2D, but to get the most out of the game you'll need a 3D TV, according to its developer Crytek.

A raft of upcoming EA games will be playable ahead of their release at the Eurogamer Expo this October.

As boss of EA Partners David DeMartini is in charge of more games than seems possible for one person. There's BulletStorm, Crysis 2, Alice 2, Reckoning and Portal 2 (maybe) to worry about, and untitled games from Respawn Entertainment, Insomniac, Starbreeze and Suda51 to keep on the straight and narrow.

Visual refinements, Crytek-style.

EA has confidently predicted that upcoming science fiction shooter Crysis 2 will be a 90-rated game.

Target graphics from gamescom.

Demonstrated live on stage.

Crysis 2 will be released here on 25th March, EA has announced.

Alien action, now arriving on platform one.

Boom! Headshot!

EA COO John Schappert has admitted Activision Blizzard's behemoth Call of Duty and Microsoft's all-conquering Halo will remain top FPS dogs this year - but insisted they won't be so for long.

EA has delayed the release of Crysis 2.

Either the quality of graphics or the frame rate has to be sacrificed when games are running in 3D.

Pictures of what appears to be a Crysis 2 limited edition bundle have appeared on a German retailer's website.

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Crytek's cross-platform shooter sequel in motion.

Talk to anybody at Crytek about Crysis 2 and they'll quickly start explaining things. Eager to be helpful, they'll tell you about the game's move from the "open sandbox" of the South Pacific jungles to the "choreographed sandbox" of a ravaged Manhattan. They'll speak to you about the changes made to the Nanosuit 2.0, which arranges its powers in tiers now, allowing you to select either stealth or armour first, before augmenting it with the likes of speed, strength, and the new tactical option that lets you eavesdrop on distant enemies and get a better sense of your surroundings.

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Crytek's Cervat Yerli has pinned Crysis 2 to a "Holiday 2010" release at EA's E3 press conference.

New shots from E3.

Crytek's upcoming first-person shooter Crysis 2 will be playable entirely in 3D.

EA has said that Crysis 2 will be released this autumn and will be preceded by the unceasingly popular multiplayer beta.

The autumn target was specified in an advert in trade mag MCV, EA having previously said to expect it in calendar-Q4. October or November, then, presumably.

As for the beta, there are no exact details on it, but fans of Crytek's output who sign up to today's relaunched MyCrysis service (thanks VG247) will be in with a shout, according to the developer.

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The pinger attacks? Doesn't sound too sinister.

A whole new meaning for "bearing arms".

EA will show a beefy line-up of games at E3, including the new "action" Need for Speed game and FIFA 2011.

Can consoles run Crysis? That was the question Digital Foundry posed in December last year, pulling apart CryTek's own engine demos and pitting their in-house work against the shipping PC title.

Richard Morgan, the sci-fi author currently penning the script for Crysis 2, has taken a pop at Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2.

Crytek's multiplatform sequel.

Last year, I went to Frankfurt to see a man who could make water flow from a rock. He could do it with a couple of clicks, actually, and then all it took was a couple more to turn the rock into a pile of rocks, and then a small mountain. Finally, he set the mountain on fire. After that, I probably asked if he had a "spawn helicopters" dropdown handy because, y'know, that's just how I roll.

Call of Duty 7 and DJ Hero 2 are both due out in October, according to a leaked GAME Xbox 360 release schedule obtained by VG247.

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EA has said to expect Crytek's first-person shooter sequel Crysis 2 somewhere in the last three months of 2010.

Crytek's forthcoming multiformat sequel to Crysis is reportedly set in New York City, according to the latest US issue of Official PlayStation Magazine.

EA superboss John Riccitiello has said to expect Dead Space 2 and Crysis 2 "at full margins", whatever that means, within the company's 2011 fiscal year.

It's just over two years since CryTek released its astonishing first-person shooter Crysis, and despite enormous technological leaps in the PC space, it remains the single most important game available for testing graphical performance. At maximum settings, even the most powerful available combination of CPU and GPU still cannot run this game at 1080p with a sustained, v-synced, 60 frames per second.

Crytek boss Cevat Yerli has spoken out against plans to ban German developers from making violent games.

Crytek boss Cevat Yerli has explained why it's taken the developer so long to commit to making its games for consoles, as it will with its next, Crysis 2: it's perfectionism.

Crytek has said the multiplatform Crysis 2 is "touching the hardware limits" of PlayStation 3, and that "there's not much more that you can do".

EA and Crytek have announced Crysis 2 for PC, PS3 and Xbox 360.

It's not only the first console game made by the developer, but also the first title to be built using CryEngine 3. Crytek sees the sequel as a "major stepping stone" for the studio.

There are no other details.

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