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Sep 21, 2008

Movie To Crysis: Amazing Recreation of Castaway

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PC - Crysis - Movie To Crysis: Amazing Recreation of Castaway

GameXtract writes "The Crysis editor is made of epic win. All the recent mods we have blogged about have had outstanding work, and its all due to the amazing capabilities of the Crysis editor. You have to give props to the developers for including such a handy tool. Today we a have come across ZapWizard who has recreated the island from the movie Castaway. The map is amazing, and the amount of detail is beyond belief. The mod is a singleplayer campaign, and is currently released, and available for download."

Get the full info, and images after the jump!
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Sep 20, 2008

EA: We are working on a solution to the DRM problem

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PC - Crysis - EA: We are working on a solution to the DRM problem

Is it time to start a Boycott? Or is EA working on a tool to help customers get around the rediculous DRM?
An email from EA would suggest the second.
"EA is expediting development of a system that will allow consumers to
de-authorize machines and move authorizations to new machines."
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Sep 19, 2008

New community portal for the Crysis

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PC - Crysis - New community portal for the Crysis

The new official community website is available online as of today at www.mycrysis.com.
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Sep 18, 2008

Confirmed: Crysis Warhead Has A Set Install Limit

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PC - Crysis - Confirmed: Crysis Warhead Has A Set Install Limit

GameXtract writes "Rumors have been going around that Crysis Warhead is another title among a set with the so called protection that limits a customer to install the game on a limited set of machines. The rumors going about estimated that the title would only be available on three machines. The exact number is still unknown, but the rumor on this whole concept has been confirmed through the license agreement in the install wizard."

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Sep 16, 2008

Crysis: No More Stupid AI (Advanced AI Mod)

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PC - Crysis - Crysis: No More Stupid AI (Advanced AI Mod)

GameXtract writes "I've always had a hate for enemy A.I. They were just too simple in Crysis. The ability to run into a house full of 30+ soldiers blazing guns was just a bit beyond realism for me. Even with the badass nanosuit you won't be able to absorb it all. Thanks to Rad15 we will no longer have to put up with the dumb A.I. The mod creator had been working on an Advanced A.I modification that would be more aggressive, and tactical than the current. After months of hard work he has released the modification, and it's now at version 1.1."

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Sep 14, 2008

Crysis: Achieve Graphics Beyond The Highest Setting

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PC - Crysis - Crysis: Achieve Graphics Beyond The Highest Setting

GameXtract writes "Have you yet to purchase Crysis? Take out that best buy gift card you have lying around, and use it because the game is getting better, and better each day. Even better Crysis Warhead is coming out, and I'm sure that you can put that good old best buy gift card to good use. That's unless your planing on getting Star Wars the same day. The modding community is been ever expanding. This morning we posted about a portal gun for the game that would allow you to teleport yourself. Now we have something more visual that may please the eyes. The mod community has been working on config files for the game for the past year. One member known as [HP] has done a fantastic job of polishing up the file to maximize your graphics. Yes, that's right you can achieve graphics beyond the highest setting currently available. The hefty requirements are that you have a Nvidia 8800 graphic card, as well as 2GB of ram. What makes this config file better than the current one installed on your computer?"

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Sep 13, 2008

Crysis Wants The Portal Gun: Crysis Got The Portal Gun

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PC - Crysis - Crysis Wants The Portal Gun: Crysis Got The Portal Gun

GameXtract writes "I'm starting to think Crytek's secret objective is to just take over the PC gaming world silently like an Assassin. Not like Altier, he's not even silent. Especially when he executes leaders right in public. Crytek uses their in-game editor to creep their inside the roots of the PC base, to slowly take over your computers. In recent reports we have shown you a Star Wars: Force Mod, A huge medieval castle, an urban city with an all out free running movie, and now we bring you the Portal Gun (weapon mod). The gun is a straight off copy from valve's title Portal, and does what you expect it to do except a Crysis world. Shoot two portals, walk through one of them, and you will magically teleport to the other. This is a fun way of creeping out your hostiles, or even getting to those spots on a map that your elite nanosuit solider is considered to be too weak to get to. Video, and images after the jump!"

View the images, and the video showing off the mod after the jump.
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Sep 11, 2008

Crysis: Custom Map Introduces The City Life

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PC - Crysis - Crysis: Custom Map Introduces The City Life

GameXtract writes "Crysis, and Warhead is all about an island with jungle terrain, and with the new conflict of aliens we now have ice too. With an engine as sexy as the Cry Engine surely someone can put the system to good use to create a more urban setting. Jlim is the team leader of a custom singleplayer map known as City Assault. The map takes an urban approach with lots of buildings, and city like objects making this map one kickass project. No longer are you strained to trees, bushes, grass, and mountains. It's time to got all out in the streets of a large city. Don't get too excited yet as the map is still in development, but the team leader has revealed some great screenshots.

I need to further mention that nano suites were made for free running. The perfect combo of speed, armor, and jump puts this game in a genre it was never intended for. The second video after the jump shows off the creator of the map taking the nano suite out for some roof jumping. This will convince me to download this custom map once released. Take a look at the screenshots, and free running videos after the jump."

Videos, and screenshots after the jump.
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Sep 6, 2008

Crysis Gets A Star Wars Mod: Use The Force!

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PC - Crysis - Crysis Gets A Star Wars Mod: Use The Force!

GameXtract writes "Nanosuites, elite soldiers are all cool stuff, but sometimes even they themselves get bored to an extent, and wish for something new. mangobyebye, and his team have been working on a Star Wars Force Power Mod. It's turning out to be a total conversion mod meaning new levels, new story, new weapons, and new everything. This means you get to be a nanosuite lightsaber jedi, and use the force in a Crysis world. mangobyebye has posted some of their current work, and I say that I'm very impressed, and will be looking forward to this mod once released. Looks like Star Wars: The Force Unleashed is not all that original after all. Take a look at the AAT, Lightsaber, and a video showing off the force powers after the jump!"
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Aug 28, 2008

Would Pirates Have Bought Crysis?

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PC - Crysis - Would Pirates Have Bought Crysis?

Some argue that piracy isn't terribly detrimental to industries such as music, movies and gaming, because pirates are pirates, and they wouldn't have bought the product anyway.

But Germany-based Crysis developer Crytek doesn't completely agree with that theory.

Asked by Edge if Crysis pirates would have bought the game legally if pirated copies were unavailable, engine business manager Harald Seeley conceded, "Well, clearly not all would have."
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Aug 27, 2008

Crysis: Unbelievable Custom Map

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PC - Crysis - Crysis: Unbelievable Custom Map

GX writes "Crysis was thankfully blessed with an editor that allowed gamers to create their own mods, assets, and levels. I remember visiting a Crysis modification site, and taking a look at a modification that would drop a nuke and deplete everything in it's path for a good few miles. Today I came across another modification. This time it's a custom level built for Crysis, and boy am I beyond belief. If you think you've put hard work into a modification then maybe you should take a look at the following pictures. This medieval level is known as Niveus, and the artist who created this stunning level is Andrew "androkles" Hasko. The level is currently reported to run at 5fps on his machine. I'm right now speechless after taking a look at the pictures. Take a look at them after the jump. Video included!"
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Aug 23, 2008

Gamestop - Win A Crysis Warhead PC Sweepstakes

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Gamestop has a sweepstakes that will let you win one of four limited-edition Crysis Warhead PCs:

Welcome to the Crysis Warhead Sweepstakes!

Take on the fight as the volatile Sergeant "Psycho" Sykes in a new parallel story to 2007's PC Game of the Year*. Psycho's mission will take him to the other side of the island where the battles are more intense than ever before.

In Crysis Warhead®, the mission protocol is no longer "Adapt to Survive", but to dominate the battle. Now you can truly take control of your mission by winning one of four limited-edition Crysis Warhead® PC's. Designed to produce high-quality performance for an intense, over-the-top gaming experience, the Crysis Warhead® PC's will let you blaze through the jungles or sneak through the KPA encampments with ease. Crysis Warhead® is a fully optimized gaming experience built to run smooth on your rig. Now you have the chance to add an optimized PC to that experience. Get ready, the action and the victory are on your terms!
*PC Gamer Magazine
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Aug 19, 2008

IGN: Crysis Cost $22 Million to Make

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PC - Crysis - IGN: Crysis Cost $22 Million to Make

CEO and President of game developer Crytek said Crysis cost 15 million Euros (22 million USD) to develop during a panel about the future of gaming graphics at the Games Convention Developers Conference in Leipzig, Germany.

Yet despite the cost, Yerli maintained the game was profitable, adding, "if it wasn't profitable I wouldn't be able to stand here."
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Aug 19, 2008

IGN: Crytek says New Engine in 2012

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PC - Crysis - IGN: Crytek says New Engine in 2012

Speaking at Games Convention Developers Conference 2008 in Leipzig, Germany, Crytek CEO and President Cevat Yerli said the studio's next engine should be ready for sometime in 2012.

As of right now, he says, the degree to which graphics can represent real-life is bottlenecked by a lack of new hardware. He says GPU and CPU technology are converging, evident in the new technologies in development at Nvidia and ATI, as well as what Intel's doing with Larrabee.

Until the growing trend of CPU and GPU convergence is more defined, developers will have to focus on increased graphical stylization as well as more advanced physics and AI programming...
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Aug 12, 2008

Video Games Live Brings Crysis Music Home

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PC - Crysis - Video Games Live Brings Crysis Music Home

Kotaku: The Video Games Live concert series is adding Crysis to their amazing arsenal of audio artistry, and they'll be debuting music from the title on Crytek's home turf. As with any giant industry event, Tiny Tommy Tallarico's traveling tour event will be hitting the Games Convention in Leipzig, Germany next week, where Inon Zur's masterful score will be performed, accompanied by game footage and lighting effects to drive the sound home.
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Jul 29, 2008

EA wants to sell you a (Crysis Warhead-Branded) PC

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PC - Crysis - EA wants to sell you a (Crysis Warhead-Branded) PC

At Electronic Arts' Comic-Con booth today, an EA rep mentioned that the company plans to market pre-built PCs in conjunction with the release of Crytek's upcoming PC-exclusive shooter Crysis Warhead. The idea seems to be to try and circumvent some of the intimidation that exists for gamers who are either new to high-end PC gaming, or have been out of the scene for some time, and reassure them that it is not prohibitively expensive to acquire a machine that can tame something like Crysis and its followup.

Apparently, the rigs will come in various configurations, which will correspond to Crysis Warhead's levels of graphical detail, with a likely price range being $600-$800 (I doubt EA will want to market a machine that meets only the game's minimum spec), and they will probably be named accordingly–the Crysis Warhead Performance PC, and so on.

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As the rep also mentioned to me, EA's own internal analysis indicates the PC market is growing–publishers just have to learn how to capitalize on it.
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Jul 24, 2008

Better particle effects for Crysis

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PC - Crysis - Better particle effects for Crysis

A new mod for Crysis adds better particle effects. Crytek is also monitoring the community in search for new ideas.
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Jul 11, 2008

Far Cry 2 dev takes swipe at competition - Island games just "cashing in" on Far Cry

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PC - Crysis - Far Cry 2 dev takes swipe at competition - Island games just "cashing in" on Far Cry

Don't let the crystal clear water and golden sands fool you: as far as the developer of Far Cry 2 is concerned, videogame tropical islands have become the imaginative equivalent of two weeks at Butlins.

With the sequel to Crytek's memorable PC shooter ditching the shores of paradise in favour of the treacherous beauty of Africa, creative director Clint Hocking believes anyone making a game on a tropical island now is just "cashing in" on the success of Far Cry. And that includes the series' original creator, whose second title, Crysis, is set on, yep, a tropical island.

"Going somewhere you knew was real but was really foreign and exotic, and you never really expected you would get to go in your real life - that's the magic of Far Cry," he told Eurogamer.
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Jul 7, 2008

PC Gamers Start A Buy Crysis Warhead Pledge (Petition)

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PC - Crysis - PC Gamers Start A Buy Crysis Warhead Pledge (Petition)

A group of gamers have gotten together and created a pledge petition that looks to combat Crysis Warhead's eventual piracy and show Crytek the support of its community

The petition started late Saturday and has already nearly reached 100 members.

The body of the petition follows:

With the development of Crysis 2 and the Crysis franchise's PC exclusivity resting on the success of Crysis Warhead, we must insure the future of the franchise and hardcore PC development that innovates and pushes gaming technology to its limits and gives us stunning technical achievements like Crysis, Half-life 2, Far Cry, Doom 3, etc.

The original Crysis sold respectively and has since passed 1.5 million copies internationally. However, this is disappointing when considering that it was the Windows Platform's most publicized and tracked game of 2007.

With the PC's huge install base, it is disappointing that its sales didn't remotely approach the levels of other platform exclusives like the Xbox 360's Halo 3. A quick search on the internet reveals piracy as the leading reason, with 15-20 copies pirated for every copy sold.

We pledge to combat piracy and to buy Crysis Warhead as soon as possible after the game is released, both to support Crytek and future developers who risk developing for our heavily pirated but expansive platform.

Sincerely,

The Undersigned
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Jul 5, 2008

Crysis Performance Improvements

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PC - Crysis - Crysis Performance Improvements

Madshrimpsn has an article about "Cuban Ultima Doom Sword's CustomCrysisConfig," a modification that provides the seemingly contradiction of improved performance and improved visuals in Crysis. They offer benchmark results that indeed show impressive frame rate gains and they point the way to FileFront as where to download the mod.
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