The free digital magazine includes previews of Bioshock and Crysis, as well as an interview with Richard Garriott about the new MMO, Tabula Rasa. The man who invented MMOs is hoping to re-invent them.
Everyone would agree that Crytek's FPS Crysis looks jaw-droppingly ace, but Bala Keilman, CEO of new hardcore PC gaming rig business Commodore Gaming, believes it's only showing the tip of the ice berg where DirectX 10 gaming is concerned.
Crysis is a sci-fi first-person shooter from the award-winning developer Crytek, the developers of the critically acclaimed Far Cry. Earth, 2019: A colossal asteroid crashes down to Earth. The release date has been set for September 13, 2007.
Crytek director Erik Lagel discusses multiplayer details and the role of the nano-suit in Crysis.
Encroaching deadlines and AI tweaks have forced Crytek to abandon a number of supplemental play options, the most important of which is the abandoned co-op mode.
Crytek boss Cevat Yerli has promised that its hotly anticipated first-person shooter Crysis will feature major shocks and scares in addition to the glorious action we've all drooled over.
With upcoming games like Halo 2 and Crysis requiring DirectX 10 in both hardware and software, it comes as a welcome surprise that a group has managed to release a preview build of a project which promises to bring DirectX10 compatibility to Windows 2000 and XP when completed. The Alky Project is also working on bringing Windows-only game releases to other platforms, like OS X and Linux.
Crysis senior game designer Bernd Diemer has said that co-operative multiplay and zero gravity modes will have to be added to the game by the modding community.
Remember last year when Crytek posted the job offer for a PS3 Programmer and all the gaming sites went crazy in presuming it was for a PS3 port of Crysis. Also remember how it was made rather clear that Crytek has plans to port CryEngine2 (not Crysis) and hence the reason why they want a PS3 Programmer?
Single-player and multiplayer demos of Crytek's FPS planned, Q3 release date given.
Following a behind-the-doors demonstration at last year's GDC, Crytek is now offering public demonstrations in an effort to attract professional developers and modders. There will be an open presentation at the firm's booth as well as scheduled, in-depth presentations for game development and visualization studios interested that are interested in "potential licensing discussions," Crytek said.
Crytek CEO Cevat Yerli tells Next-Gen that new technology will allow the upcoming Crysis to run on gaming rigs up to three years old; developer also talks about going "Vista-only" and the transition to DX10, Vista and multi-core processors.