EU PS Blog:
<br /> Welcome to 2012! With Christmas having near emptied many a wallet there couldnt be a better time to have a sale. Therefore the PlayStation Store is proud to announce our January Sale.
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<br /> For 3 weeks until the end of January, we have some great offers to suit a variety of gamers tastes. Each week will bring a selection of new offers to the store and these will only last one week. So, make sure you check out the PlayStation Store on each Wednesday for the content refresh!
EA has slashed 50% off the asking price of Crysis on PSN, reducing the game to just £7.99 between now and the end of January.
NowGamer: Which Crysis conversion is the best, and can PS3 or 360 come close to the PC version?
PlayStation Blog: It is very exciting for me to be able to say that the original Crysis is coming to the PS3! Some of you may be wondering how we are going to bring the large open environments that Crysis is known for to console. The expansive jungle sections, the pure white sand beaches, the open vehicle levels maybe youre shaking your head that it cannot be done. Im here to tell you that weve accomplished this and you will be able to experience the remastered, single-player campaign for Crysis on October 4th in North America and October 5th in Europe.
Crytek has confirmed that the XBLA and PSN versions of Crysis will support both 720p and 1080p, on both formats.
It has been revealed that much like its predecessor which presented a crisp 3D experience, the original download version is set to follow suit.
VelocityGamer writes: A few days ago Crytek officially announced that Crysis would be coming over to PSN and XBLM for a low asking price. Since then, early photos grabbed from the Crysis trailer pitted the console version against the PC. Some were pretty dismayed to see just how big of a gap there was between the two versions, even after Cryteks claims that the port would have several enhancements. Once Crytek got a look at some of these comparisons they decided to go ahead and release new photos that are taken from an updated build, showing some improvement to the port.
Crytek are truly wizards. They have managed to make the console version as good as the PC version. Crytek Tiago has confirmed that the console versions feature parallax occlusion mapping, in case you dont know what that is; it really brings depth to the graphics. Take a look at the screenshot above.
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Crysis was a thesis for PC superiority over consoles when it released in 2007. It was heavily promoted as being too “advanced” and “powerful” to run on the Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3, and featured graphics that looked years ahead of anything found on consoles. Sure, it required an absurdly expensive gaming rig to even think about playing it on the highest settings, but that was the price that needed to be paid for the amazing realism of Crysis - for an experience that simply couldn’t be had on consoles. Oh, what a difference a few years can make...
"Stem Huebler who was Lead Level Designer for Crysis 1 and Lead Game Designer for Crysis 2, said during a interview with Crytek. Luckily we had the opportunity to improve Crysis 1 for the console version with what we have learned from developing Crysis 2.
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