At EA's Conference, Crytek CEO, Cevat Yerli confirmed that Crysis 2 was in development at that this time round it's heading onto the PC aswell as the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360.

This time using CryEngine 3 which makes use of each systems unique strength to fully take advantage of the avaliable hardware.

Gametrailers has the video.

As I mentioned in the previous news post, Crytek are packing a new map going by the name Ruins. If you can't wait for the next patch to Crysis Wars they've provided a nice little flythrough which nicely revels the new map.

Check out the nice overview over on the Gametrailers site.

Another Crysis Wars patch is almost upon us and Crytek have posted a little teaser of what's to come in the new patch. Amongst all the things you'd expect from a patch they are also included a new map called Ruin.

They have included a few screenshots of the new map over on the Crymod site.

If you hadn't already given Crysis Wars a once around, Crytek are planning another week-long trial of Crysis Wars. You can expect more solid details on Monday.

It's nearly time for another trial period! This is the perfect opportunity to get your friends and family involved in some great online battles in Crysis Wars. You'll get full access to both LAN and Online play and you can now even use the editor with the trial client, for free!

Crytek have released an extended trailer of the new CryEngine3 running on both the Playstation 3 and the Xbox 360.

The graphics look great, especially the forest/waterfall scene and I'm looking forward to seeing what Crytek do with the new engine.

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Another monthly update is upon us and Crytek fills us in with what has been happening. They give a little information on them purchasing Free Radical, now known as Crytek UK and Crysis MAXIMUM EDITION.

Welcome to the “Crysis Monthly Update #10", the monthly report for our world-wide community. This time around we've got information on some of the awards Crysis Warhead picked up over the last month, we've got info on Crytek UK along with the upcoming release of Crysis Maximum Edition and an old community member becomes an official Crytek Community Representative. All this any more!

Content: Crysis Monthly Update – January 2009

• Crysis Warhead Awards
• Free Radical Design becomes Crytek UK
• Crysis Maximum Edition
• Community Update Corner
• New Crytek Community Representative
• Whats to come?

Crysis Warhead Wins more awards!
Crytek has picked up yet more awards this time in the form of VE3D and VES awards. Check out the information on them below.



VES Award
quote: Crysis Warhead won the "VISUAL EFFECTS SOCIETY" Award for "OUTSTANDING REAL TIME VISUALS IN A VIDEO GAME"
just one night before the Oscars - the Visual Effects Society held its now seventh annual awards ceremony for outstanding work in TV and movies in Los Angeles. Crysis Warhead was honoured for its outstanding real time visuals and took home one of the much-coveted awards. The game thus directly succeeded to last year's winner “Halo 3”.

VE 3D Awards
quote: Voodoo Extreme 3D picked Crysis Warhead for one of the best and brightest games of 2008. At Voodoo Extreme's 2008 Game of the Year Awards Crysis Warhead took the award for "Best Graphics". It thus directly succeeded to Crysis, last year's winner in the graphics-category.
The VE 3D Awards cover a wide range of gaming with 16 categories spread across many gaming platforms and genres.

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Free Radical becomes Crytek UK[/COLOR]
We're really pleased to announce that Free Radical Design have joined the ranks of Crytek and shall now be known as Crytek UK. We'd like to welcome the guys to the team and hope for them to settle in well to the Crytek family. For all those of you who are speculating on what Crytek UK will be working on, that's still an unknown so you'll have to keep guessing. The official press release is below:

quote: Nottingham based developer to become Crytek UK
Frankfurt a. M. (Germany) / Nottingham (United Kingdom), February 4th 2009 - Crytek GmbH (“Crytek”) announced today that it has acquired all assets and business of Free Radical Design Limited (“Free Radical”). Free Radical is based in Nottingham, United Kingdom and is known for the multi-award winning Timesplitters series. The studio will now be integrated into Crytek's network.

Avni Yerli, Managing Director of Crytek, said, “We're very excited about this step to expand Crytek into the UK with such an experienced and highly talented team. Free Radical Design is a great fit to Crytek and its culture, given that Free Radical has a proven track record on delivering high quality games. The combination of this team, the Crytek network and our CryENGINE technology will be a foundation for outstanding gaming experiences and a magnet for the best talent in the UK.”

Maximum Edition
Finally, gamers can get their hands on the entire Crysis world in Crysis Maximum Edition. The 2007 PC Game of the Year* is packaged along with the critically acclaimed parallel story, Crysis Warhead, and the explosive multiplayer combat of Crysis Wars. For newcomers to the Crysis world, Crysis Maximum Edition gives players chance to don the Nanosuit in three different games for one low price. Whether they're saving mankind from an alien apocalypse or fighting alongside friends in online team instant action matches, there is something for everyone in Crysis Maximum Edition.



CRYSIS MAXIMUM EDITION CONTENTS:

CRYSIS

• Confront an ancient alien terror to save mankind from extinction
• Adapt your approach- change combat tactics by customizing your Nanosuit in real time

CRYSIS WARHEAD

• Fight as the volatile Sergeant Sykes on a secret mission to stop the enemy from obtaining a weapon that threatens humanity
• Discover what happened on the other side of the island in a campaign that takes place at the same time as the events of Crysis
• Never play the same way twice- experiment with going stealth or with guns blazing in over-the-top action

CRYSIS WARS

• Engage in many explosive multiplayer game modes on 21 total maps
• Up to 32 players can battle it out on foot or by vehicle in Team Instant Action, Power Struggle, and other online game modes

All that and there is more over on MyCrysis.