Crysis 2 For PC & Also To 360 & PS3

[AngelfireUk83]

http://e3.gamespot.com/story/6210583/crysis-2-ps3-360-pc-bound

After years of hints and tech-demo teases, the Crysis series is finally headed to consoles. This morning, Electronic Arts and German developer Crytek announced the development of Crysis 2 for the PC, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3. The game will be the first console title that the notoriously PC-centric studio will develop directly for consoles, having let Ubisoft develop the console spin-offs for its groundbreaking 2004 first-person shooter Far Cry. Ubisoft bought the Far Cry IP outright in 2006. No release date was given.


All good things come to those who wait, ja?
"The development of Crysis 2 marks a major stepping stone for our studio," said Crytek CEO and President Cevat Yerli in a statement. "This is not only the next game in the Crysis franchise, it’s the first title we are developing for consoles and the first title being built on CryEngine 3." In March, the CryEngine3 was shown off to Game Developers Conference attendees running on the 360 and PS3.

As part of today's announcement, EA and Crytek also announced they were extending their strategic partnership forged in 2004. The deal came shortly after Far Cry, became both a critical and commercial hit on the PC for Ubisoft, which EA still owns one fifth of. The is part of the EA Partners program which allows developers to pick and choose marketing, sales,and development support services from the megapublisher. Current EA Partners and games include Harmonix (Rock Band), Valve (The Orange Box and Left 4 Dead), Grasshopper Manufacture (Unnamed PC/PS3/360/Wii project), and Epic Games (Untitled People Can Fly Project).

For more on Crysis 2, check out GameSpot's video stream and liveblog of EA's E3 2009 Press Conference at 2 p.m. PDT/10 p.m. BST this afternoon, straight from the Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles

Sweet never attempted to try it on my PC below probbly wouldnt give me medium settings on my old 15" TFT lol. But there as been talk about the new CryTek engine and its been vid footage of it on 360 & PS3.

 

[xtkxhom3r]

ooo nice! i actually liked the first one i hope this is released soon

 

[nightelph]

I built my current rig for crysis. Heres hoping I don't have to build another for crysis 2!

 

[Tophinater]

Crysis is an awesome game but I can't see a PS3 or Xbox360 taking advantage of the CryEngine. I'm sure it will still be a fun game on the consuls but I'll stick to my PC for games like this.

 

[xtkxhom3r]

Crysis is an awesome game but I can't see a PS3 or Xbox360 taking advantage of the CryEngine. I'm sure it will still be a fun game on the consuls but I'll stick to my PC for games like this.

yea definitely

 

[hajalie24]

Did they forget that the console owners will not know the storyline?

 

[Rich'[ard]]

if i had to play the first one on medium settings...i'm gonna have to play this one on very very low

still, crysis 2 on very very low will probs still look better than most games

 

[madhatter256]

THe reason they its multiplatform is because they really divided up the programing work up well. Each version is very optimized for each console unlike other multiplatform engines ie Unreal 3 Engine....

 

[>HyperlogiK<]

Did they forget that the console owners will not know the storyline?

I played it and I don't know the storyline.

 

[don'tknow]

Actually CryEngine3 isn't really a big 'performance heavy' increase. They're basically dumbing it down so it can be run on consoles. For PC we'll have around the same visuals/performance, maybe a little better fps, and possibly one more notch higher graphic setting than the current Crysis games but I doubt it.

They'd have to do a ton of work to give us that 'one higher setting' on the PC, which I doubt Crytek wants to do anymore since they're focusing on consoles.