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We’ve seen one of the most advanced gaming engines today evolve since farcry which was developed initially by Crytek based on the Cry Engine, We then witnessed CryEngine2 and the massive impact on the PC Gaming industry it has made.

With many game developers trying to keep up with its technology.

Today we witness Cry Engine 3.

The newest edition of the Cry Engine (game engine) from Crytek, its said to deliver not only the best graphics on the market today, but now includes full support for Dx9, Dx10 and XBOX360 and Ps3.. for you console owners!
Crytek are selling licenses to other game developers as we speak, so we hope to see many more games in the future based off this beautiful engine.

Im sure the 3rd addition to the crysis series will be in CryEngine 3, we will have to see! time for an upgrade?! i hope so.

A demo of the CryEngine3 was shown in March at GDC 2009 view it below or watch it here:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmNlc8GMwoM

Try clicking the High Definition HD button to view the video in hd quality!

You can read Cryteks full news article here

http://www.crytek.com/news/news/?tx_ttnews[tt_news]=143&tx_ttnews[backPid]=9&cHash=6236291d18

We have seen it happen before,
but i think its going to blow us away
atleast once more…

Its here
CryEngine3.

Crysis War’s is the multiplayer version of Crysis, and Crysis Warhead. This version is said to be a whole new game within itself (stand alone in-fact)Download the Crysis wars trailer below.

Right-click save file as here to download the crysis wars HD Trailer

Crysis Wars

First of all Crysis Wars will be shipped as part of Crysis: Warhead, there are many new features in Crysis War’s, see the following:-

• Team Instant Action - Crysis Wars has added a new multplayer mode since Crysis’s average multiplayer, this is called team instant action (TIA for short). This should be like the previous “Instant Action” but allowing you to fight in teams.  It will include a intelligent spawn system that will insure you will spawn by your allies.
• New Maps - Crytek have added new maps to our multiplayer experience, 21 maps in total and 7 New never seen before maps. The new maps have been designed to  Create vertical gameplay which means you’ll have not only to watch your backs, but keep your head’s up!
• Original Maps - The Original maps have been modded and changed around, more optimized than before some entirley revamped.
• New HUD elements - New HUD elements have been implemented, including a kill count on your opponent to see how many times you’ve owned him!

Crysis warhead release date is tomorrow, so dont forget so is Crysis War’s!

Game Trailers have released a Crysis Warhead World Exclusive Trailer it looks amazing and is a must see!

See it below or view the HD version at http://www.gametrailers.com/player/38396.html

Crysis Warhead is coming up close, just over a month away from release on the 26/09/2008,

Here is a current full list of features that Crysis Warhead contains, including AUTO MAP Downloads, and patching system. Its what i am looking forward to most on this list.

Crysis Warhead for PC Features:

• A new installment in the Crysis adventure.
• Standalone single player campaign - does not require Crysis to play. (Developed by Crytek Budapest.)
• Tells the Sykes war story, Parallel Story to the original Crysis experience.
• 8+ hours playtime.
• All-new weapons and new player vehicles.
• Standalone Multiplayer, Warzone (tentative name) with new content. (Developed by Crytek Frankfurt.)
• More Explosive and Dynamic Gameplay.
• Play as the energetic, short-fused Sgt. Michael Sykes and prepare for intense, explosive skirmishes
• All Warhead levels build on the Crytek sandbox approach maximising player choice and freedom to choose your preferred tactical approach.
• Pulse-Racing New Story.
• Script development involving Susan O’Connor (Bioshock).
• Cinematic storyline focusing on Sgt. Sykes’ secret mission.
• Stunning New Photorealistic Environments.
• Ice Caves, Foggy Swamps, Airfields, Action-packed Train Ride and more.
• Visuals enhancement over original Crysis.
• New Global Illumination Lighting technology.
• Enhanced Human and Alien AI.
• New squad support immerses the player in battle.
• “Smart” Alien Mechs.
• Faster reactions and optimised group tactics.
• Improved Performance.
• Extended and optimised version of CryEngine 2.
• Improved visual features without hardware impact.
• “Gamer” System Setting Optimised.
• Crysis Warzone Multiplayer Experience.
• All-new game modes.
• Team Instant Action.
• Improved Crysis Game Modes.
• Team Action, and revamped Powerstruggle matches.
• 12 new maps (Five maps were previously releases as free downloadable, 7 never before seen).
• New vehicles and weapons.
• Auto map downloads and patching system.

Crysis Warhead is retailing very cheap, about £18 thats a great price for a stand alone game. (you won’t need vanilla crysis to play this) Although if you are going to go for Crysis Warhead you should at least know the story or have played original Crysis. Crysis Warhead had said to be optimized for a PC worth just $600 so cheaper than ever more optimized than ever, great graphics, great improvements!

I know I’m sold.

Do you remember completing Crysis then wanting to fight some more alien entities, as the last words were something along the lines as, we are going back to the island.

Well we have good news, Crysis 2 or Crysis Warhead has been announced. So it looks like our wishes to eliminate some more alien have come true.

“Maximum freedom, maximum explosions and maximum Psycho!”

The Crysis Warhead Tag-line.

In Crysis Warhead you will follow the role of SGT. Psycho Sykes on the other side of the island, from where ‘Crysis one’ began. So it doesn’t look like you’ll be going on to the next part of the story just yet, but instead reenacting what happened to Psycho whilst Nomad wasn’t there.

Most probably the last, Crysis 3, will be both Nomad and Psycho which means…. Co-operative play?! Co-op is a great feature and should be introduced! Even if its in the last game.

Crysis Warhead is said to bring more weapons, vehicles, and multiplayer content. Whilst this is all great news and Crysis Warhead is coming up in September 2008!

We were looking forward to Patch v1.3 for Crysis, but as we found out they had to cancel the patch. This is the message that we had from the Crysis Team, explaining why they had to cancel patch 1.3.

As you know, it was a very hard decision for us to cancel Patch 1.3, but in the end it was important we shift our focus to some of the new and exciting things we are doing with Crysis Warhead. We have a lot of great content planned for the community and as we get closer to launch, we’ll be sharing a lot of details of what we are working on behind the scenes. This was the main reason behind the cancellation of the patch and while piracy was and continues to be an issue with Crysis, it did not have any role in our decision to cancel this patch.

We also want to make sure you all know that we are not ending our support of Crysis. We still have www.crymod.com, our official modding portal, up and running - a great meeting place not only for modders, but also for all who are interested in playing new, custom content. In addition we have plans to continue updating the CryENGINE2 documentation and video tutorials frequently.

And of course, your dedicated community management teams are still here and active in our official forums and fansite forums.

The important point is that we are not giving up on our current community and we hope that the announcement today pleased you. Stay tuned for more information on Crysis Warhead… there is a lot more to come!

Anyway Crysis Warhead will be ran on the well known CryEngine 2 with modifications and improvements. So we know what we’re in for when we ask what graphical capabilities and requirements the game has.

If you still can’t believe your eyes visit http://www.crysisthegame.com

It seems that EA are testing the new crysis patch 1.1.1.6350, most probably going to be released as v 1.3 Take a look at the screen shot below.

Let hope all is going well and that we get the patch soon, i wonder what fixes we will see enhance our game play.

(click to enlarge)

I will be posting up as soon as the patch is released with a download link!

A quick update on the crysis side of things from crytek .

At only 37 MB The Crysis Patch 1.2.1 contains version 1.1.1.6156 of crysis

The main fix is to fix a security hole in code that caused client and server crashes.

Which is obviously worth the hot fix that they have released

Download the 1.2.1 Patch from gamers hell!

Only 5 Days i posted an update on this crysis co-op mod from flameknight7,(Crysis Co-op Mod Update, with Zombies).

I thought I’d update you guys quickly and just let you know hes released another video this time 9 minutes long and showing you the zombies in great masses, how they react to a certain amount of humans etc, its very interesting as well as fun!

DOWNLOAD IT HERE 

If you do not know how to change the colour of your crysis nickname already, read the short guide i wrote before click here .

Once you know how to change the colour of your crysis nickname / username then you are ready to permanently change the colour of your nickname.

1. Firstly you need to find your profile folder which will be located at such a directory like:DRIVE:\Documents and Settings\[ XP USERNAME]\My Documents\My Games\Crysis\ProfilesSo in your “My Documents” folder under “My Games” -> “Crysis” -> “Profiles”

   (Before you question it what i mean by ‘permanent’, it does not mean you cant repeat these steps and change your game name ever again, it just means when entering the game you will not have to keep changing your name the manual way, your name will be changed automatically.)

2. Right click the folder of that profile name you wish to change the name of, Rename it to a colour name e.g
3. Rename the folder “Username” to “$8User$4Name”. In Crysis that would look something like UserName , see the crysis colour chart for a list of colour codes.
   
   
4. Then OPEN the folder and you should see profile.xml
5. OPEN profile.XML in a text editor such as notepad.
6. Replace:
   <Profile Name=”Username”/>With the profile name you chose to rename the folder in our case:
   <Profile Name=”$4User$8Name”/>
7. Save The File!
8. Launch Crysis and enter a multiplayer game you will see your name is already set as coloured!

If you need anymore help comments are welcome.

Zombies in Assault Mod Crysis CO-OP

A while ago now an article was written about the Crysis coop mod not long ago an update with a video had been released containing ZOMBIES!

these zombies are WIP. this is just displaying the zombie behavior or character in game. the map and zombies will be in Assault Coop Crysis.

Here are a few image’s captured from the implementation of Korean zombies, running across the Sandy Dunes which i think actually looks like a great area to be placed in with a hundred zombies, not sure if this is just a test area for flameknight7 the developer. Assault Crysis COOP Mod looks to be coming together quite well.

I’m glad there re a lot of users looking forward to it.