Hunt: Showdown is one of the more successful extraction shooters currently around, with the Crytek-developed PvPvE shooter continuing to see support years on from its initial release back in 2019. In a surprising move, the team have announced that the game is set to get a permanent price cut, reducing …
Read More »Crytek is hiring as Crysis 4 development ramps up
In early 2022, Crytek officially announced that it is working on Crysis 4, the first new game in the shooter franchise in over a decade. Later in the year, Crytek brought in Hitman 3 director, Mattis Engström, to lead development. Now, Crytek is looking to hire more key roles for …
Read More »The Crysis Remastered Trilogy comes to Steam next month
Back in late 2021, Crytek released the full Crysis Remastered trilogy for PC and consoles. On the PC side, the trilogy was exclusive to the Epic Games Store, but that will change in November, as the complete package finally arrives on Steam. This week, Crytek put the Crysis Remastered Trilogy …
Read More »Hitman 3 director joins Crytek to lead Crysis 4 development
Back in January, Crytek surprisingly announced Crysis 4, the first new game in the FPS series in almost a decade. Since then, Crytek has been staffing up for its development push, which will be led by Hitman 3 game director, Mattis Engström. Crytek has now hired Engström to lead development …
Read More »Crytek officially announces Crysis 4
Ever since Crytek began re-releasing the Crysis trilogy in remastered form, we’ve been hoping that the studio would eventually announce a sequel. Now, that day has finally arrived, with Crytek officially announcing Crysis 4.
Read More »Crysis Remastered Trilogy gets October release date
Earlier this year, Crytek posted a series of unsubtle teasers for remasters of Crysis 2 and Crysis 3, followed by a full Crysis Remastered Trilogy announcement in June. At the time, Crytek did not announce any specific release dates for the collection, but that changed this week, with the company …
Read More »Tencent reportedly looking to buy Crytek for over €300 million
We've known for a while now that Tencent is looking to acquire more game developers and according to reports this week, it may have its eyes on Crytek. Sources this week claim that Tencent is looking to acquire Crytek. According to German news outlet, Bild, Tencent is looking to acquire …
Read More »Crytek teasing remasters for Crysis 2 and Crysis 3
Crytek made its long awaited return to the Crysis series last year with Crysis Remastered. It didn't take long for rumours of a Crysis 2 and 3 remaster to begin gaining ground and now, Crytek appears to be teasing both. The teasing began on Twitter last week, with the Crysis …
Read More »Crysis Remastered gets free next-gen update
Crysis Remastered released at the tail end of the PS4 and Xbox One generation of systems. While offering many improvements over the original game, the remaster felt somewhat limited in a number of ways, due in part to their release on 7 year old hardware. With both the PS5 and …
Read More »Crysis 2 and 3 remasters reportedly in development
While the original Crysis held a unique identity in the gamingsphere due to its specs requirements, the game’s two sequels were also much loved by fans of the series. Following on from the remaster of Crysis however, it appears as though both Crysis 2 and 3 are set to receive …
Read More »Crysis Remastered gets a new September release date
Ray-tracing, 8K textures and DLSS support are all revealed for Crysis Remastered, which gets a brand new release date and 'tech trailer' today.
Read More »Crysis Remastered finally releases this Friday the 21st of August
Update (21/08/2020): The PlayStation Access video that this article is based on turned out to be inaccurate. Crytek has since announced a new September release date for Crysis Remastered and revealed a new ‘tech trailer'. You can find our coverage of that HERE. When Crysis Remastered was first announced back …
Read More »Crysis Remastered delayed following reaction to leaked gameplay trailer
We'll have to wait a bit longer to get our hands on Crysis Remastered.
Read More »Crysis Remastered gameplay footage has arrived
Back in April, Crytek officially announced Crysis Remastered, bringing back the hardware-crippling shooter with all of the latest graphical enhancements that CryEngine has to offer. We haven't seen much of the game in action, but the gameplay trailer has hit the web and we have some screenshots too. The Crysis Remastered …
Read More »Crysis Remastered officially announced
Following on from yesterday's website leak, Crytek has officially announced Crysis Remastered, heading to PC and consoles this summer...
Read More »Crysis Remastered leaks, will come to PC and consoles
Earlier this week, rumours around Crysis Remastered returned to the spotlight thanks to a teaser posted to the franchise's official Twitter account. Now just a few days later, a leak from the official Crysis website has confirmed the game's existence and how it will take advantage of the latest graphical …
Read More »Crysis Twitter account reawakens as remaster rumours begin to gain traction
Hints at a Crysis remaster have been floating around for a long time, with the last one coming in March 2020, when Crytek began showcasing the latest version of CryEngine with a few scenes from the 2007 game. Now, the Crysis Twitter account has awakened after going unused for several …
Read More »Crytek to shutter five of its seven studios
Following news that months have gone by without many of Crytek's employees being paid at all, the long-time video game company has now announced that it is closing five of its seven studios. While Frankfurt and Kiev-based studios will remain, those in Hungary, Bulgaria, South Korea, China and Turkey will …
Read More »Crytek wants to develop virtual reality games
Crytek, the studio behind Crysis, the original Far Cry and the CryEngine, is looking to start developing for virtual reality, hoping to one day deliver a “fully-fleshed VR experience”. The developer is currently experimenting with virtual reality and has some future plans in place. During an interview with Gamespot, Crytek …
Read More »Crytek sells Homefront dev, downsizes US prescence
Crytek has been in a spot of bother for some time now, with cashflow seeming to be a real problem. Last month we heard how developers had only been paid £700 a piece over the preceding 30 days and now it turns out that Crytek has sold its Homefront licence and …
Read More »50 EA games due to have their servers shut down
GameSpy announced that it was shutting down last month and as a result, a lot of games are having their multiplayer servers shut down. Game Ranger recently announced that it would save a few but some titles are bound to slip through the cracks. EA is going to be one …
Read More »Here’s what Crysis 3 looks like in 8K
Crysis has always been one of the best looking games as well as one of the most demanding titles to run but what will it look like in ten years time? A resolution hack has allowed Flickr user, K-Putt, to run Crysis 3 in 8K to take some pretty good …
Read More »Crytek to adopt AMD Mantle API for CryEngine
Advanced Micro Devices has announced that Crytek, a leading developer of video games and game engines, will adopt the company’s proprietary Mantle application programming interface for CryEngine. Once the latter gains support for Mantle, games based on CryEngine may get a performance boost on systems featuring AMD Radeon graphics based …
Read More »OcUK Titan 8350a King Cobra MK2 (3.6GHz FX-8120 / 2GB Radeon 7850)
The first system to hit our labs in 2013 is OverclockersUK's Titan 8350a King Cobra MK2. Featuring an overclocked octa-core processor from AMD and a 2GB Radeon HD 7850, can the Titan 8350a King Cobra MK2 plough its way through our set of tests? Based around an AMD backbone, the …
Read More »Illegal download of Crysis 2, version revealed
The hottest story this morning, is the news that Crysis 2 has been leaked and is presently cascading its viral way across the world's newsgroups and torrent sites. KitGuru has been inundated with information. Here's our latest update. When Doom 3 was going to launch, all those Martian moons ago, …
Read More »Crysis 2 available as free download – EA begins investigation
There seems to be a crisis down at Crysis HQ. As with many modern triple-A titles, someone with insider access at the games giant seems to have lifted the code lock, stock and two smoking phased plasma rifle barrels. KitGuru scans police frequencies for chit chat. While the first game …
Read More »Crysis 2 being re-designed for GTX580? Expect delays
Having the world's fastest car is no fun unless you have the right racetrack. If that track does not exist, then you will need to build it. For cars, that means splashing out on a Nürburgring or something similar. With graphic cards, it means having a triple A title that …
Read More »nVidia’s $2 Million Crysis
In a recent article on DX11 market size, KitGuru explored the powerful benefits to being first to market with a new version of DirectX hardware. However, that hardware is tied into the operating system. No new Windows means no new DX. In moments like these, graphics manufacturers turn to the …
Read More »Crysis tops Steam game charts – 3 years later
Crysis, whether you love or loathe it, it seems we just can't escape it. The latest Steam charts show it has taken the top 3 spots helped by a special 50% price reduction. 1. Crysis Complete Pack 2. Crysis 3. Crysis Warhead 4. Magic: The Gathering Duels of the Planeswalkers …
Read More »Was Crysis a masterpiece ahead of its time?
Every gamer worth his salt has tackled Crysis, even today many of us have dusted it off for a quick replay. When it was released in 2007 it was a total system killer, and only a handful of people at the time were able to even touch close to maximum …
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