The world’s nightmare is almost over. It’s about time to pack up the picket signs, clean up the protest area, and head home. Crytek, previously the PC gamer’s most loved and trusted developer, is set to right its wrong and finally, finally release DirectX 11 support for Crysis 2. The release notes paints a picture of the 1.9 update finally bringing Crysis 2 up to the level PC gamers were originally expecting. Nearly all the additions and changes deal with adding high quality textures and effects including adding a DirectX 11 benchmark level. The patch will be released this coming Monday, June 27th. → Read More
If you were hoping to pick up a copy of Crysis 2 on Steam, you’re out of luck. The game is no longer available on Valve’s download service, though it was not (strictly speaking) pulled by EA. While EA has explained in a statement that the title is simply incompatible with “a set of business terms” “imposed” by Steam, the language and context suggest that it was action by inaction — they don’t want Crysis 2 on Steam, and they’re all too happy to let it lapse. → Read More
No, that’s a great question. Why the hell does NYC get destroyed over and over again in film, games, and politics? Can’t someone come here to Flint, MI and profit from its destruction occasionally? Oh wait… Anyway, Yahtzee on Crysis 2 is after the break. → Read More
Crytek has now confirmed that there will, indeed, be a DX11 patch for Crysis 2. This is the real deal, and not some Twitter rumor nonsense. → Read More
It’s now a little less expensive to play Crysis 2 in 3D. (Haven’t seen the game in 3D yet? You’re missing out…) Samsung will now include two pairs of 3D glasses with the purchase of one of its 3D plasma or LED TVs. Very handy. Does this have anything to do with Ron Bennington saving the day earlier today? I don’t know this for a fact, but I’m just going to say yes, yes it does. → Read More
Robbie Bach, the former president of Microsoft’s Entertainment and Devices division, has apologized to PC gamers for the “consolization” of their hobby. “Am I happy to have been a part of the destruction of PC gaming? No, of course not. But I am proud of the fact that I’ve helped convince a generation of gamers that it’s cool to pay $10 for a pair of virtual sunglasses and that playing online should be considered a premium feature. Look, guys, no one’s stopping your from installing Doom II and playing through that again, right? I mean, what’s the difference between that and Black Ops, really?” → Read More
Crytek went to great pains throughout the development of Crysis 2 to stress that it wasn’t going to be a repeat of the first game. You weren’t going to need a monstrous machine merely to get 20 frames per second. No, Crytek said, we’ve managed to get the game running on the Xbox 360! And if the 360 can run it, what can’t run it? Not the Asus Eee 1215B, that’s for sure. → Read More
It looks like the Crysis 2 Direct X 11 patch could be coming sooner rather than later. An item on a German PC gaming site—Germany certainly loves its PC gaming&mash;says that the patch should hit the Internets tomorrow. This is most welcome news. → Read More
After playing Total War: Shogun 2, one of my concerns was how I would view subsequent Total War games. As far as I’m concerned, The Creative Assembly has now perfected the Total War formula, so to play another might result in feelings of, “Oh, this again. Hm.” The same fear now applies to the first-person shooter genre post-Crysis 2, but not because the game is perfect (although it’s pretty decent). It’s just that we’re done here*. Someone needs to stand up and say, “Folks! We get it: you know how to create point-and-click shooty games with big explosions. Can we please move on?” → Read More
If nothing else I can now report that Crysis 2 is quite a bit longer than Homefront. I’m still churning through it, even after a good four hours last night. Hopefully I can finish it tonight or tomorrow. So at least the game has a decent length campaign going going for it. What it may not have going for it is, how shall I put this… the PC version looks too similar to the console versions. If you’re playing on an Xbox 360 and all you’re used to is, say, Dragon Age 2, then sure, the game looks pretty great. But PC gamers expect more. The jump from Far Cry to Crysis was pretty much insane. The jump from Crysis to Crysis 2 was less insane. → Read More
EA released Crysis 2 yesterday (unless you live in Europe, in which case you’ll be waiting a few more days), and it’s been interesting to see the reaction among PC gamers. Let’s not forget that many PC gamers view Crytek, the game’s developers, as something of a PC gaming star, so their reaction is certainly worth highlighting. Let’s just say that some people are slightly annoyed with the game as it exists today. → Read More
What will you be doing later today? If all goes according to plan, I’ll be playing Crysis 2 and maybe doing some light reading. I will not, unfortunately, be doing what scientists in France are up to: trying to detect the presence of neutrinos hundreds of meters below the surface of the Earth. Slight difference between our days, yes. → Read More
Crysis 2 comes out today in North America. For whatever silly reason those of you in Europe will have to wait until Friday. Go figure. What we have here right now, however, is the launch trailer. → Read More
The latest bit of gossip puts the Nvidia GTX 590 release date at March 22. Does that date sound familiar? It should, because that’s when Crysis 2 will be released → Read More
The Crysis 2 multi-player demo is now available for both PC and Xbox 360. I downloaded the PC version, naturally, and immediately ran into this little glitch. → Read More
We’re one week ago from the PC multi-player demo of Crysis 2. Exciting! (It actually is, I’m not sure that came across well.) As the game’s release approaches, its developers have started opening up. First up: the game’s soundtrack. → Read More
More fallout from the Crysis 2 leak. The Guardian has started a new series of gaming interviews, and EA was the most recent guest. And guess what was discussed at length? You betcha: the leak, how it affected morale, and where Crytek goes from here. → Read More
Crysis was (and still is) notorious for needing a pretty high-spec system to run well, but Crytek has said time and time again that the engine powering Crysis 2, CryEngine 3, is far more robust, and therefore won’t require the same kind of horsepower to run well. You know where this is going. VR-Zone claims to have the game’s recommended system requirements, and they are as Crytek claimed: not too crazy. → Read More
You have to wonder if this easter egg is just part of the leaked Crysis 2 dev build or is part of the final production. → Read More
We all agree that the Crysis 2 leak was pretty crummy, hoping that Crytek doesn’t use it as an excuse to abandon PC development altogether. If the Cervat Yerli’s message on the MyCrisis forum is any indication, then the company won’t hold this latest bit of unpleasantness against the larger PC community. → Read More
