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CRYSIS DEMO NOW AVAILABLE FOR WINDOWS

A single player demo of Crytek's highly anticipated shooter Crysis is now available for the PC via most of your favorite file download sites. Approximate download size is 1.77GB.

Please note: Crytek strongly recommends that you update your video drivers before attempting to play this demo.

October 28, 2007 Posted by | Crysis, Crytek, Demo, Electronic Arts, FPS, PC Games | Leave a comment

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS FOR CRYSIS ANNOUNCED

Ever since it’s announcement, the question of just how powerful of a system Crytek’s upcoming PC shooter Crysis would require to be playable at any level. Although numbers have been thrown around for months now, Crytek was never officially willing to say exactly where they were going to set the bare bones entry level point for the game… until now.

Yes, Crytek & Electronic Arts have finally announced both the minimum and recommended system specs for Crysis – and, as expected, they’re damn high… “How high?” you ask?

Crysis: Minimum System Requirements
Operating System: Windows XP or Windows Vista
Processor: 2.8GHz or faster (XP); 3.2GHz or faster* (Vista)
Memory: 1GB RAM or 1.5GB RAM (Vista)
Video Card: 256MB**
Hard Drive: 12GB
Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c compatible

* Supported Processors: Intel Pentium 4 2.8GHz (3.2GHz for Vista) or faster, Intel Core 2GHz (2.2GHz for Vista) or faster, and other similar CPUs.

** Supported chipsets: NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT + or similar GPUs. Laptop versions of these chipsets may work but are not supported. Integrated chipsets are not supported. Updates to your video and sound card drivers may be required.

Now then, keep in mind that the above are the MINIMUM system requirements for Crysis. The recommended system specs make the following changes;

Crysis: Recommended System Requirements:
Operating System: Windows XP / Vista
Processor: Intel Core 2 DUO @ 2.2GHz
Memory: 2GB RAM
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS/640 or similar

Based on the above specs, my PC will just barely miss the minimum system specs (my processor is just a bit too slow – no comments from the peanut gallery, please), so it looks like I’ll be sitting this one out until I either build a new PC or the game gets ported over to a console. It’s certainly a bit depressing, as after having played the game a little at DigitalLife ’07, I was hoping that there would be a chance for me to be able to experience this one in full.

If your system meets the required specs, congratulations – Crysis should be one hell of an experience. If your system fell short… well, either start planning on making some upgrades between now and the game’s November 16th ship date.

October 11, 2007 Posted by | Announcements, Crysis, Crytek, Electronic Arts, FPS, PC Games, System Requirements | Leave a comment

ELECTRONIC ARTS DATES CRYSIS

Electronic Arts has announced that Crysis, the game that will make your video card cry for mercy, will be hitting retail shelves here in the U.S. on November 16th of this year.

This gives most of you almost three and a half months to have that break-up talk with your current card. Just remember, it’s not them, it’s you.

August 4, 2007 Posted by | Crysis, Crytek, Electronic Arts, FPS, PC Games, Release Date | Leave a comment

LAZY DAY TRAILERS: CRYSIS

You thought we were out of first person shooters to show off, didn’t you? Well, I figured that since we’ve spent the last three days showing you the upcoming exclusive shooters for each of the console systems, we’d show the PC a little love too. As such, we’ve got some new footage of Crytek’s Crysis, and, as has been the case with the game from day one, it looks stunning.

I’m assuming that the video you’re about to watch takes place early stages of the game, as it appears that the player is still facing off against human enemies instead of an alien invasion. Perhaps the most interesting feature displayed in the video is that the player seems to be employing some kind of cloaking device during their infiltration of the enemy camp.

Crysis – the game so beautiful it will make your video card cry. Let’s check it out;

Crysis is scheduled to release for Windows PC’s on September 4th, 2007. Despite rumors to the contrary, there are no official plans for the game to appear on any of the latest consoles at this time.

July 19, 2007 Posted by | Crysis, Crytek, Electronic Arts, FPS, Lazy Day Trailers, PC Games, Video | Leave a comment