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War, In Your Face. It’s Crytek’s Warface.

By John Walker on November 25th, 2010 at 4:29 pm.

Men with guns! WARFACE!

Talking of Crytek, they’ve just announced a new game. It’s looking to be aimed at Asian markets, a multiplayer shooter with the eminently shoutable name, Warface. And that’s about all we know just now. It’s in the CryEngine 3, as you might imagine, and if my Chinese is up to scratch, it’s emphasising “positive versus” gaming. I’ve no idea what that means, but I imagine it’s some sort of tactical co-op. The Taiwanese site, GNN, that has the info is here. We picked up on this story from VG247. You can see the two new screenshots in full size by clicking below.

WARFACE!

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  1. 25/11/2010 at 16:31 Choca says:

    Warface does sound like something you’d shout at people in the streets.

  2. 25/11/2010 at 16:33 markcocjin says:

    Just great. All that tech and they decide to do things all brown and grey just like every other war themed game.

  3. 25/11/2010 at 16:33 Wooly says:

    Wars of Face of War!

  4. 25/11/2010 at 16:34 Nighthood says:

    Related, sort of: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3woEDTUbDYg (skip to about 1:13)

  5. 25/11/2010 at 16:35 DevilSShadoW says:

    but… why Asians?
    Unless they’re making it to train North Korea for a hypothetical invasion of… let’s say… CANADA!?

    • 25/11/2010 at 18:53 The Innocent says:

      Maybe. Thank goodness then that we’ve got a defend-North-America-from-the-Koreans game coming out soon: Homefront!

  6. 25/11/2010 at 16:39 SirKicksalot says:

    Could it be a PC exclusive?

  12. 25/11/2010 at 16:56 Nallen says:

    WARFARCE

  13. 25/11/2010 at 16:57 Nemon says:

    WOREFEY’S

  15. 25/11/2010 at 17:02 Man Raised By Puffins says:

    SWARF-FACE

  16. 25/11/2010 at 17:03 GoodPatton says:

    Asian market exclusive? SADFACE :(

  19. 25/11/2010 at 17:08 MasterBoo says:

    I thought Facebook registered “Face” as a trademark yesterday. Won’t this be a problem? :p
    http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/facebook-trademarks-the-word-face-tm/

  20. 25/11/2010 at 17:12 Spacegirl says:

    WORST NAMED GAME OF AT LEAST THE LAST WEEK.

    WARFACE.

  21. 25/11/2010 at 17:15 Rich says:

    WAREFACE

  22. 25/11/2010 at 17:25 Ybfelix says:

    “positive versus” is a bit too literal, “正面对战” is actually the Chinese name of this game, meaning roughly “Frontal Conflict”, or “Face-to-Face Warfare”, if you will.

    Translation (some blah blahs omitted)

    “Warface was revealed at Korea Games Conference 2009 as “Project W”, uses CryEngine 3, a online FPS set in the far future

    Warface put emphasis on high visual quality, advanced AI and physics, cinematic experience. Variety of PVE, world building, storytelling, co-op, and PvP

    Crytek Korea says the game’s Alpha is complete and currently searching for a operator. Release date is undecided, Asia will be the main market, would adopt a “partial subscription” model .　　

  23. 25/11/2010 at 17:27 Batolemaeus says:

    FARCEWAR

  24. 25/11/2010 at 17:33 Cooper says:

    PHWOARFACE

  25. 25/11/2010 at 17:36 Djees says:

    Where is the “cry” in Warface?

  26. 25/11/2010 at 17:37 EALouise says:

    WHARF ACE!

  29. 25/11/2010 at 17:45 Handsome Dead says:

    MANFACE

  30. 25/11/2010 at 17:46 [POo [POo says:

    Modern WARFACE

  31. 25/11/2010 at 17:46 fallingmagpie says:

    Fuck off they’re screenshots, that’s art.

    FUCKFACE!

  32. 25/11/2010 at 17:56 subedii says:

    Far Cry. Crysis. Crysis Warhead. Warface.

    So the next game they announce will be, what, “Face Plate”?

  33. 25/11/2010 at 17:57 noobnob says:

    WAAAAAGHFACE.

  34. 25/11/2010 at 18:07 rebb says:

    HUWARU-FACEU

  35. 25/11/2010 at 18:11 Monchberter says:

    They missed a trick not calling it CRYFACE

  36. 25/11/2010 at 18:13 Meatloaf says:

    This is one of the best comment threads I’ve ever seen.

    WARFACE FOR THE WAR GOD

  37. 25/11/2010 at 18:15 Chiburger says:

    THAT DON’T LOOK LIKE YOUR WARFACE. SHOW ME YOUR WARFACE

  38. 25/11/2010 at 18:18 Joshua says:

    The Face of War!

    (Is heavily scarred, and looks very tired)

  39. 25/11/2010 at 18:28 nakke says:

    WARFOES

  40. 25/11/2010 at 18:45 gummybearsliveonthemoon says:

    Warface. Starring William Murderface and Toki Wartooth. Soundtrack on Murdertooth records.

  41. 25/11/2010 at 18:46 Brumisator says:

    Private joker! Let me see your war face!
    YYYIIAAAAAAH!

  42. 25/11/2010 at 18:48 Navagon says:

    Crytek seem to be very good at reducing their potential market. Now hardware has caught up with them they decide to shun most of the world on a geographical basis instead. Very odd to have such a reclusive developer. Yet one that still manages to complain about external influences hurting their sales.

  43. 25/11/2010 at 18:50 spacesubmarine says:

    MEN WITH GUNS !

    crouching in cover

    !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  44. 25/11/2010 at 19:05 Quatto says:

    FACEWAR: NOCRYFACE WEARWARFACE

  45. 25/11/2010 at 19:07 Hmm says:

    Oh great, no single player campaign?
    Well, zero interest in this one.

  46. 25/11/2010 at 19:10 DMJ says:

    WAR! IN YOUR FACE!

  47. 25/11/2010 at 19:18 Fergus says:

    IT’S WAR. IN YOUR FAAAACE!!!

    • 25/11/2010 at 19:19 Fergus says:

      While I probably should have foreseen everyone else posting the exact same comment, I didn’t scroll down before posting.

  48. 25/11/2010 at 19:19 G-offspring says:

    WIZZARD OF WORFACE!!!

  49. 25/11/2010 at 19:20 KillahMate says:

    Soon to get a casual version: WARFACEBOOK!

  50. 25/11/2010 at 19:22 Crusoe says:

    Dwarf’s Pace.

  51. 25/11/2010 at 19:23 O.G.N says:

    So this is crysis WARhead for FACEbook?

  52. 25/11/2010 at 19:49 ZIGS says:

    So, another company trying to capitalize on the CoD popularity then?

  53. 25/11/2010 at 20:03 Haplo says:

    Walk outside without a scarf.

    RAWFACE.

  54. 25/11/2010 at 20:33 Pew says:

    I’m not really sold on it. Does it include warfare? Is it about shooting things?

    Now if they called it “WarFace: The Face of War”, that would clear it up.

  55. 25/11/2010 at 20:37 CreepingDeath says:

    Warface. Warface never changes….

    Unless it gets plastic surgery -.-

  56. 25/11/2010 at 21:08 Shadram says:

    I thought all Crytek games had “cry” in the title?

    They should have called it “Cryface”.

    PS, WARFACE!

    • 25/11/2010 at 21:21 Gary W says:

      They could call it “Babyface” and have a souped-up bionic soldier destroying everything from inside a pram.

      I think that’s the best option for the Western market.

  57. 25/11/2010 at 21:29 stahlwerk says:

    WARFACED DECAF RAW

    LA VISAGE DE LA GUERRE!

  58. 25/11/2010 at 21:31 SpinalJack says:

    Microsoft just announced a new kintect title:

    SEXFACE

    You see you the camera films you constantly even when you’re not playing it and then takes the worse photo of you and updates your profile with it

  59. 25/11/2010 at 21:45 Taillefer says:

    No, down a bit. Left… There. It’s gone.
    You had a bit of war on your face.

  60. 25/11/2010 at 21:51 Angryinternetman says:

    War! Never been so much face. War! Never been so much face! Go to your brother, warface him with your gun, let him war in the uniform, face in the sun.

  61. 25/11/2010 at 22:00 cov says:

    WARF LACE!
    WARBOOK!

  62. 25/11/2010 at 22:16 kai says:

    I wonder why they didn’t call it “Warcry”.

  63. 25/11/2010 at 22:35 Nemon says:

    WARFACE WITH GUNS.

  64. 25/11/2010 at 23:59 DerangedStoat says:

    FLAWEDFACE!

  65. 26/11/2010 at 00:01 skalpadda says:

    WARFECES?

    If they made a game about monkeys that could work out quite well actually.

  66. 26/11/2010 at 00:10 lethu says:

    WARFESSE : CRY OUT LOUD

    hint: fesse = buttock in french.

  67. 26/11/2010 at 00:40 gogolkj says:

    Hey RPS,

    That “Positive Versus” thing? It’s the BAD translation of the Chinese title of the game, which should probably be translated to “Face to Face Combat” or “Full Frontal Combat” etc.

    • 26/11/2010 at 00:55 Meatloaf says:

      I’m not sure if Full Frontal Combat is any better of a title, honestly. It just sounds like a bizarre military pornography.

    • 26/11/2010 at 04:27 Shadram says:

      “Full Frontal Combat” sounds like an excellent game. Somebody should make that.

    • 26/11/2010 at 15:23 Radiant says:

      FULL FRONTAL COMBAT: WARFACE

      In which you have to keep your head up at all times without looking people in the eye.
      Battlefields include: Gym changing rooms, Saunas and Lidos.

      DLC to include new flashback mode in a C&A changing rooms and new game mode set in a Pregnancy Ward.

  68. 26/11/2010 at 01:14 Tuttle says:

    WHOREFACE

  69. 26/11/2010 at 02:49 Muzman says:

    The mobile version will no doubt be PALMFACE!

  70. 26/11/2010 at 02:58 Nick says:

    War a face.

  71. 26/11/2010 at 03:59 stahlwerk says:

    What is wrong with your face?

  72. 26/11/2010 at 04:46 BeamSplashX says:

    I don’t mind a test, but UNATCO better issue some WARFACE!

  73. 26/11/2010 at 05:29 squirrel says:

    So I see, the correction translation for the game title should be “Direct Confrontation”, which may imply that the game would demand players to face the enemies directly, no stealth kill, no flanking (or keep it to minimum). Intensive action. Such a boring Chinese name, Taiwaneses just cannot come up with a cool name, can they?

    By the way, the translation “Positive Face” is done by computer program? Very awful Chinese.

  74. 26/11/2010 at 08:45 harvb says:

    It looks a bit like Team Fortress 2 was originally intended to be, waaaaaaaaaay back.

  75. 26/11/2010 at 11:31 Saul says:

    Do you reckon it’s because Facebook is copyrighting “face”?

  76. 26/11/2010 at 11:41 Radiant says:

    Wharf face! really handy down at the docks and or spaceships.

  77. 26/11/2010 at 11:51 Subject 706 says:

    RAAAAAAAWRFACE!

  78. 26/11/2010 at 22:26 TheObsession says:

    Warface!!!

  79. 27/11/2010 at 02:47 Stephen Roberts says:

    Dere’s some boys wanna join me WAAAAAAAAGHFACE!

    I think it was the collective effort, but this is the funniest thread I’ve read in some time. And frankly, the name is truly brilliant. Not even ironically brilliant. It’s so direct it smacks of taking the piss.

    New titles for 2012: SWORDMAN, EXPLOREFIGHT and SPACELEGS.

  80. 27/11/2010 at 09:20 jthmmdom says:

    Want to go down to the wharf ace? I hear that there are whars that will let you all over their ace.

  82. 26/11/2010 at 05:51 James Tao says:

    STOREFACE

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