Posts tagged “Crytek”

I'm still in the process of putting Crysis Remastered through its paces on PC, but if you want to see for yourself if your PC can indeed run Crytek's revamped FPS classic, then you'll be pleased to know the game has its own dedicated benchmarking tool. You won't find it in the game itself, sadly, as it's tucked away in the game's system files. Here's…

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Crysis Remastered is out and yes, you can probably run it. You will need to buy it though, because that's how these things work. The remaster includes visual updates like 8k resolution textures and ray-traced reflections for those of you willing to put your systems through their paces. Not to worry, ye old Crysis joke will live on for several more years if Crytek have…

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Crytek have released a new 8K tech trailer for Crysis Remastered, comparing the game's 2007 visuals with all of its new graphical bells and whistles at a whopping 7680x4320 resolution. It's effectively a fuller version of the tech preview trailer they showed off last month, giving us a closer look at their software-driven ray tracing effects, pretty real-time reflections and its aptly-named "Can It Run…

Tagged with Crytek, Hardware, how much graphics does it have, Crysis, Crysis Remastered.

Sometimes, you just wanna hunt monsters. No friends, and certainly no foes - just you and a swamp full of creatures from the abyss. Thank goodness, then, that Hunt: Showdown has just added a bunch more of its new singleplayer Trials - letting you test your running, shooting and survival skills without risk of being perforated by another human player.

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The original Crysis was famous for melting PCs everywhere, but the PC requirements for its retooled successor Crysis Remastered look like they're going to be a lot more manageable when it comes to the Epic Games Store on September 18th. Here's what to expect.

Tagged with Crytek, Hardware, specs, Crysis Remastered.

Might want to dig your nanosuit out of the back of your closet to see if it still fits. It's been 13 years and now it's time to get geared back up next month. A new trailer for Crysis Remastered reveals the release date and shows off some new visual improvements. True to form, the rehabbed Crysis will try to put your PC to the…

Tagged with Crytek, Saber Interactive, Crysis, Crysis Remastered.

Update: Wildly, Crytek have delayed the formal announcement, while acknowledging that everyone has seen the leak anyway.Today is the day for Crytek for formally reveal Crysis Remastered, though the release date and trailer have apparently already leaked anyway. The prettied-up re-release of the supersuit shooter is coming on July 23rd, according to a Microsoft Store page that went live early before being pulled down. Here,…

Tagged with Crytek, leak, Saber Interactive, Crysis, Crysis Remastered.

If you wish to hunt monsters in the swamp without being hunted by other players, good news: Hunt: Showdown has launched a singleplayer PvE mode, Trials. This brings a set of challenges to the two maps in Crytek's monster-hunting FPS, letting your hone skills in sniper trials, parkour trials, and wave survival trials, or just explore the levels without getting murdered. They are very nice…

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Poor Crytek. After some apparent teasing of it, they just let everyone know they’re remastering their 2007 PC-melting FPS Crysis by accidentally making the official site live. In the short time the site was online, someone grabbed the key art. Update: And now it's officially announced.

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After a long sleep, Crysis appears to be waking up. Crytek have been busy in the meantime with the likes of Hunt: Showdown while Crysis took something of a cold-storage nap. The  super serious super soldier FPS series added Crysis 3 to the stables back in 2013. Seven years later, the official Crysis Twitter account is broadcasting signs of life.

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For the last few years, Star Citizen's battles haven't been high-flying dogfights. Instead, developers Cloud Imperium have been tangled in a dispute with Crytek, exchanging heated legal blows in lieu of laser blasts. But now, at long last, it seems the two warships declared a long-overdue ceasefire. Court documents posted this week reveal that Crytek and Cloud Imperium have agreed to settle the former's lawsuit.

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Last week, Hunt: Showdown developers Crytek outlined their plans for the future of the PvP creature hunting game. Most of the post is spent introducing Koch Media, who will be serving as the game's publisher for Xbox One and PlayStation 4. Buried at the bottom are some longer term plans including a future Solo PvE mode.

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Forget dogfighting, first-person shooting and interstellar exploration. For the last few years, Star Citizen has looked increasingly like those bits in the Star Wars prequels where muppets sit on big steel dodgems to discuss trade agreements. 2020 looks to be no different, with a long-standing dispute between Cloud Imperium Games and Crysis/CryEngine-maker Crytek coming to a head once again. This month, Crytek asked for their…

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Weird Western (yes, I know it's set in the swampy deep south, it's a genre descriptor) competitive monster-slaying FPS Hunt: Showdown launches in full on August 27th. While I didn't get to play it as much as I wanted to during its recent free trial, I've acquired a taste for Crytek's grim blend of duos battle royale and tense horror-themed shooter. There's a big nasty…

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