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Crysis 2 Teaser Trailers

1:30PM Luke Plunkett | Crytek feel that it’s time to start teasing Crysis 2. But not with cutscenes, or gameplay. No, they figured you’d enjoy some commercials for the game’s new Nanosuit instead. More »
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CryEngine 3, 360 Vs PS3

5:30PM Luke Plunkett | Here’s some rough, shaky footage of Crytek’s CryEngune 3 running on the PS3 and the Xbox 360 at the same time. PS3 is on the left, Xbox 360 on the right. Can you spot the difference? No, me neither. More »
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Crysis 2 Is Announced, Multi-Platform

9:30PM Brian Ashcraft | Crysis, the gorgeous sci-fi shooter from German developer Crytek Frankfurt, is a PC game. So is its sequel, Crysis 2 — that, and an Xbox 360 and a PS3 game. More »
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A $US500 PC That Can Kick Crysis’ Ass

11:00AM Luke Plunkett | Even though the game came out in 2007, people still go all “boo hoo” over Crysis’ graphics settings. Say they’re prohibitive, use them as a benchmark. Well, you can murder those settings for $US500. More »
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First Footage Of New Crytek Engine

9:00AM Luke Plunkett | Earlier in the month, Crysis developers Crytek announced the latest version of their in-house game engine, CryENGINE 3. With no footage. They were saving that for today. More »
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PC Gaming Getting New Crytek Engine (Time To Upgrade)

1:30PM Luke Plunkett | Still can’t run Crysis at full settings? You’re far from alone. You’re also about to be left in technology’s dust, as developers Crytek have announced a new game engine. More »
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Crytek Buys Free Radical

9:40AM Michael McWhertor | Timesplitters and Haze developer Free Radical Design has found financial sanctuary in German developer Crytek, who is reported to have purchased the struggling Nottingham, UK dev for an undisclosed amount. More »
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So Which Is Faster: XP, Vista Or Windows 7?

10:30PM Luke Plunkett | Windows 7 is out and up for download, provided you’re OK with using a beta operating system. It promises a raft of improvements over Windows Vista, but how’s it shaping up for games?

‘World’s Fastest PC’ Runs Crysis At 60FPS

10:30PM Luke Plunkett | Give a big, warm welcome to the Falcon Northwest Mach V! Cnet reckon, based on tests, that it’s the fastest consumer PC on the planet. It’s so fast, in fact, that it’s the first off-the-shelf PC they (or we) have seen that can run Crysis at 60FPS. On its highest settings. Of course, it had want to run Crysis at 60FPS, since it costs $US8000. That’s the kind of price bracket where we’d joke that the metallic red paint job costs an extra $500 and…oh, the metallic red paint job really does cost an extra $500. Falcon Northwest Mach V: Fastest PC Yet Runs Crysis at 60FPS [Gizmodo] More »
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On DRM: Not Every Inconvenience is ‘the Plight of Sisyphus.’

4:00AM Owen Good | Chris Remo, in an op-ed on Penny Arcade, takes on the righteous indignation heaped on publishers — notably EA — over the use of DRM. The anger over DRM might be principled bitching, but the point is it’s still bitching. Writes Remo: Though it’s not a popular view, in my mind a lot of gamers are overreacting—look how many people buy music through iTunes, whose DRM mechanics are hardly lenient. That’s not meant to be a judgment of right or wrong, it’s just an observation that may illustrate the gulf between a certain gamer segment and the larger audience that seems to be continually more frightened away by non-casual PC gaming; I would submit their flight isn’t based on activation limits. More »