Crysis 2 confirmed for consoles

  • Posted June 1st, 2009 at 12:20 EDT by Steven Williamson
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Electronic Arts has today confirmed some great news for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 gamers. Courtesy of Crytek's multiplatform CryENGINE 3 technology, the next installment in the previously PC-exclusive Crysis series will be coming to Sony and Microsoft's platform.

“The development of Crysis 2 marks a major stepping stone for our studio,” said Cevat Yerli, CEO and President of Crytek. “This is not only the next game in the Crysis franchise, it’s the first title we are developing for consoles and the first title being built on CryENGINE 3.

Originally, Crytek claimed that the PS3 and Xbox 360 wouldn't be able to handle the processing power required to run Crysis efficiently. However, the developer is building the sequel from the ground-up specifically for home consoles, so it's going to be very interesting to see whether it will be one of the few games to really harness the power of the PS3 to bring top quality results. Guerrilla Games did it with Killzone 2 and we'd put money on Crytek achieving similar results.

We'll be keeping our ears to the ground at E3 this week for any further information.

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  1. AaronSOLDIER

    • 12:22pm BST - June 1st, 2009
    • 1

    Depends if both versions are made equal

  2. adriano1991

    • 12:22pm BST - June 1st, 2009
    • 2

    lets see what crysis has to offer..

  3. subwaydesign

    • 12:31pm BST - June 1st, 2009
    • 3

    let's hope that the ground up part is for real, and that the game is not a 360 port...

  4. supamariobrotha

    • 12:35pm BST - June 1st, 2009
    • 4

    well im sure the ps3 can handle this game but as for the 360 i doubt it

  5. Holy-Stars

    • 12:38pm BST - June 1st, 2009
    • 5

    I wouldn't be suprised if xbox's died while playing this :)

  6. kopkiwi

    • 12:41pm BST - June 1st, 2009
    • 6

     Needs to be two seperate teams working on it for the 360 and PS3 otherwise the game will be catered to it's lowerd system..

  7. polebull

    • 12:46pm BST - June 1st, 2009
    • 7

     If it's made to work on both Xbox and PS3 , and its the same for both then the PS3 version wont be utilising the whole spu power. Looks like Mr. Justin Pinter got at least one of his predictions right so far (E3 2009 predicitions article).

  8. higgos22

    • 1:02pm BST - June 1st, 2009
    • 8

    well crysis wasnt all that fun it was just really nice looking but it will be interesting to see what they can pull off with the ps3 architecture

  9. G0DF4TH3R

    • 1:07pm BST - June 1st, 2009
    • 9

    *cue anrgy PC fanboys crying about this*

     

  10. Infernoz0

    • 1:20pm BST - June 1st, 2009
    • 10

     i'm sure it wont look ( graphicly at least ) good as the first crysis because they're devoloping it for crapbox .. sigh

  11. s_wrenn

    • 1:22pm BST - June 1st, 2009
    • 11

    please crytek! use ps3 as the lead console for development!! 

  12. O_G_H

    • 1:35pm BST - June 1st, 2009
    • 12

    It's still a shooter. YAS.

  13. SonyJunkie

    • 1:52pm BST - June 1st, 2009
    • 13

     This is awesome. Hopefully they can make it look amazing for the consoles. The CryEngine 3 vids sure do look good so I am expecting it to look similar to that.

    The game will look amazing on both the PS3 and 360. 

    And why did they not save this for E3 or their conference. It would have been awesome to see a trailer for the game.

  14. mangam

    • 1:53pm BST - June 1st, 2009
    • 14

     Think this will rrod my 360. I will buy the ps3 version.

  15. DeepHorizon00

    • 1:54pm BST - June 1st, 2009
    • 15

    lets come out with a PS3 exclusive sony.

  16. aLterBridge

    • 2:25pm BST - June 1st, 2009
    • 16

    where's timesplitters 4????? :O

  17. spyrde

    • 2:30pm BST - June 1st, 2009
    • 17

    Totally agree with kopkiwi, I dont want the game to dumbed down because of the 360.

  18. DerkDigg

    • 3:05pm BST - June 1st, 2009
    • 18

    yeeeah

  19. andysw

    • 3:07pm BST - June 1st, 2009
    • 19

    Playstation 3 won't be able to handle the processing power required to run crytek? Why? What about the cell processor?

  20. mixpix72

    • 3:25pm BST - June 1st, 2009
    • 20

    ps3 can handle it i doubt xbox can. either that or they will need 20 disks for the xsux.

  21. panada

    • 3:55pm BST - June 1st, 2009
    • 21

    i bet we wont see the intensive action nor the very high details we see on our pcs,

    but it will be awesome to see how it handles it.

  22. hillybilly

    • 4:12pm BST - June 1st, 2009
    • 22

    Couldnt care less, crysis was so much of a let down after  Ibought it, much like far cry 2 - the graphics are nice but the gameplay got so repetitve

  23. MarcRecon

    • 4:20pm BST - June 1st, 2009
    • 23

    Expected, but Interesting.

  24. taurus82

    • 4:24pm BST - June 1st, 2009
    • 24

    CryENGINE 3 will be used for more than just FPS, right? If not, all that time and money wasted in developing an engine for a stagnant genre!

  25. I_am_Arsenalgunner27

    • 5:16pm BST - June 1st, 2009
    • 25

    I''m guessing crysis 2 will be better on PS3 but Id imagine for profit theyll make both versions similair.

  26. FPSgamer

    • 5:18pm BST - June 1st, 2009
    • 26

    I agree with comment #4.

  27. hillybilly

    • 5:25pm BST - June 1st, 2009
    • 27

    @24 that so called "stagnent" genre is also the highest selling and most popular, go figure ;)

  28. Brokentusk81

    • 6:10pm BST - June 1st, 2009
    • 28

    How come games made on the PS2 and original xbox looked drastically and noticably better on the xbox (Rainbow six for example), and yet on the lattest generation they are always downgrading games  to the level of 360? When will we see PS3 Maxed out? (forecasts are 2012??)

  29. Smithy2306

    • 7:32pm BST - June 1st, 2009
    • 29

    I think its safe to say that the only ones who will ever max out the PS3 are Sony themselves.

  30. zombieking36

    • 12:11am BST - June 2nd, 2009
    • 30

    I can't wait to see something on it, I really wanted to play the first Crysis, but my Computer is too weak.

  31. jello_snake

    • 3:40am BST - June 2nd, 2009
    • 31

    if its multiplatform it will not tap into the true power of the ps3. put an end to your "wondering"

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