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Adapt. Engage. Dominate!

Take on the fight as the volatile Sergeant “Psycho” Sykes in a new parallel story taking place during the events of Crysis. Psycho’s secret mission will take him to the other side of the island on a ruthless pursuit of a North Korean general hell-bent on obtaining powerful technology. With the versatile powers of his Nanosuit and an arsenal of fully customizable weapons & vehicles at his disposal, Sykes will do whatever it takes to carry out his top-secret objective.

Action on the other side of the island is more intense, the battles are fierce, and the mission protocol is no longer “Adapt to Survive”. As Sergeant Sykes, now you must adapt to dominate the battle. Twin SMG’s blazing, seizing new vehicles, or going stealth, the action and the victory is on your terms.


[b]* Pulse-racing new installment from 2007’s PC Game of the Year*: Play as Sergeant Sykes and experience a whole new side of the battle. A standard combat mission behind enemy lines becomes critical when you discover your enemies have captured something of vital importance to the ensuing war. It’s down to you to retrieve the cargo, at any cost.
* More explosive and dynamic minute to minute game play: new customizable weapons, new vehicles, new photorealistic locations to explore, and a fully interactive war zone to dominate.
* Enhanced human and alien AI: Intelligent enemies, bigger challenges, and all-new ally squad support.
* Includes Crysis Wars®, an expanded new multiplayer experience with new online modes and 21 maps including seven all-new maps to battle it out against other players.
* Crysis Warhead is a standalone release and does not require ownership of Crysis to play.

As part of the major announcement today that Crysis Warhead is scheduled to ship to retailers on September 16th, EA™ and Crytek® officially unveiled the new multiplayer game, Crysis Wars(R). The game will ship as part of the Crysis Warhead® package. It features numerous improvements over the original Crysis multiplayer including a whole new mode, TeamInstantAction, as well as 7 new maps. All the original maps from Crysis are available as well as all of the new weapons from Crysis Warhead. The team at Crytek has been working on Crysis Wars for a while now and will have a dedicated support team to meet the needs of the community. More news on that later...

For those of you who are looking for more info about Crysis Wars®, here are some of the features that weren't discussed in the press-release. We'll have more news on Crysis Wars® as well as special updates directly from the team as we get closer to September 18th:
• TeamInstantAction is a new team-based mode pitting Raptor Squad forces against KPA forces, all clad with Nanosuits. It features a intelligent Spawn System which ensures you will always spawn the furthest away from any enemy and closest to your teammates. Its also a very easy mode to jump in and out of. TIA is really for fast and intense multiplayer fun.
• Many of the new maps have been specifically tailored to create vertical gameplay, meaning you can use every ounce of your Nanosuit's powers to dominate your opponents. Stake out a high ledge to jump out of the line of bullets or use your cloak to sneak past the enemy on the prowl. Every map in Crysis Wars has been carefully crafted to create a fun and unique multiplayer experience
• 21 maps including 7 never-before-seen maps. All the original Crysis InstantAction maps have been improved and re-worked.
• New and improved HUD elements make for an informative and enjoyable experience. Get your kill count up on your opponent to rub in how many times you owned him. Lots of polish has gone into this aspect of the game.

As I stated, that's just the start. We'll have more news on some of the new things you'll be able to do in Crysis Wars® in the coming weeks!

Ord wrote:Yeah I can only really play Crysis well on high settings and that's with Intel Core 2 Quad Q6700, 2x 512MB XFX 8800GT Alpha Dog Edition graphic cards in SLI and 4Gb Ram. It looks lovely but it really is poorly optimized. Warhead apparently fixes that problem and runs over 20% better than the original game.

Stu wrote:So what's the release date?

Game say 19th
Gameplay say 26th

"Warhead honestly is the finest burst of action gaming this year."

spikey wrote:it did say 26th on both GAME and play about a week ago, but they both now say 19th.

Really looking forward to this game, loved the first one. Im on a Q6600, 4GB ram, 8800GT 512mb, XP home. I was able to run the original at 1680 x 1050 on high, with a constant smooth frame rate. Hoping i can have it on very high at 1920 x 1200 this time.

ive got it preordered at play for 14.99, and im hoping theyre going to be nice and get it to me on release tho it doesnt say it will - do they do that for all games?

Dante wrote:

spikey wrote:it did say 26th on both GAME and play about a week ago, but they both now say 19th.

Really looking forward to this game, loved the first one. Im on a Q6600, 4GB ram, 8800GT 512mb, XP home. I was able to run the original at 1680 x 1050 on high, with a constant smooth frame rate. Hoping i can have it on very high at 1920 x 1200 this time.

ive got it preordered at play for 14.99, and im hoping theyre going to be nice and get it to me on release tho it doesnt say it will - do they do that for all games?

Never seen play do it on release date, saturday at earliest tbh is what i've heard from play

Zombitedesade wrote:My only reservation would be the game appears to be selling itself as an all-out action movie blockbuster affair. That's fair enough, though the original crysis excelled for being so subtle with its approach. The game was truly brilliant at letting you decide if you wanted to be all guns blazing or mix it up with stealth and speed. Hopefully, despite the macho explosions and the 'Jason stratham' approach to combat doesn't negate the finer subtleties of the crysis experience.