Crysis Ships To Stores

(andPOP) - Electronic Arts and Crytek today announced that Crysis, one of this years most anticipated games, is available in stores today.

“Crysis is the culmination of the dedication and tenacity of everyone here at Crytek who shared the goal of creating a true next-generation FPS,” said Cevat Yerli, CEO and President of Crytek.  “Our vision from the beginning was to deliver an immersive, open-ended single-player campaign, to innovate in multiplayer and to give our community a powerful, easy-to-use editor and we’re extremely proud of the end result.”
 
“Crysis is nothing short of amazing. It is an innovative, technical achievement that has blown us all away,” said David DeMartini, Vice President and Global General Manager, EA Partners.  “EA Partners has a long history of working with the most talented independent studios in the world and helping them deliver their creative vision to a mass, global audience and our experience with Crytek is adding to that legacy.”

The game is already receiving rave reviews and scores never before given by any news outlet.

The complete Crysis package is composed of three primary components:

- An Epic Single Player Campaign – Players are thrust into the middle of a global conflict between the US and North Korea over a mysterious artifact that turns out to be extraterrestrial in nature.  Fortunately, players are outfitted with a high tech Nanosuit that allows them to alter their strength, speed, armor and cloaking abilities and an arsenal of fully customizable weapons, helping to even the playing ground against a highly mysterious and intelligent enemy threat.

- Multiplayer Reinvented – Crytek has also focused much of their development efforts in creating two unique multiplayer experiences.  PowerStruggle is a new, team-based multiplayer mode where players need to work together strategically to capture resource points throughout the map to win the ultimate arms race for nuclear technology.  And for those who are looking for a more action-packed experience Crysis also features Instant Action, traditional deathmatch made even more frenetic as every player is outfitted with the revolutionary Nanosuit.

- CryENGINE 2 Sandbox Editor – Also included with Crysis is the complete version of Crytek’s Sandbox Editor.  Extremely powerful with a simple user interface, the editor will give the community full access to one of the most powerful design tools in the industry. 

The game is rated M for mature.

Check back later this month for our exclusive Crysis review!