This topic will be for all things Crysis 2...including news, game details, and discussion.


Official press release announcement:

Redwood City, Calif. – June 1, 2009 – Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) announced today that it has agreed to a deal extension with Crytek GmbH, the award-winning developers of the Crysis® universe, to publish Crysis 2. Renowned for their technical excellence, artistic craftsmanship and commitment to quality, Crytek is building Crysis 2 on their new state-of-the-art multiplatform game development solution CryENGINE®3 for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system, the PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system, and the PC.

“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. We are excited to have the support of EA Partners again as we work together to make the launch of Crysis 2 a huge event.”

“Nothing speaks more to the success of the EA Partners program than when a studio the caliber of Crytek continues to work with us,” said David DeMartini, Senior Vice President and General Manager of EA Partners. “Crytek is already one of the elite PC development studios in the world and we are excited to have the opportunity to partner with them in bringing their award-winning technology and gameplay to more platforms and a wider audience with Crysis 2.”


Game Info

The world has been ravaged by a series of climatic disasters and society is on the verge of total breakdown.  Now the aliens have returned, with a full invasion force bent on nothing less than the total annihilation of mankind, starting by trying to rip the heart out of Earth's most iconic city.

In New York, terrifying alien invaders stalk the streets and a nightmare plague strikes down the city's myriad inhabitants with brutal epidemic speed.  The city's systems are in chaos, its streets and skyline are smashed and in flaming ruin. This is New York City like you've never seen it before.

Neither paramilitary law enforcement nor the might of the US military machine can stand against the invaders, and all who choose not to flee are dead men walking.  Just to survive in this maelstrom of death will require technology beyond anything any modern soldier has ever seen.

One man will inherit that means to survive. One supersoldier, wielding the combat enhancement technology of the future with Nanosuit 2, will make the last stand to save humanity from destruction in the urban jungle that is New York City.

Videos

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/2IepmYY7SSk&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/2IepmYY7SSk&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;</a>

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/mji8aKc6j9Y&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/mji8aKc6j9Y&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;</a>

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/JDmSizKvpH4&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/JDmSizKvpH4&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;</a>

Websites

Crysis 2 official site
EA Crysis 2 site

It's a bit confusing still because there's so little info about the game. The last two videos are CryEngine3 demos, not the sandbox editor that comes with Crysis 2. These promos are for game developers who want to license CE3 for creating a game. What we're seeing is how CE3 uses Live Create to make a game for all platforms simultaneously. These are the graphics and physics we can expect to see in Crysis 2.

While we're sure the PC version will have a sandbox editor, we don't have any idea what its capabilities will be yet. There's also no information on whether consoles will have any editor or not. We can only hope that there's some way to create custom levels and mods for use on the consoles.

I just watched those videos again and... WOW!
Yeah, there's no way that editor is going to be on the console games.  That looks like takes far too much processing power.

Just updated the title...it appears this game will be out earlier than expected. 

Should have alot more info next week from E3

not much info on that deez. they just showed gameplay at e3

Once I heard "no map maker" I lost interest.  I'll try it out or watch the videos others post of the gameplay, but I'm not sure I'll get it unless it has a map maker.

I have to agree, the only reason I'd buy is because of the editor - oh well....there's always FC3 

That's great news, thanks Yoz!