Start Counting Down to One of the Year's Most Highly Anticipated
First Person Shooters
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 2, 2007--Electronic
Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:ERTS) and Crytek, award-winning developers of Far
Cry, today announced that Crysis™, will be hitting retail stores in
North America and Europe on November 16, 2007 exclusively for the PC.
A technical achievement featuring stunning DirectX 10 and DirectX 9
visuals, cunning gameplay, and an epic story, Crysis is recognized as
one of the most anticipated PC games and first person shooters of
2007, recently winning Best PC game from the Game Critics Awards: Best
of E3 2007.
"Crytek is constantly striving to push the boundaries of both game
design and technology, while maintaining quality at the highest bar,"
said Cevat Yerli, CEO and President of Crytek. "We're thankful to our
fans for their support and patience, and we're excited to bring them
Crysis this year. It's going to be worth the wait."
Offering true, open-ended gameplay, Crysis gives gamers an
unparalleled amount of freedom that fosters completely unique gaming
experiences. Players are outfitted with a revolutionary Nanosuit and
an arsenal of fully customizable weapons, giving them a wide array of
options not only in approaching the entire game, but every single
objective or individual encounter. And they will need every advantage
they can get going head to head against a menacing and highly
intelligent alien threat amid dynamic, hostile battlefields that range
from lush, tropical jungles, flash-frozen landscapes and a horrifying
zero gravity environment.
Crysis also breaks new ground in multiplayer with the introduction
of PowerStruggle -- a unique team-based strategic mode for up to 32
players, where opposing sides battle for control of advanced weaponry
and vehicles to overcome their enemies. For those who prefer the
pulse-pounding action of deathmatch, Crysis will also feature an
Instant Action mode, with the highly adaptive Nanosuit serving as the
ultimate tool to outwit your opponents.
Crysis has not yet been rated by the ESRB or PEGI. Visit
www.esrb.org or www.pegionline.eu for updated rating information. For
more information about the game, log onto http://info.ea.com or the
game's official website at www.nanosuit.com.
About Electronic Arts
Electronic Arts Inc. (EA), headquartered in Redwood City,
California, is the world's leading interactive entertainment software
company. Founded in 1982, the company develops, publishes, and
distributes interactive software worldwide for video game systems,
personal computers, cellular handsets and the Internet. Electronic
Arts markets its products under four brand names: EA SPORTS™,
EA™, EA SPORTS BIG™ and POGO™. In fiscal 2007, EA posted
revenue of $3.09 billion and had 24 titles that sold more than one
million copies. EA's homepage and online game site is www.ea.com. More
information about EA's products and full text of press releases can be
found on the Internet at http://info.ea.com.
About Crytek GmbH
Crytek GmbH ("Crytek") creator of the multiple award winning
next-generation first person shooter Far Cry, and the upcoming
blockbuster hit Crysis, is an interactive entertainment development
company with its headquarters located in Frankfurt/Main, Germany and
additional studios in Kiev, Ukraine and Budapest, Hungary. Crytek is
dedicated to creating exceptionally high quality video games for the
PC and next-generation consoles, powered by their proprietary cutting
edge 3D-Game-Technology CryENGINE 2®. For more information about
Crytek, please visit www.crytek.com. Developers who are interested in
obtaining a commercial license for the CryENGINE 2® middleware
should mail their enquiries to cryengine@crytek.com.
EA, EA SPORTS, EA SPORTS BIG, and POGO are trademarks or
registered trademarks of Electronic Arts Inc. in the U.S. and/or other
countries. Crytek, Crysis and CryENGINE are trademarks or registered
trademarks of Crytek. All other trademarks are the property of their
respective owners.
CONTACT: Electronic Arts Inc.
Andrew Wong, 650-628-2781
anwong@ea.com
Bryce Baer, 650-628-5102
bbaer@ea.com
SOURCE: Electronic Arts Inc.