New Players Can Experience the Critically-Acclaimed Multiplayer
Action GameFree from April 9- April 17 and Get the
Complete Crysis CompilationCrysis Maximum EditionStarting May 5
REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Apr 09, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:ERTS) and Crytek GmbH announced the start
of a free trial period for Crysis Wars(R)*, the multiplayer game
for Crysis Warhead(R), the award-winning first-person
shooter originally released last Fall. Starting today, gamers can play
all of Crysis Wars** online for free including each of the game's
three action-packed multiplayer modes and all 23 maps. The free trial
period runs until Friday, April 17, 2009.
This trial is designed to give players a sample of the signature action
and visuals that only the Crysis(R) series delivered. For those
players that want more than just a sample, EA and Crytek will release Crysis(R)
Maximum Edition, a compilation of all three Crysis games
in one box (Crysis, Crysis Warhead and Crysis Wars).
Available beginning May 5th for the MSRP of $39.99, Crysis
Maximum Edition is the ultimate Crysis experience.
"When Crysis Wars was released seven months ago, one of our
biggest goals was to be able to deliver continued support to our growing
multiplayer community," said Cevat Yerli, CEO and President of Crytek.
"We think we have delivered on that promise, not only by releasing new
content, fixes and our powerful MOD SDK, but also by continuing to offer
these types of free trials."
Crysis Wars supports matches for up to 32 players and contains
three distinct gameplay modes; InstantAction, frenetic deathmatch
enhanced by the power of the nanosuit, PowerStruggle, a hardcore
team-based mode and TeamInstantAction, a mix of fast-paced action in a
team-based environment.
Also available now is Crytek's powerful MOD SDK editor tool, which
allows gamers to tap their inner game designer to make maps and mods for Crysis
Wars both multi-and-single player. All player-generated maps for
multiplayer will be accessible to the entire community during this free
trial period.
Crysis, Crysis Warhead and Crysis Wars are all
rated 'M' for Mature by the ESRB and 18+ by PEGI. For more information
about everything Crysis, please visit www.mycrysis.com.
*Online internet connection and registration required
**INTERNET CONNECTION, ONLINE AUTHENTICATION AND ACCEPTANCE OF
END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT REQUIRED TO PLAY. GAMESPY REGISTRATION
REQUIRED TO ACCESS ONLINE FEATURES. ONLINE TERMS CAN BE FOUND AT WWW.GAMESPY.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(TM), EA(TM), EA SPORTS Freestyle(TM) and POGO(TM). In
fiscal 2008, EA posted GAAP net revenue of $3.67 billion and had 27
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") is one of the world's leading independent
development studios for interactive entertainment with its headquarters
in Frankfurt am Main (Germany) and additional studios in Kiev (Ukraine),
Budapest (Hungary), Sofia (Bulgaria), Seoul (South Korea) and Nottingham
(UK).
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(R).
Since its foundation in 1999, Crytek created the multi-award winning PC
titles Far Cry(R), Crysis, awarded best PC Game of E3 2007 and Best
Technology at the 2008 Game Developers Choice Awards and Crysis
Warhead(R), awarded Best Graphics Technology at IGN Best of 2008 Awards.
Crytek, Crysis, Crysis Warhead, Crysis Wars and CryENGINE are registered
trademarks or trademarks of Crytek GmbH in the USA, Germany and/or other
countries.
EA, EA SPORTS, EA SPORTS Freestyle, POGO are trademarks or registered
trademarks of Electronic Arts Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries.
All other trademarks are the property of their respective licensors.
SOURCE: Electronic Arts Inc.
EA Games Label
Andrew Wong, 650-628-7281
PR Manager
anwong@ea.com
Tammy Schachter, 650-628-7223
Sr. Director
tschachter@ea.com
or
Crytek
Jens Schaefer, + 49 69 21 977 6671
PR Manager
jens@crytek.de
Copyright Business Wire 2009