Maximum Surprise

Last week, Crytek announced that the Crysis 1.3 patch that could fix the present bugs and improve game performance even on high-end machines wont be coming out and that they had no plan on working on it yet. Some interpreted this as Crytek’s inability to support their current products – Which is not a surprising assumption because some companies use the declaration of abandonment of game-support by telling people that they would stop patching a specific game. But of course this is too bad to be true, and indeed it is. 1 week after Crytek revealed that they currently can’t waste their developer’s precious time on a 1.3 patch, Crysis Warhead is announced.

Maximum Sexy

This baby… or a poster of a dude sporting a Crysis Nano Suit has been appearing in Crysis’ Official website since yesterday and as expected a lot of people went OMG and some guys started questioning their sexuality as soon as they noticed that they got excited for a 3d image of a guy in a nano suit… well of course it’s not yours-truly, Just some exaggerated assumption.

Maximum Speed

EA, please dont rush Crytek on this give them more time to work on this expansion so this game wouldn’t just be another – Maximum Hype

Anyway. Here are the official statement from Crytek regarding Crysis Warhead

“We were very pleased with the reception of Crysis from both gamers and media after our launch last year,” said Cevat Yerli, CEO and President of Crytek. “That being said, one of the key principles of our studio is to always raise the bar. With Warhead, we are focusing on refining our storytelling and game performance, while also delivering more of the visually stunning graphics and immersive, free-roaming gameplay everyone loved in Crysis.”

EA and Crytek Announce Development of Crysis Warhead
The Next Installment of One of the Highest Rated Games of 2007 Blasts Its Way Onto PCs This Fall

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Maximum freedom, maximum explosions and maximum Psycho! Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:ERTS) and award-winning independent studio Crytek today announced Crysis Warhead® – the parallel story to Crysis, one of the most critically-acclaimed first person shooters and PC games of 2007. Shipping exclusively for the PC this fall, Crysis Warhead is the first title to be developed at Crytek’s Budapest studio, and is built on a new, enhanced and optimized version of Crytek’s CryENGINE® 2 technology.

“We were very pleased with the reception of Crysis from both gamers and media after our launch last year,” said Cevat Yerli, CEO and President of Crytek. “That being said, one of the key principles of our studio is to always raise the bar. With Warhead, we are focusing on refining our storytelling and game performance, while also delivering more of the visually stunning graphics and immersive, free-roaming gameplay everyone loved in Crysis.”

“The best result of a partnership that we can ask for in the EA Partners program is when a world class independent studio like Crytek chooses to continue to work with us,” said David DeMartini, Vice President and Global General Manager, EA Partners. “Crysis was an amazing game and is going to be a blockbuster franchise. We could not be more excited to be working with Crytek to launch another hit with Crysis Warhead this year.”

In Crysis Warhead, players will don the Nanosuit of Sergeant Sykes, also known as ‘Psycho’, one of the most memorable characters from Crysis. More brash and aggressive than his Delta Force squadmate Nomad, players will experience Psycho’s parallel story during the events of the original game, finding that life on the other side of the island is even more intense and explosive than they ever could have imagined. Luckily, Psycho’s Nanosuit is just as capable and he’s equipped with an even bigger arsenal of fully customizable weapons and new vehicles, giving players access to the tools they need to dominate any situation. Aside from this new, exciting single player campaign, Crysis Warhead will also feature new multiplayer content. Stay tuned for more details this summer.

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Smith & Tinker is a new entrant to the computer game development industry, staffed by veterans in the development scene. The new studio was founded by Jordan Weisman after parting ways with Microsoft after the FASA Studio ceased operations back in September this year, announced in their website (www.smithandtinker.com) that they we’re able to acquire FASA’s IP licenses from Microsoft.

Microsoft owned the electronic entertainment rights for Mechwarrior and other FASA titles since they were purchased in 1999 until the recent acquisition of these rights by Smith & Tinker this month.

Smith & Tinker is pleased to announce that it has licensed from Microsoft the electronic entertainment rights for Mr. Weisman’s previous creations of MechWarrior, Shadowrun, Crimson Skies and the other properties of the FASA catalog. We’re not quite ready to announce our plans for each property, but please be assured that our goal is to surprise and delight old fans, while welcoming new fans to these fantastic worlds.

One of the most notable IP in the list is Mechwarrior/Battletech’s. Mechwarrior/Battletech is known to be a universe with the most zealous fanbase. Battletech has been around since the 80’s and has been immortalized in many forms such as pen and paper games, novels, books, Trading card and miniature tabletop games and of course Video Games. Mechwarrior games were the pioneer to full-3d games and non of the PC Mechwarrior games ever flopped. Fans and gamers alike have been waiting for mecha games of Mechwarrior’s caliber since the Mechwarrior 4 series, and so far none have resurfaced for the PC.

So heres for wishing that Smith & Tinker can resurrect the mecha games for PC… *cheers

*cough*mechwarrior 5*cough

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X-play Award Winners will be announced on December 17th 2007

Game of the Year

• Mass Effect
• Assassin’s Creed
• BioShock
• Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
• Halo 3
• Super Mario Galaxy

Most Original Game

• Assassin’s Creed
• Portal
• Overlord
• Crackdown
• Zack & Wiki: Quest for Barbaros’ Treasure

Best Gameplay Innovation

• Assassin’s Creed (free-running/climbing)
• Mass Effect (conversation system)
• Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (online level-up system)
• Halo 3 (Forge/Replays/Screenshots)
• Crackdown (Advanced Co-op features)

Best Multiplayer Game

• World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade
• Team Fortress 2
• Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
• Halo 3
• Rock Band

Best Action/Adventure Game

• Super Mario Galaxy
• Assassin’s Creed
• Crackdown
• God of War II
• Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction

Best Sports Game

• MLB PowerPros
• NCAA Football 2K8
• Forza Motorsport 2
• DiRT
• Winning Eleven Pro Evolution Soccer 2007

Best Shooter

• BioShock
• Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
• Halo 3
• Half-Life 2: Episode 2
• Team Fortress 2

Best Role Playing Game

• Mass Effect
• Final Fantasy VI Advance
• The Witcher
• Neverwinter Nights 2: Mask of the Betrayer
• Titan Quest: Immortal Throne

Best New Character

• Weighted Companion Cube (Portal)
• Saren (Mass Effect)
• Andrew Ryan (BioShock)
• GLaDOS (Portal)
• King Bohan (Heavenly Sword)

Best Art Direction

• BioShock
• Assassin’s Creed
• Super Mario Galaxy
• Mass Effect
• Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare

Best Animation

• Assassin’s Creed
• Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction
• Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
• Heavenly Sword
• Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune

Best Writing/Story

• BioShock
• Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction
• The Simpsons Game
• Mass Effect
• Portal

Best Original Soundtrack

• Mass Effect
• Portal
• BioShock
• Super Mario Galaxy
• Halo 3

Best Sound Design

• Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
• Assassin’s Creed
• Halo 3
• BioShock
• Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction

Best Downloadable Content

• The Elder Scrolls IV: Shivering Isles (XBL)
• Pac-Man Championship Edition (XBLA)
• Super Stardust HD (PSN)
• Carcassonne (XBLA)
• Crackdown Download Packs (XBL)

Best Strategy Game

• World In Conflict
• Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts
• Supreme Commander
• Galactic Civilizations II: Dark Avatar
• Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars

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