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BIZARRE: Crytek | Mind Blowing Facts

Crysis 2 had problems, but it got one thing right: destruction

Fancy a second helping of Crysis 2's big apple crumble?

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More than 15 years after it was revealed to the world, the game once envisioned as Crytek's big move into the online military shooter scene is finally closing

My.Games is pulling the plug on two online shooters with two very different histories.

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Hunt: Showdown keeps experimenting with the extraction genre, and its next twist sounds irresistible: Soon, extraction points and loot won't appear on the map

The Devil's Trail begins March 18.

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Squadron 42: Everything we know about Star Citizen’s singleplayer campaign

Get up to lightspeed on Squadron 42's cast members and story details.

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We can thank Valve and Team Fortress 2 for the best weapon in Crysis 3: Crytek lead says "I was playing a lot" of TF2 using the Sniper and his bow, and wanted a composite bow of his own

Crysis 3's iconic bow is a distant ancestor of TF2

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I will never get tired of Hunt: Showdown

The ultimate extraction shooter.

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Whatcha playing this weekend, Destructoid? (Aug. 1-3)

Another weekend reserved for gamin'.

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Crytek says the most important difference between Far Cry and Crysis had nothing to do with technology: 'In Crysis, we mimicked nature as closely as possible'

"If you want to build a real place, the best you can do is go to this place."

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How Crytek’s 25-year journey can inspire the next generation of game artists

First-ever documentary is crammed with lessons for aspiring game artists

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After a disastrous patch day, Hunt: Showdown 1896's 2.4 update is live for real now

Crytek says everything should be working smoothly again.

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Hunt: Showdown 1896 goes offline for a day after its latest update caused so many problems Crytek had to remove it completely

It took more than eight hours for Crytek to bring Hunt back to Steam, and it's still not playable on consoles.

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A graphical history of Far Cry: 17 years of huge maps, epic vistas, and fast food fighting fun

Open-world mayhem at its best.

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Crysis Remastered Trilogy activates maximum value mode as upgraded version of the legendary, hardware-crushing FPS series is currently 60% off

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'We want to increase the cost of silence': Hunt: Showdown 1896's latest update brings a new event, a massive list of bugfixes and a tougher challenge for stealthy players

Quiet play has been 'undervalued' in the past.

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Crysis 4 is officially 'on hold' as Crytek lays off 15% of its workforce, saying it 'cannot continue as before and remain financially sustainable'

But the studio will "continue to expand" Hunt: Showdown 1896.

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Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 performance analysis—scalable frame rates, decent graphics, and barely a stutter in sight

And for once, upscaling is completely optional. Wait, this is 2025, yes?

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Crysis director says it was so hard to run it became a meme because its highest settings were meant for future PCs: 'I wanted to make sure Crysis does not age'

"A lot of people tried to maximise Crysis immediately, and I'm like, 'Oh, that's not why we built the Ultra mode, or Very High.'"

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Crytek went so overboard on the Crysis tech it created a whole blushing system, implemented nose shadows, and sent devs to photograph leaves in Haiti to get the translucency right: 'We went over bonkers on this one'

"The shader work that came out of this was mind-blowing at times."

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Crysis' magical Nanosuit was so convincing that a nanotech conference asked Crytek's boss to give a keynote speech: 'I said, excuse me, but this is all fake'

Crysis 2 and 3, however, are documentaries.

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Post Malone is getting his own Hunt: Showdown season where he plays a cursed circus ringmaster

And say hello to Hunt's newest enemy mob: the Ursa Mortis.

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'It's the best game': Post Malone reveals he has nearly 400 hours in Hunt: Showdown, proving the songwriter has impeccable FPS taste

"Whenever I'm on the road and I can't play, I'm missing it."

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You're not going to see 'Peter Griffin or anime characters coming to Hunt,' says Crytek in response to fears that its Scream crossover means it's Fortnite now

Crytek says its collabs will stay true to Hunt: Showdown's lore, and maintains that the Ghost Face mask is a natural fit.

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Hunt Showdown dev defends Ghostface skin by saying it "fits into the dark, supernatural atmosphere as an ageless, almost mythological figure that transcends eras"

Crytek has responded to criticism over Hunt: Showdown's Scream crossover

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Actually, 1890s Colorado is a reasonable place for the Scream guy to show up, says Hunt: Showdown developer: 'We believe the latest Ghost Face Rampage DLC fits into the dark, supernatural atmosphere'

Following criticism of the crossover cosmetic, Crytek says that Ghost Face is "an ageless, almost mythological figure that transcends eras."

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Hunt: Showdown enjoys highest-ever player count after 1896 update, but player complaints about UI are pushing down its Steam review score: 'I've never seen such a bizarre reaction to so much amazing content'

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