CHERTSEY,
UK. – January 23, 2006 – Electronic
Arts (NASDAQ: ERTS), the world’s leading interactive
entertainment software company and award-winning developer Crytek,
today announced they will bring Crysis,
an exciting new first person shooter, to gamers worldwide. Developed
by Crytek, the makers of the award-winning Far Cry, Crysis
will be an original first person shooter game for PC based on new
intellectual property.
“Our
focus has always been on innovating gameplay and technology, and
bringing new experiences to gamers through our original intellectual
properties,” says Cevat Yerli, CEO & President of Crytek. “Crysis
will be a showcase for that commitment and will
offer gamers from all over the world the next step in FPS gaming.”
Shooter
fans will face a new kind of gameplay challenge requiring adaptive
tactics and customisation of weapons and armour in dynamic, hostile
environments as mankind struggles to survive in the face of a
horrific alien invasion.
Crysis
will bring together the creative and technical talent of Crytek
with the publishing expertise and unrivalled reach of Electronic
Arts. Crysis is to be published by EA following the worldwide
relationship announcement between the two companies and is being
developed using the leading-edge technology of Crytek’s proprietary
engine CryENGINE 2.
“We
are delighted to reach the next level in our relationship with
Crytek,” says Tom Frisina, Vice-President and General Manager for
EA Partners. “Nurturing creative talent and bringing original
intellectual property to the world of interactive entertainment is a
key focus for EA and EA Partners. Crysis will bring an
entirely new FPS experience to gamers everywhere.”
News Source: EA Press Release
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