• E3 2008 Coverage
  
  
• Post-E3 Community Coverage
  
  
• Community Q&A #2
  
  
• Community Update Corner
  
  
• Crysis Warhead Official Website Launched
  
  
• Warhead Exclusive: ASV Anti-Infantry Introduction
  
  
• Crytek Attends Games Convention 2008
  
  
• Introducing “Eddy Dew” as new Crytek Lead Community Manager

1. Preview Articles
   o E3 Preview from 1up.com
   o E3 Preview from Gamespy
   o E3 Preview from Tomsgames.com
   o E3 Preview from Shacknews.com
   o E3 Preview from Actiontrip.com
   o E3 Preview from CVG
   o E3 Preview from Pcworld.com
   o E3 Preview from bigdownload.com
   o E3 Preview from U.G.O.
   o E3 Preview from AtomicGamer
   
   
2. Preview Videos
   o Demoing the new ASV at Gametrailers.com
   o E3 Preview and Interview with our very own Bernd Diemer at g4tv
   o E3 Trailer from Rockpapershotgun.com
   o IGN E3 Coverage – Doom run
   o IGN E3 Coverage – Grenade Lobbing
   o IGN E3 Coverage – Infantry Combat
   o IGN E3 Coverage – Get Going
   o IGN E3 Coverage – Max Speed

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E3 2008 – Demo Level Summary Level Name: Shore Leave Mission Time of Day: Late afternoon till evening Enemies: North Korean Infantry, Reinforcement Trucks, LTV’s and heavy vehicles Mission Description Psycho and a crashed pilot are on a run to reach the evacuation point in time before the North Korean army overruns the area. After making their way along the road towards the landing zone, marines are already awaiting their arrival near the VTOL. Unfortunately the North Koreans have planned a huge attack on the LZ in order to prevent the pilot from evacuating the area. Sykes and the rest of the marines are forced to defend their position in order to secure air support in a further mission. After an action packed fight with KPA forces assaulting the Marines from all directions, the LZ is finally secured. Psycho moves onto the harbor where he attempts to intercept Lee’s cargo, which JSOC believe is a nuclear warhead destined to explode in the middle of the US carrier fleet… Community exclusive in-game screenshots

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1. Is there new vegetation in Warhead or do you just re-use everything? (Cheses, Crysisnews.de) Answer: In Warhead you will encounter new environments, vegetation and also plenty of other new objects. Additionally we have improved many of the existing assets of Crysis to match up with the quality of Warhead. 2. Are there going to be more multiplayer game modes than IA and PS? (Dark Sith, Crysisnews.com) Answer: Yes, on game release we will have an additional brand new game mode. We will reveal more details later on, but during its development we really focused on fast and intense action, team play and a better integration of the Nanosuit as game play element. 3. How far did you think of modding support for Crysis Warhead? (Höhlchen, Crysisnews.de) Answer: We are aware that this topic is crucial and has a high priority for us. We want to provide you the best possible modding support for Warhead and are currently looking for several ways how to achieve this goal. We will talk more about that once we finalized our plans and are confident with the result. 4. Did you get rid of the trick jumps that have been introduced in Crysis? (ScoR, Crysis-HQ.com) Answer: In the first case the trick jump was reported as a bug where players could fly almost through the whole map in Crysis multiplayer. This bug has been fixed with a previous patch already. After internal discussions we came to the conclusion that the remaining possibility to strafe jump for a limited range influences the gameplay style in a positive way, so we kept it in to support a faster pace. 5. Have you had a look at the custom configurations created by the users or did you create your settings completely on your own? (Baggibox, Crysis-HQ.com) Answer: We did a lot of research for Warhead and also had a close look on almost all available tweak configurations that have been created by the users. We took some of their work as inspiration and tried to build upon what they achieved with their optimization work. 6. Can we expect more polygons to be used on objects, better textures and a better optimized game than in Crysis? (Baggibox, Crysis-HQ.com) Answer: In Warhead we use the most recent CryENGINE2 version which is further optimized. It is possible now to show more overall action on the screen such as explosions, AI enemies, objects and more with an increased frame rate. 7. Is the AI going to behave more realistically or does it still act sometimes inhuman like in Crysis? (TheUnusual, Crysis-HQ.com) Answer: The AI code has been improved in several areas especially the reactions of the enemies when the player is using cloak mode or a silencer on his weapon. These have been re-worked to act more realistically. 8. When playing Psycho, are you going to see already known locations of Crysis or are they going to be replaced/skipped? (M3nTo5, Crysis-HQ.com) Answer: We definitely put in some moments that are linked to specific events for those who played Nomads story in Crysis before. It is up to the player to find them all. 9. Is a demo of Warhead planned? (Crysis2142, Crysis-HQ.com) Answer: Currently we do not plan to provide a demo prior to the release of Crysis Warhead. Nonetheless we are evaluating options for a demo version that may come at a later point. 10. Will we be able to dual wield different weapons; like a pistol in one hand and a sub machine gun in the other? (UltimaRage, Crysis-Online.com) Answer: Even though this is a nice idea, we did not implement this for Warhead. The AY-69 was especially created for Psycho to match his personality since both are deadly, fast and promise a lot of action. 11. How many new weapons/game modes/vehicles can we expect? (Espenol, Crysis-Online.com) Answer: In the last Monthly Update we already introduced you to the AY-69 weapon which can be dual-wielded. Today we provided more exclusive information on the ASV (Armored Scout Vehicle) Anti Human version. Expect some more unveilings in the near future. 12. Will Crysis Warhead include any levels that contain an urban environment? (ninotek, Crysis-Online.com) Answer: Warhead takes place on the same island as Crysis, so we adjusted the level settings to match up with the overall environment. We've got open range passages but also ones that provide close combat action to the player. 13. Will we see any significant gameplay tweaks or adjustments? Will the nanosuit functions remain the same or will they be altered for balancing issues? (Jiggles, Crysis-Online.com) Answer: The core Nanosuit functionalities are the same since we are pretty happy with their set-up and usability. We did some very minor tweaks, but they have almost no effect on the gameplay style. 14. Will the singleplayer campaign include any group/squad fights, as opposed to the primarily individual fighting style seen in Crysis? (thmage, Crysis-Online.com) Answer: We do not want to reveal too much, but it may be that there are specific scenarios in some of the levels that offer fighting and mission accomplishment in a larger group. 15. Will we be seeing any improvements in the "vehicular damage" system? (Jiggles, Crysis-Online.com) Answer: For both Warhead singleplayer and multiplayer we looked into the vehicle code and improved it in various areas. We improved the physics for almost every vehicle and also adjusted the proxy settings which are responsible for the collisions and the respective damage settings. We wanted the vehicles to behave more realistically, but still in an area where they are really fun to drive. So we tried to balance both realism and fun gameplay. 16. Will there be tag bullets in Crysis Warhead? (thebusdriver, Crymod.com) Answer: We still have the tactical attachment in Warhead which can be used in the same way it was possible in Crysis. Although Sykes is not a real tactical guy, he rather tends to blow things up. 17. Are there any plans to update the editor with the release of the new game? (factorx, Crymod.com) Answer: With the Sandbox 2 Editor we follow the same plan with the modding support. The topic is at the top of our priority list and we want to ensure that we provide you with a solid base to develop your levels and mods on. Still we are not yet in a position where we can talk about the details, since everything is still in progress. 18. Is there going to be a bigger map pool for multiplayer? (Dark Sith, Crysisnews.com) Answer: We have planned plenty maps for launch, including re-worked and improved levels you already know from Crysis. More details to the brand new maps we will have included are going to be revealed shortly. 19. Will there be different versions of Warhead, one cut for Germany and one uncut for the rest of the world? (jupiee, Crymod.com) Answer: Like in Crysis we will provide one global version of Crysis Warhead. 20. Will Warhead become stealthier and can you drag dead bodies? (jupiee, Crymod.com) Answer: Of course every individual player can still pick his favourite tactic, so it is definitely possible to plan an approach carefully or play stealthy again, if you wish to. True to the Crysis sandbox approach you can also play Warhead the “Sykes” way with lots of action and explosions. Dragging away dead bodies is something we have not considered. 21. Will there be a broader range of enemies in this game? (I am scientist, InCrysis.com) Answer: During the Warhead campaign we have prepared a few surprises for you, but it is better to play the game for yourself when it is released to see what kind of challenge awaits you there.

1. Multiplayer Winners
   It was a very tough choice to pick the winners in both the PowerStruggle and InstantAction categories, but a decision had to be made and the results can be found below.
   
   Link: Multiplayer - InstantAction and PowerStruggle Winners
   
   
   
2. Singleplayer Winners
   The decision for the Singleplayer maps was equally as difficult due to the amazing amount of effort that everyone put in and the sheer quality displayed. For the results, just follow the link below.
   
   Link: Singleplayer Winners

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Technical Specification Weight: 9.5 tons Crew: 3 (1 driver, 2 passengers) Type: Light Armored Vehicle Drive: 4-wheel drive Main weapon: advanced mini gun; high fire rate; low accuracy; extreme damage output against infantry and non-armored vehicles Description The ASV in its Anti-Infantry edition comes with a highly advanced mounted mini gun which has an extremely high fire rate and is ideal to be used against any kind of personnel or vehicles with no armor improvements. Due to its low accuracy the mounted weapon is ideal for close to mid-range combat situations. With the ASV being a light armored vehicle it is fast on the road but also provides enough protection against attacks from light enemy fire. Be sure to avoid tank shells as they will likely cause heavy damage. The ASV Anti-Infantry In Action

Warcraft III, World of Warcraft, Team Fortress (Classic and 2) and of course Crysis.

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“Dear community members! Now the time has come to move on and gain experience from a different part of the games development. Over the past few years I’ve been the Community Manager for Crytek’s first two game titles “FarCry” and “Crysis” and really enjoyed every single bit of it. It has been a great job to be in such close contact with the world-wide community members either via the Crymod modding portal or the many other fan site forums spread throughout the internet. You are a great community with a lot of passion and engagement – with lots of active and talented members. I’ve been in quite a few communities as a gamer before I joined Crytek back in 2003 as QA Tester, but I’ve never seen such a friendly and committed community before in any other game. Sure, there were times when things did not run perfectly fine and we also had one or another let down during my time as Community Manager. But I always had the very satisfying feeling that you didn’t let down, neither on Crytek nor on any games we released so far – that is what I call a true fan and community member. There are so many things I could talk about, which I’ll keep in my mind for the rest of my life. Things like the first community summit for Crysis, which was a huge success in my eyes and I couldn’t be happier to see all the fans standing in front of me, smiling and eagerly awaiting the action packed days we had prepared for them. Or the Beta of Crysis when thousands of fans played the Multiplayer part over and over again and gave lots of constructive feedback which helped us improve the game for release. I could go on for quite a while and list things I remember when thinking of the Crysis development. Basically it makes me quite sad to leave everything behind we have built up over the past few years, but I am pretty confident that Eddy will do an excellent job. We picked him wisely and he is already really looking forward to taking over this position. Long speech, short story, I would like to thank everyone for their great commitment. I’ll be missing the work a lot, but I am also very happy to be part of the design team which takes care of the upcoming Multiplayer releases. So keep your eyes open, I’ll still plan to be as active as I can on the fan site forums, on the Crymod modding portal and of course on our new community web site we are currently setting up (which will be absolutely great btw!). All the best for the future, treat Eddy nicely – he deserves it So long, -Alex”

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