Ready your graphics cards, Crysis might be getting remastered

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Ready your graphics cards, Crysis might be getting remastered

We're ready to bring our GPUs to their knees like the good old days

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Back in the late 2000s, it became a meme to test the best gaming PCs by asking ourselves "can it run Crysis". And, while the game has stayed a visual heavyweight, it's not really much of an accomplishment to get it running smoothly these days – what with all the ray tracing GPUs. 

 

However, the Crysis Twitter account broke its three-year-long silence, tweeting out simply "RECEIVING DATA". Sure, there's not much information there, but already the internet is swirling around with Crysis remaster rumors. And, we're totally here for it. 

 

 

Crysis 3 was the last game in the series to torture our computers when it came out all the way back in 2013. Since then, the seminal PC game series has been lying dormant, even though Cryengine has remained hugely popular. According to TweakTown, this isn't the first word of a Crysis remaster, as some hints were apparently dropped in tech demos.

 

If the remastered Crysis can adopt all the latest technology like ray tracing and take advantage of multi-core processors like the Ryzen 9 3950X, we could definitely see Crysis return to punish push an entire new generation of PC hardware. 

 

Now, obviously this is all speculation based on a tweet and a tech demo, so it's important to take it all with a grain of salt. Still, as TweakTown points out, EA did say it has some pretty big aces up its sleeve this year – maybe Crysis: Remastered is one of them. 

Can it run Crysis?

2020 is going to be a year that'll be packed to the brim with exciting PC hardware. We've already heard AMD CEO Lisa Su assure us that Ryzen 4000 CPUs and RDNA 2 GPUs are going to be hitting the streets, and we're sure that those lineups won't go unanswered by Intel or Nvidia, respectively. 

 

 

A new Crysis game, even if it is just a remaster of the original (fingers crossed for the whole trilogy), could be the perfect PC game to show off the new tech. 

 

 

Even though neither Crysis 2 or Crysis 3 carried the same graphics card-killing reputation as the first game in the series, all three games utilized the latest graphics technology to create some of the most beautiful games of all time. Hell, the whole trilogy still stands up 13 years after the original Crysis came out way back in 2007. 

 

 

Crytek, if nothing else, knows how to make a technically ambitious game, one that truly takes advantage of the best hardware on the market. If it remasters Crysis – and remember, this is far from a known fact – it could end up being one of the best-looking and most demanding games of the year. 

 

We know we can't wait to see what a 2020 Crysis looks like, and we're sure we're not alone. 

 

 

Source: Ready your graphics cards, Crysis might be getting remastered (TechRadar)

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Can it run Crysis Remastered Real Time Ray Tracing?

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The million dollar question: Can the Switch even run the graphically demanding game and still do it justice?

 

Highly anticipated: If you have wondered what Crysis would look like on current-generation hardware, wonder no more. Developer Crytek just announced that it is remastering the game for PS4, Xbox One, PC, and almost unbelievably, the Nintendo Switch.

It was only Tuesday when we reported on a rumor that a new Crysis game might be on the way. The speculation came from a cryptic tweet from the long-dormant Crysis account that only read, "Receiving data." There was no way of knowing if it was referencing a new game or a remaster, let alone if there was really anything in the works at all.

 

As it turns out, not only is there a Crysis title in the works, we now know it is a remaster. If that were not enough, it is headed to all platforms, including the Nintendo Switch. The developer announced the game shortly after it accientally leaked the teaser website online then quickly pulled it.

 

Crytek had inadvertently posted a Crysis Remastered website sometime between Wednesday and Thursday this week. The site was quickly taken down, but not before Twitter user lashman was able to grab some screenshots and assets from the page.

 

A new Crysis Remastered logo was found as well as a splash screen showing the game is coming to PC, PS4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch. A screenshot of the site's cookie policy was posted as well as the "Coming Soon" page.

 

"Crytek's ground-breaking, critically acclaimed first person shooter is back!" reads the coming soon message. "Crysis Remastered is coming to PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch — the game's debut on a Nintendo platform."

 

The message was preceded by "Please, use this one:" indicating that there were multiple versions of copy ready for the webmaster to post.

 

Two minutes before going to post about the leak, Crytek officially announced Crysis Remastered via Twitter and went live with the website, confirming the rumors were all true.

 

Knowing now that the game is coming, the question still remains whether Crytek can optimize the graphically intensive game to run decently on Switch hardware. Crysis is notoriously resource intensive with even Nvidia quipping, "**turns on supercomputer**."

 

No release date has been set, but reports of Nintendo Switches catching fire are forthcoming.

 

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