Crysis 2 Arrives Today

  • Save humanity from alien invasion.
  • Can play game in 3D
  • Multiplayer option with six maps

Electronic Arts and Crytek announce today that Crysis 2 is available at retailers in Australia. Crysis 2 catapults players into a recreation of New York City in 2023, left ravaged by an alien attack. Players will use the powers of the Nanosuit 2 to be fast, be strong and be invisible, in an attempt to save humanity from this fatal invasion.

Crysis 2is the first game built on Crytek’s new multiplatform game engine, CryENGINE3 and can be played in high-definition in either 2D or stereoscopic 3D. 

“Bringing the Crysis franchise to consoles has been a huge achievement for all of us at Crytek,” said Cevat Yerli, CEO of Crytek. “We are very excited to bring this high quality first person shooter to gamers on multiple platforms while also offering another dimension of gaming with stereoscopic 3D.”

In Crysis 2, New York City has been ravaged by a series of climatic disasters and a plague that has struck down on the city’s population with brutal epidemic speed. The aliens have returned, stalking the streets and leaving the city in chaos, its skyline in flames. Set in a world of futuristic warfare where soldiers are not solely reliant on firing rifles and hurling grenades, players are empowered to use New York City as a virtual playground and become the ultimate weapon.

Crysis 2fast-paced multiplayer campaign features six gameplay modes and 12 maps set across recognizable locations in New York City and is built around the gameplay of the Nanosuit 2. This gives gamers a fresh setting with an emphasis on vertical gameplay which allows players to strategise, attack and defend from above and below.