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The newest patch for Crysis 2 updates the game to v1.4. This update includes a number of gameplay fixes and enhancements such as multiplayer vote kicking, removing a number of exploits, and improving SSAO graphics performance with some video cards. The complete list of changes can be found after the jump.

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With just over a week to go before its official release, Valve's puzzle-shooter sequel Portal 2 is now on top of Steam's weekly top 10 best selling PC game list. Crysis 2 went down to the number 1 spot while Valve's Potato Sack indie sales promotion-ARG project is in the number three spot this week.

The full top 10 list is as follows:

1. Portal 2 - Valve
2. Crysis 2 - Crytek/EA
3. The Potato Sack - Various indie games
4. Total War Shogun 2 - The Creative Assembly/Sega
5. Call of Duty Black Ops First Strike Map Pack - Treyarch/Activision
6. Blood Bowl Legendary Edition - Cyanide Studio/Focus Home Interactive
7. Dungeon Siege III - Obsidian Entertainment/Square Enix
8. Aliens Vs Predator - Rebellion/Sega
9. Rift - Trion Worlds
10. Dragon Age 2 - BioWare/EA

If you have been waiting for a new PC patch for Crysis 2 your wait is over. Crytek's official message boards for the game have revealed the patch notes for the just released 1.2.0.0 PC patch. The notes reveal that the patch contains some more anti-cheating measures along with the option for crouch toggle in both single player and multiplayer.

There's also some login issues that are fixed as well as one that caused some players to lose Nano Catalyst points after restarting the game. Steam users who have already downloaded the patch are apparently getting some long loading times but the Steam version should have that fixed in a few days.

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Crysis 2 continues to sell well, at least as a downloadable PC game. Crytek's latest entry in the sci-fi shooter series was the number one best selling game on Steam's download service last week. Pre-orders for Valve's Portal 2 came in second for the week while the Call of Duty Black Ops First Strike DLC map pack came in third.

The full top 10 sales list is as folllows:

1. Crysis 2 - Crytek/EA
2. Portal 2 - Valve
3. Call of Duty: Black Ops First Strike -Treyarch/Activision
4. Total War: Shogun 2 - The Creative Assembly/Sega
5. The Potato Sack - Various Indie Games
6. Shift 2 Unleashed - Slightly Mad Studios/EA
7. Rift - Trion Worlds
8. Darkspore - Electronic Arts
9. Dragon Age II - BioWare/EA
10. Call of Duty: Black Ops - Treyarch/Activision

As promised, publisher Electronic Arts and developer Crytek have released a new PC update for their recently first person shooter sequel Crysis 2. This automatic update is the first of a planned series designed to book multiplayer security in the game.

According to the MyCrysis message boards, the update goes after "accounts that we have identified as exploiting an unfair advantage". Those accounts have now been reset and according to the message board post, "if the activity persists they will be banned permanently."

Meanwhile Crytek has once again put down rumors about a possible DirectX 11 patch for Crysis 2 in its message boards, stating, "No announcements have been made on this topic and anything read on other sites is purely speculation."

Crysis 2 remains a fairly controversial game for its PC owners with many saying that Crytek's latest first person shooter needed more development time. Today on the MyCrysis.com message board a Crytek rep said that the game's multiplayer modes will get some help, specifically on keeping cheaters and hackers out. The message board post states, "We are currently taking steps to permanently remove cheats from Crysis 2 and those individuals that choose to utilize them."

Meanwhile Eurogamer.cz reports via unnamed sources that the long awaited DirectX 11 update for Crysis 2 is still two to three months away from being released. The article claims that Crytek only started putting DirectX 11 features in the game last November and that it wasn't ready to be put into the final version before its release last week. Neither Crytek nor publisher Electronic Arts have officially confirmed that a DirectX 11 patch is even in the works.

Valve seems to have skipped this week in terms of offering a "mid-week madness" sale on Steam. We wonder what that might mean. In any case other sites are offering sales today.

• Direct2Drive is offering a 15 percent discount for a number of recently released PC games from now until April 4. The games on sale include titles like Crysis 2, Dragon Age 2, Total War Shogun 2 and more. You must put in the promo code "MARCHMADNESS" at checkout to get the discount.
• Direct2Drive is also offering a sale for today only for Alien Shooter 2 for just $3.98.
• Direct2Drive is also letting folks vote on its Facebook page on which game should get a big discount on Thursday: Crysis 2 or Dragon Age 2.

It has been four years since its release and Crysis is still being held up as the machine-killer of all PC games. Whenever you buy a new rig, chances are you will hear the inevitable, "Well, yeah, but can it run Crysis on the highest settings?" As a game, however, it had a number of faults, including unintuitive suit usage, hilariously idiotic AI, and a lack of focus in many of the massive levels. Crysis 2, as strange as it seems, feels like a direct response to these criticisms. A developer redressing a game's flaws in said game's sequel? No way! That's not to say, however, that Crysis 2 is without its own flaws. While it's a fantastic game worthy of picking up, it's also currently suffering from one of the worst launches we have ever experienced. This is the gist of Crytek's latest effort: an excellent game, but one filled to the brim with experience-altering issues.

A number of web sites have been reporting today that Crytek had plans to release a new patch sometime today for the PC port of its just released first person shooter Crysis 2. The patch was reported by these sites to finally update the game to support DirectX 11 graphics cards. However a post on the official MyCrysis.com message boards has put these rumors to rest.

According to Crytek's community manager, "No patch was ever confirmed, I have no idea why this website even posted such information." He added, "When there are any big announcements regarding Crysis 2 they will be posted on MyCrysis, if you read something about a patch for example, but don't see it on MyCrysis.com, then it isn't genuine." On the plus side the community manager stated in another forum post there will be a new PC patch for the game available via auto-updater later this week but there's no word on what the patch will contain.

So a portable game console with glasses-free 3D was released today. Which is great, except that the console looks on the surface something that was made 10 or 15 years ago. Why won't Nintendo learn something new about case design?

• Eurogamer's Digital Foundry has a Crysis 2 PC tech article up, reviewing the tech features before the (hopeful) DirectX 11 patch.
• Some possible system specs for The Witcher 2 have been posted up ... but they are in Polish.
• A Canadian ISP admits that it has been cutting down the net speeds of its customers when they run World of Warcraft.
• Sales of Minecraft continue to impress; it broke the 1.7 million unit sales mark earlier this weekend.