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So you have enjoyed playing Crytek's hit first person shooter Crysis on your PC. But how do you feel about playing the game in the real world. An upcoming UK-based gaming event called Gamecity Squared says they plan to do just that with the help of Crytek's UK development studio (formerly Free Radical Design).

On October 29-30, an area in Nottingham, UK will supposedly be transformed into "real-life tropical jungle, complete with exotic flora and fauna." Players in Crysis Live will reportedly don the game's famous Nanosuit to fight off enemies in this real life event and even use the Nanosuit's invisible cloak. We are not sure how they plan to pull this off but it should be interesting to see how the organizers accomplish this event.

The folks at Crytek are opening up the online doors to anyone who wants to play their multiplayer shooter Crysis Wars. Beginning on Friday, anyone will be able to play the shooter online for free until the next Friday, September 4. You can still play the full game offline on a LAN network for free anytime you want.

Crytek hasn't added any new patches or content since the last trial so if you haven't done it already you can download the full client and the most recent 1.5 patch for the game right here at Big Download. If you don't have one already, Crytek will provide you with a CD Key to let you play the game online for free during the summer trial.

Download Crysis Wars v1.5 Patch (511 MB)
Download Crysis Wars Trial [Complete Single File] (5.5 GB)
or
Download Crysis Wars Trial [Self-Exctracting Multipart] 1 of 3 (2 GB)
Download Crysis Wars Trial [Self-Exctracting Multipart] 2 of 3 (2 GB)
Download Crysis Wars Trial [Self-Exctracting Multipart] 3 of 3 (1.5 GB)

Forget that silly "Cash for Clunkers" program that the government is trying to push down our throats. What you need isn't a new gas car but your own personal nanosuit. Luckily the folks at Crynet Systems have your back as they have just launched a new web site introducing their new "Nanosuit 2"

Yes you can check out the specs for the next version of the true "suit that makes the man". Features like a coltan-titanium exoskelton, nanocircurity, an ionic electroactive polymer-based liquid armor and more are standard on the Nanosuit 2. The Crynet Systems web site has a full PDF broshure, videos and more info for all of your Nanosuit 2 need.

(Ok, it's just a viral site for Crytek's upcoming FPS Crysis 2 but it is pretty cool).

Germany already has a fairly strict policy on regulating the sales of games with some violent content. However there has been increasing pressure from the government in that country to ban all games with violent content. While there a grass roots effort by gamers in that country to make the government reconsider, the threat is enough that one major German-based developer is saying they may pull stakes and move out.

According to a statement at German-based web site PCGames.de, Crytek CEO Cevat Yerli (and yes that's him above this post making like a Law and Order: SVU suspect) states, "If the German creative community can't effectively participate in one of the most important cultural mediums of our future, we will be forced to relocate to other countries." Crytek is of course the creator of the original Far Cry and Crysis first person shooter titles (with Crysis 2 already announced) as well as the CryEngine game development software that's used by third party developers. Crytek already has several studios outside of their home of Germany so moving their headquarters to another location is not as big of a deal as it might be normally.

In the "Not a huge shock" category. Electronic Arts has announced that it has signed a new deal with Crytek to publish Crysis 2, the next game in their sci-fi shooter series. EA published the original Crysis in 2007 for the PC and a second game, Crysis Warhead, was release for the PC in 2008.

Little else is know about Crysis 2 other than it will be release on consoles as well as the PC and that it will be the first game to use Crytek's CryEngine 3 technology. There is no word of a release date nor if the game will continue the story left behind at the end of the original Crysis.

Late last week we reported that Crytek would be offering another chance for anyone to download and play the full version fo the multiplayer shooter Crysis Wars online for a week. Today the MyCrysis web site has revealed more info on the trial period. It will begin on Thursday, April 9 and end on Friday, April 17

People who have already downloaded the full game and have kept their CD Keys from the previous free trials will have their keys reactivated for the new event. For any newcomers you can receive a CD Key by becoming a member of MyCrysis.net.. The day the free trial starts, MyCrysis.net members will be able to get their CD Key to play the game online. You can go ahead and download the full game and the most recent 1.4 patch to play the shooter in LAN mode for free.
Download the full Crysis Wars trial version from Big Download (2 GB)
Download the 1.4 Crysis Wars patch (434 MB)

For those who don't recognize the system, Big Download gave away a computer very similar to this one in contest a few months ago. So, we couldn't help trying out one of these monster systems for ourselves. iBuypower custom builds high-powered gaming computers, and the Paladin F870-SB has everything top-of-the-line technology has to offer. For starters, they system features an Intel Core i7-940 2.9GHz Quad Core processor along with a Nvidia GeForce GTX 295 video card. Other features include a whopping 6 GB of RAM, a Blu-ray/HD DVD drive in addition to the standard DVD read/write drive and multicard reader, running Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit. It's all topped off with a Sceptre 20.1" monitor, an NZXT "Avatar" gaming mouse, and a Logitech G15 gaming keyboard. Altogether, this monster has power and features to spare, and we threw a bunch of games at it to see how it all stacks up.

In a bit of a surprise annnouncement, Crytek has revealed that it plans to demo the next generation version of its CryEngine game graphics technology at the Game Developers Conference later this month. CryEngine 3 is the first game engine from Crytek that is not just for PC games but for "console, online, MMO and Next-Gen game development."

Crytek developed the first generation CryEngine to use for their 2004 first person shooter Far Cry. CryEngine 2 made its debut in 2007 with the release of Crysis and was used again in 2008 for Crysis Warhead. Both engines have been licensed by a number of different game developers in the past. Crytek states it will be giving public demos of CryEngine 3 during GDC along with holding meeting with developers who are interested in licensing the game engine.

After weeks of speculation, at least two separete stories on the Interweb have posted up word that UK developer Free Radical Design has found itself a buyer. 1Up.com reports that Free Radical's scriptwriter Rob Yescombe has told them it's German-based Crytek (the original Far Cry, Crysis and Crysis Warhead) has bought the company. Our sister site Joystiq has also heard the same thing from an anonymous source.

If true (and we expect to hear something official tomorrow) this move would represent only the latest expansion for Crytek. Besides their home office in Frankfurt, they have launched other development studios in the past two years in Kiev, Ukraine, Seoul, South Korea and Budapest, Hungary. They also purchased the former Black Sea Studios in Sofia, Bulgaria and renamed it Crytek Black Sea

Last October, developer Crytek and publisher Electronic Arts allowed folks to download and play the full version of Crysis Wars for free for a limited time period. Today EA announced they are doing it again for the holidays. Starting at Noon ET on Friday, Dec. 19 and ending on 2:59 am ET on Dec. 29, the full version of the sci-fi multiplayer shooter will be free to play online.

The full version will include the two new multiplayer maps, Savanna and Frost, that were released today as part of the new 1.3 patch for Crysis Wars (you can download that patch now at Big Download). As with the last free trial, you will have to go to the MyCrysis.com web site and register to receive a key that will allow you to play the game online during the new trial period. Of course we have the full version already available to grab here at Big Download.

[via email press release]