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If you thought that Crysis 2, the sequel to Crytek's impressive 2007 first person shooter, was going to be on another island setting, think again. According to the cover to the upcoming Official Playstation Magazine's next print mag, it looks like your Nanosuit 2.0 wearing soldier will be making its urban debut.

Yep, you will apparently be able to do mega jumps and go stealthy in the streets of New York City. Will you be fighting aliens in Penn Station or in the middle of Times Square or maybe on the top of the Empire State Building? Sounds good to us.

[Via Joystiq]

If you want to celebrate the end of 2009 by playing a classic or new PC game, the folks at Valve have a selection of games on their Steam service that have had their prices cut for one day only. The games include the recent PC port of Street Fighter IV which can be yours for $9.99 for the next 23 hours.

Other games on sale include Half-Life Source for just $2.49, Shattered Horizon for $4.99, the Multiwinia and Darwinia bundle for a mere $2.99, Crysis Maximum Edition (with Crysis and Crysis Warhead) for $13.59 and Medieval II: Total War for just $4.99. Remember, Steam still has a ton of games and game bundles on sale that will stay that way until January 5.

Update: The web site has apparently changed the sale prices since this post was released. We have changed the prices accordingly.

Over two years ago MechWarrior franchise owners Microsoft game a mod team called Wandering Samurai permission to go ahead with their free MechWarrior-based mod project for Crysis. Now at long last the mod team has released the first beta for the mod, titled MechWarrior: Living Legends.

Yes, even before the actual official MechWarrior game revival from developer Piranha Games is released you can try out this beta mod which requires the latest version of Crysis, the 2007 shooter from developer Crytek. In the meantime you can check out a launch trailer, which has lots of gameplay footage, from the mod, after the jump.

The team at Crytek has offered gamers a chance to play the full version of Crysis Wars online for free on several occasions and soon yet another opportunity to get some free game action will present itself. The MyCrysis web site has announced that yet another free trial of the 2008 multiplayer shooter will begin on December 19 and last until December 29.

There have been no updates to the game for some time so if you already have the full version there's no need to download it again. If you have yet to get the game you can download it right here at Big Download. If you have a offline LAN set up you can go ahead and play the game now. On December 19 you will have to get a CD key from the MyCrysis web site to play the full game online for free. After the free trial period ends you will have to purchase the full version in order to continue playing online.

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)

We kind of expected this would happen today and we were right. Online download sites are having some big Thanksgiving weekend sales and are breaking out the sales cutter and slicing down prices on a number of PC games. Direct2Drive's "All Killer, No Filler" sale takes $10 off the prices of Dragon Age: Origins and Grand Theft Auto IV and $20 off of The Sims 3. They also have deep 50 percent price cuts for Dawn of Discovery, Crysis Maximum Edition and Resident Evil 5. All sales end Monday except for Resident Evil 5 which ends on Friday.

Over at Impulse they have put over 40 games in their download library on sale. Prices are cut between 35 percent to 75 percent with some games cost as little as 79 cents to purchase. And that's not a typo.

You could create a DeLorean-Back to the Future car mod inside of Crysis if you really wanted to, but that's not particularly news worthy. However, creating a DeLorean-Back to the Future car mod that actually does use the flux capacitor to travel back and forth in time (in the game) . . . now that's worth looking into.

That's just what mod maker Mert Mimaroglu did with his very cool mod that can be used inside Crytek's 2007 first person shooter. The mod not only models the car, both inside and out, in great detail but as you can see in the video above you can use it to time travel in the game itself. All of the effects are spot on, from the electrical burst as the car hits 88 MPH to the frost the is created after a time jump to the fire trails it leaves behind when it moves out of the time line. Make sure Doc Brown and Marty see this.

Download the Crysis 'Back to the Future' DeLorean Mod (22 MB)

Sailing takes us away . .. oh, wait. That's would be sales, not sailing (sorry Christopher Cross). If you are looking to save a few buck this weekend, the various downloadable PC game sites have you covered:

• Steam has put both Crysis and Crysis Warhead on sale for 50 percent off their normal price this weekend. They have also put all of the Overlord games on sale for a whopping 75 percent off.
• Impulse has put their exclusive game Demigod on sale for 50 percent off this weekend. Other games on sale from Impulse include Titan Quest and Tropico Reloaded.
• Direct2Drive has a $5 coupon offer for Borderlands this weekend with people able to put in the code 5OFFBORDER at checkout.
• GamersGate has several games at 50 percent off their normal price this weekend including Elven Legacy, Darkstar One, Company of Heroes Complete and STALKER Clear Sky.

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).