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Crisis screenshots from its original release

There may never be another Crysis moment for PC gaming

By Jacob Ridley published 28 December 22

News Has PC gaming grown out of absurd system requirements?

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Crysis reinstall: does the graphical powerhouse still hold up?

By Andy Kelly last updated 9 September 22

suit up Andy revisits the highly demanding and still gorgeous Crytek shooter.

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The real cost of running Crysis in 2007, upgrade by upgrade

By Phil Iwaniuk published 12 August 22

Profit Margin That time we collectively realised our PCs just wouldn't cut it.

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Hitman 3 game director will lead Crysis 4 development

By Shaun Prescott published 4 May 22

News Crytek is on a big recruitment drive for the next Crysis instalment.

A still from the announcement trailer for Crysis 4.

Crysis 4 has been announced

By Mollie Taylor last updated 26 January 22

News Crytek announced the game with a little teaser trailer.

The history of trees in PC gaming

By Matt Elliott last updated 23 April 21

His-tree lesson Wood you join us as we look bark?

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Crysis Remastered release date has leaked ahead of July 1 gameplay reveal (Updated)

By Andy Chalk last updated 1 July 20

news The Microsoft Store has listed a late July release date.

Crysis Remastered is coming to PC with ray tracing, higher resolution textures

By Andy Kelly last updated 16 April 20

News Crytek's PC-humbling shooter returns.

A new Crysis is almost certainly happening

By Andy Chalk last updated 15 April 20

news It looks like that 'April Fool' about a new Crysis game wasn't a joke at all.

This experimental mod adds 'ray tracing' to any game, including Crysis

By Jarred Walton published 8 May 19

News But can it run Crysis ... with path tracing?

Crysis blew my PC up and taught me a valuable lesson

By Andy Kelly published 14 November 17

OOPS Always buy a decent PSU.

10 years later, we can finally run Crysis

By Jarred Walton published 13 November 17

So Demanding But as a performance analysis with 2017 hardware shows, it continues to punish even modern GPUs.

'But can it run Crysis?'—10 years of a PC gaming meme

By James Davenport published 13 November 17

nomad The ups and downs of one of PC gaming's most popular catchphrases.

Hunting Yankee is a North Korean game about shooting US soldiers

By Andy Chalk published 28 August 17

news This was bound to happen sooner or later.

GOG adds Crysis, Crysis: Warhead, and Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault

By Andy Chalk published 27 October 16

news All three, and a bunch of other EA games, are on sale.

What 'optimization' really means in games

By Peter "Durante" Thoman published 22 September 16

Framerate unlocked Durante talks to game developers and digs into the nitty gritty of what makes PC games well optimized.

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The most ambitious PC games

By Richard Cobbett published 14 July 16

thinking big These games strained against the technical and design limitations of PC gaming and did something that had never been done before.

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Game Performance Using Different Storage Media

By Sho Kikugawa published 2 February 16

Gaming Performance How different storage media affects in-game performance

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Crysis 4K gallery: Fresh and lush

By Mary K published 17 December 15

Pixel Boost Can your PC run these screenshots?

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Revisiting Crysis's amazing FPS sandbox: how the series lost its way

By PCGamer published 8 October 14

Crysis was more than just a tech demo—its sandbox exemplified the best of PC shooters. Crysis 2 and 3 never recaptured that magic.

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