+Audioboxer Subscriber² Posted January 29, 2008 Subscriber² Share Posted January 29, 2008 Crytek will demonstrate their CryENGINE 2 game development middleware and their Sandbox 2 game editor at this year's Game Developer Conference, for the first time running on multiple hardware platforms such as the PS3 and Xbox 360.First publicly shown at last year's conference, and recently released as the technology underlying their critically acclaimed PC game, Crysis, this year's engine will be shown for the first time running on multiple hardware platforms such as the PS3 and Xbox 360, to a select audience. In addition, there will be a public demonstration showing how well the fully optimized engine can perform on a budget PC which can be put together for around 600 dollars complete, including keyboard and mouse. Visitors will be able to see for themselves the extremely high quality that can be achieved on relatively inexpensive consumer hardware today using the CryENGINE 2. Cevat Yerli, Sten H?bler and Bernd Diemer will host a GDC session entitled "Crysis in the Making", providing a behind the scenes look at the challenges of developing Crysis and the CryENGINE 2. Other highlights of the show will be various conference talks and discussions involving key Crytek technical staff including Chris Evans, Technical Art Lead, Tomas Neumann, Crytek's Audio Programmer, and Tiago Sousa, R&D Graphics Programmer. In addition, Crytek will once again be hosting a series of public presentations at their booth #6611 in the North Hall, where the topics to be covered will range from live demonstrations of rapid level creation using the Sandbox 2 editor, working with the next generation features of the CryENGINE 2 animation system, adding immersive sound and interactive music to your game, to a discussion of the overall CryENGINE 2 design, graphical pipelines and overall architecture. These presentations will be lead by many of the leading members of the Crytek's game development and engine teams. For the first time, Crytek will also be joined at their booth by some of their many licensing partners, which will also show the CryENGINE 2 being used for architectural visualizations and serious games applications. Seating for the presentations is on a first come, first served basis, and likely to fill quickly. Each of these presentations will repeat twice each day; no appointment is needed to attend. Source: http://www.worthplaying.com/article.php?si...ead&order=0 I now know where i'll be playing Crysis!:laugh:: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayepecks Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 Shouldn't really come as a surprise that it's going to be on these consoles, given that Crytek has been working on all of the consoles, including the Wii. Not sure that this means Crysis will be ported to any other platform, though, given how they'd have to change the graphical settings significantly (or remodel many maps). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tech Star Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 (edited) For fans of Crytek and their now famous CryENGINE 2, you will all be pleasantly happy to know that Crytek plans on showing off their CryENGINE 2 at this year’s Game Developer’s Conference. The thing that makes this so special is that they’ll be showing it off on multiple platforms, one of which being the PlayStation 3 console. This demonstration is going to be viewed by a select audience however there will be public presentations at their home booth as well. The presentations at Booth #6611 will show how the engine can be fully optimized on a cost-efficient PC that is built for roughly $600, including the mouse and keyboard. They want to demonstrate to visitors that the extremely high quality content that CryENGINE 2 provides can be obtained by the average PC owner, debunking the belief that you need a top-end PC to utilize it effectively. Along with that demonstration, you’ll also be able to see the Sandbox 2 game editor in action creating rapid levels for use, adding incredible sound quality, working with the CryENGINE 2 to deliver solid animation quality, and it will all be lead by many of the leading developers and designers for the Crytek engine itself. This will definitely be a hot ticket event and the demonstrations will occur twice a day. The seating is said to be on a first come, first serve basis, so make sure you show up early. News Source: Worthplaying Edited January 30, 2008 by Tech Star Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Teej Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 Where's my Crysis on the Wii? You know that **** would be awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xero Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 About damn time. I need my Crysis fix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swordnyx Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 OMG that is sweet! Hopefully this means Crysis is coming to the Xbox and PS3. If not, :( , cause I can't enjoy it's full glory with even my high end PC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xerxes Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 This is great news, but doesn't this make them somewhat hypocrites now? before when asked they said it was technically impossible to port the engine to PS3/X360 and now they say they can?! :wacko: still, is great news my good PC can barely handle the Crysis demo, so at least now I might actually get a chance to play it properly :p :happy: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrawn Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 I don't see why an xBox 360 can't run crysis on the PC equivalent of some medium, some high settings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swordnyx Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 I don't see why an xBox 360 can't run crysis on the PC equivalent of some medium, some high settings. It can. I'd say it can run at medium and maybe high shaders. It can definately not match the visual clarity that is present in modern PCs (although slowly). But running at med/high at 60 FPS is better than very high/DX10 with 10 FPS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayepecks Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 IMO, anyone who says a 360 or PS3 can run Crysis at high at a reasonable FPS setting has never played the game. Maybe medium I'll buy, but not high. I've said all along it's definitely possible, but they're going to have to change a lot of things and do a ton of optimization work. It'll still look good, but not Crysis good. I expect they'll eventually do a version of Crysis (maybe not a port, maybe), but let me stress this for some of you: this is the Game Developers Conference. I can't remember a high-profile game ever being announced at GDC, including a port. They're showing off the engine to potential licensees who may want to use it on consoles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NienorGT Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 Great, we will see how compare Consoles to PCs. I wish a PS3 or XBox could play nice with Crysis... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theyarecomingforyou Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 This is great news, but doesn't this make them somewhat hypocrites now? before when asked they said it was technically impossible to port the engine to PS3/X360 and now they say they can? They said that Crysis would not be able to run on current consoles in its current form, which is completely accurate - it can't even run well on highend PCs (I know... I tried it). There is no reason they can't take many aspects of that and significantly rework them for consoles. However, if they'd just made a decent, well optimised engine to start with then it wouldn't have been an issue. Now if the add good AI, decent vehicle handling, not crazy physics and a plot that isn't appalling they could have a decent game on their hands... it doesn't seem likely, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NienorGT Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 Already posted here: https://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=616615 Better place, since it's not just on the PS3 ;) I wonder why you edited the new to talk about only PS3 and remove the X360... :unsure: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bloodrain Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 fanboyism :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tech Star Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 Oh sorry about that, I just copied and pasted it from PSU: http://www.psu.com/Crytek-to-show-CryENGIN...a0002578-p0.php I did not edit it, sorry guys. :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NienorGT Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 LOL, I see :p I was sure it was for removing X360 when I saw "This post has been edited by Tech Star: Today, 20:17 " :rofl: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tech Star Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 No I like both consoles, I edited it because I forgot the source. If a mod can close this topic it would be great! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doli Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 multiple platforms, one of which being the PlayStation 3 console. Multiple platforms is your Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and the Wii (But it wont be on the Wii). Dont be so fast to call out fanboyism. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin-uk Veteran Posted January 30, 2008 Veteran Share Posted January 30, 2008 threads merged Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TruckWEB Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 This demonstration is going to be viewed by a select audience however there will be public presentations at their home booth as well. The presentations at Booth #6611 will show how the engine can be fully optimized on a cost-efficient PC that is built for roughly $600, including the mouse and keyboard. They want to demonstrate to visitors that the extremely high quality content that CryENGINE 2 provides can be obtained by the average PC owner, debunking the belief that you need a top-end PC to utilize it effectively. Well, I would not want to run Crysis on a $600 PC... Simply because you need 2 x $600 video card to be able to play it a high-rez with high quality Gfx. So if their CryEngine2 can scale that well to cheap PC and console, I wonder why they could not make Crysis a little bit more accessible for normal PC users.... As of now, Crysis could run on the PS3/Xbox360 only at 720p with low/medium details. That's about it. And don't expect high frame rate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bolix Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 Well, optimization is easier on a console i suppose. Working on software for a specified hardware makes optimization easier, at least when doing software development. Games must be the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soniqstylz Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 To keep this PS3-centric, and take it completely off-topic, SquEnix is going to be showing off some of the tech of the White Engine as well, I believe at the same time as the Crytek show. What sucks is that Sony is having a tech session on the Cell at the exact same time that Naughty Dog is having a session on how they used the SPU's. Ugh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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