Latest Reviews of Crytek Games
Review Ryse: Son of Rome (Xbox One)
Veni, vidi, vici, all in a day
Ryse: Son of Rome is an excellent showcase for the Xbox One hardware. The visually stunning, fast paced action title delivers intense combat, an intriguing story and a pleasantly surprisingly slice of cooperative multiplayer to introduce this new generation of gaming. It's far from flawless but it's undoubtedly...
Crysis averted?
With consoles dominated by simplified mass-market FPS titles - like Activision’s Call of Duty behemoth - the arrival of the Crysis franchise was a breath of fresh air. Initially a PC exclusive that garnered a reputation as a hardware-crushing FPS for the hardcore gamer, it would be easy to assume that the incredible graphics that...
Latest Crytek Articles
News 'Hunt: Showdown 1896' Unveiled As Support For Xbox One Ends Next Month
"Players can join a whole new experience"
After first announcing the switch in late 2023, developer Crytek has finalised its plans for Hunt: Showdown to move to current-gen-only platforms this year. Soon to be titled Hunt: Showdown 1896, the popular PvPvE shooter will ditch Xbox One support on August 15th - while taking up its new name on Xbox...
News Hunt: Showdown Is Dropping Xbox One Support This August
Xbox Series X|S owners can look forward to an upgrade
Throughout the Xbox Series X|S generation there's been debate about whether games should still support the previous generation. With this in mind, developer Crytek has now confirmed it's dropping Xbox One support for Hunt: Showdown this August. This decision is due to a "new era of Hunt"...
News 'Crysis 4' Single-Player Campaign Confirmed As Crytek Ramps Up Development
"Come help us build the next campaign"
A little over a year ago we got official word that a new Crysis game was in the works, as developer Crytek continues to build a "truly next-gen shooter" in the form of Crysis 4. Since then, we've heard very little about the game's progress, but a new hiring video posted by the team does at least tell us on
Talking Point Are You Ready For Crytek's Famous FPS To Return To Xbox?
It's been 10 years since Crysis 3 hit the 360!
'Can it run Crysis?' The famous phrase was thrown around like nobody's business 15 odd years ago, as Crytek's debut Crysis game put PCs around the world through their paces. In the years following, two sequels arrived that were admittedly more catered towards console players, before the series was...
News Hunt: Showdown To Remove FPS Cap On Xbox Series X & Series S
Next-gen players will enjoy up to 60fps hunting
We've been big fans of Crytek's sublime Hunt: Showdown since we first started playing it during its early access phase on PC way back in 2018. While the core elements of this intense PvPvE game have always been rock solid, there's no doubt it started off life in pretty rough and ready shape, and so...
News Crysis Remastered Trilogy Suits Up On Xbox This October
With extra enhancements on Xbox Series X|S
Get ready, as Crytek has announced the eagerly anticipated Crysis Remastered Trilogy will be arriving for Xbox One, Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S on October 15. Bundled with Crysis, Crysis 2 and Crysis 3, all three titles will have fully remastered campaigns (no multiplayer), while also being optimised...
Random Hunt Showdown's Upcoming Map Includes A Shrek-Tacular Easter Egg
Shrek is life
Games are known to include some weird and strange Easter Eggs, but this one in Hunt: Showdown knocks it out of the park. Fans of Dreamworks' animated film Shrek will be happy to know an upcoming map will include Shrek's home. Yep, you heard that right. As part of the game's summer update, a new map is being added known as DeSalle...
News Hold Up, Is A Crysis 2 Remaster Being Teased?
It certainly looks like it
It seems like only yesterday we got Crysis Remastered, and when it launched, there were substantial issues. But here we are months later, problems have been fixed and we even have an Xbox Series X version to sink our teeth into. With the team putting the game behind them now, a recent tease suggests they may be working on...
News Crysis Remastered Might Be Getting An Xbox Series X Upgrade Very Soon
That's what it sounds like, anyway
We don’t consider ourselves detectives here at Pure Xbox, but this latest statement from Crytek certainly has our senses tingling that an Xbox Series X patch for Crysis Remastered might be on the way. While announcing a hotfix had gone live to address issues surrounding the game’s motion blur, a further tweet...
News It Looks Like The Microsoft Store Just Revealed The Release Date For Crysis Remastered
Not again!
Oh dear - just a day before the big reveal, it looks like the release date for Crysis Remastered has surfaced online. Once again, Microsoft's online store has let the cat out of the bag. Assuming it is correct, the game will be arriving next month on 23rd July and will apparently require around 7GB of free space. Some screenshots have...
News 'Hunt: Showdown 1896' Unveiled As Support For Xbox One Ends Next Month
"Players can join a whole new experience"
After first announcing the switch in late 2023, developer Crytek has finalised its plans for Hunt: Showdown to move to current-gen-only platforms this year. Soon to be titled Hunt: Showdown 1896, the popular PvPvE shooter will ditch Xbox One support on August 15th - while taking up its new name on Xbox...
News Hunt: Showdown Is Dropping Xbox One Support This August
Xbox Series X|S owners can look forward to an upgrade
Throughout the Xbox Series X|S generation there's been debate about whether games should still support the previous generation. With this in mind, developer Crytek has now confirmed it's dropping Xbox One support for Hunt: Showdown this August. This decision is due to a "new era of Hunt"...
News 'Crysis 4' Single-Player Campaign Confirmed As Crytek Ramps Up Development
"Come help us build the next campaign"
A little over a year ago we got official word that a new Crysis game was in the works, as developer Crytek continues to build a "truly next-gen shooter" in the form of Crysis 4. Since then, we've heard very little about the game's progress, but a new hiring video posted by the team does at least tell us on
Talking Point Are You Ready For Crytek's Famous FPS To Return To Xbox?
It's been 10 years since Crysis 3 hit the 360!
'Can it run Crysis?' The famous phrase was thrown around like nobody's business 15 odd years ago, as Crytek's debut Crysis game put PCs around the world through their paces. In the years following, two sequels arrived that were admittedly more catered towards console players, before the series was...
News Hunt: Showdown To Remove FPS Cap On Xbox Series X & Series S
Next-gen players will enjoy up to 60fps hunting
We've been big fans of Crytek's sublime Hunt: Showdown since we first started playing it during its early access phase on PC way back in 2018. While the core elements of this intense PvPvE game have always been rock solid, there's no doubt it started off life in pretty rough and ready shape, and so...
News Crysis Remastered Trilogy Suits Up On Xbox This October
With extra enhancements on Xbox Series X|S
Get ready, as Crytek has announced the eagerly anticipated Crysis Remastered Trilogy will be arriving for Xbox One, Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S on October 15. Bundled with Crysis, Crysis 2 and Crysis 3, all three titles will have fully remastered campaigns (no multiplayer), while also being optimised...
Random Hunt Showdown's Upcoming Map Includes A Shrek-Tacular Easter Egg
Shrek is life
Games are known to include some weird and strange Easter Eggs, but this one in Hunt: Showdown knocks it out of the park. Fans of Dreamworks' animated film Shrek will be happy to know an upcoming map will include Shrek's home. Yep, you heard that right. As part of the game's summer update, a new map is being added known as DeSalle...
News Hold Up, Is A Crysis 2 Remaster Being Teased?
It certainly looks like it
It seems like only yesterday we got Crysis Remastered, and when it launched, there were substantial issues. But here we are months later, problems have been fixed and we even have an Xbox Series X version to sink our teeth into. With the team putting the game behind them now, a recent tease suggests they may be working on...
News Crysis Remastered Might Be Getting An Xbox Series X Upgrade Very Soon
That's what it sounds like, anyway
We don’t consider ourselves detectives here at Pure Xbox, but this latest statement from Crytek certainly has our senses tingling that an Xbox Series X patch for Crysis Remastered might be on the way. While announcing a hotfix had gone live to address issues surrounding the game’s motion blur, a further tweet...
News It Looks Like The Microsoft Store Just Revealed The Release Date For Crysis Remastered
Not again!
Oh dear - just a day before the big reveal, it looks like the release date for Crysis Remastered has surfaced online. Once again, Microsoft's online store has let the cat out of the bag. Assuming it is correct, the game will be arriving next month on 23rd July and will apparently require around 7GB of free space. Some screenshots have...