Crysis 4 announced by Crytek: “a truly next-gen shooter”

Crysis 4 is coming, developer Crytek introduced Wednesday. The subsequent recreation within the sci-fi first-person shooter franchise is “within the early levels of growth so will probably be some time but,” mentioned Avni Yerli, CEO of Crytek.

Crytek launched a short teaser trailer alongside its announcement, which doesn’t characteristic gameplay. The Frankfurt, Germany-based recreation developer referred to as the following Crysis “a really next-gen shooter,” and it seems like Crytek will immediately contain its participant base within the course of Crysis 4.

“Crytek has a proud historical past of working with our group to develop the video games you wish to play,” Yerli mentioned. “Crysis is extremely vital to so many individuals — it’s beloved by avid gamers in every single place, and a few of these working within the trade immediately are doing so due to the unique recreation — so we wish to be sure the following instalment within the franchise lives as much as your whole expectations. Ensure to affix our socials and get entangled!”

Like Blizzard Leisure’s low-key announcement on Tuesday of its all-new mission, a survival recreation, Crysis 4’s reveal can be a name for brand spanking new expertise. Crytek says it’s hiring and in search of “individuals who will really form the way forward for the franchise.”

The Crysis franchise will have fun its fifteenth anniversary later this yr. The primary recreation within the sequence was launched in November 2007 on Home windows PC, adopted by Crysis 2 and Crysis 3 in 2011 and 2013, respectively. Crytek launched a remastered model of the unique Crysis in 2020, and remastered the trilogy final yr.