For many years, the PC community has always had the bragging rights on visual fidelity for the platforms video game back log. With the release of Crytek’s latest engine, console gamers will be one more step closer to achieving the same visual quality of some of PC’s greatest titles that in the past were never possible on a home console.
Now we all know that both the PS3 and the Xbox 360 have some serious graphical capabilities. That being said with the new CryEngine 3 graphics engine, console gamers will finally be at an almost identical visual experience when it comes to video games.
With out getting all technical or counting pixels and/or screen resolutions, if a title is released on all three platforms including the Playstation 3, Xbox 360 and Windows PC the graphics will be the same to the naked eye. To get right to it, that’s the bottom line, isn’t it?
Not to bust any bubbles here but PC games, no matter what engine is used will still be an edge above the consoles. The rigs out on the market are just far more superior for gaming (Visually) not necessarily gameplay. The downside for having the best of the best in visual superiority is that any fully loaded “monster rig” will run you more cash than any of the consoles on the market. Not everyone knows or even want to build their own Monster Rig for gaming. Some will argue that the cost for the best visuals do nothing for the gameplay but try and tell that to your local graphics whores.
I am a bit biased towards PC Gaming but I have to admit, I’m very excited to see this type of visual quality coming to the current consoles (excluding the Wii). Here are a few screens and the presser.
Crytek releases CryENGINE® 3
All-in-one multiplatform development solution now available for licenseesFrankfurt a. M. (Germany), October 14th 2009 – Crytek GmbH (“Crytek”) is excited to announce that their latest all-in-one development solution CryENGINE 3 is now available for all developers. CryENGINE 3 is the first game development platform for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, MMO, DX9/DX10 that also is truly Next-Gen-Ready – with scalable computation and graphics for all major upcoming platforms. It provides the complete game engine to create AAA quality next generation games, and includes the redesigned CryENGINE 3 Sandbox™ level editor, a production-proven, 3rd generation “What you see is what you play” (WYSIWYP) – tool designed by and for professional developers.
CryENGINE 3 also introduces CryENGINE 3 Live Create™. It allows developers to work with a single editor, but see and play the results in real-time on PC, PS3 and Xbox360, hooked up to a single dev PC. The engine takes care of the conversion and optimization of assets in real-time; enables instant, cross-platform changes to any part of game creation and as a result materially increases the speed, quality and significantly reduces the risk of multiplatform development.
“With CryENGINE 3 we are releasing the best development solution available today and tomorrow. With its scalable graphics and computation it is next-gen ready and with new features like CryENGINE 3 Live Create the best choice for game developers and companies developing serious games applications alike. It is the only game engine solution that enables real-time development and can ensure teams are able to maximise their own creativity, save budget and create greater gaming experiences.” said Cevat Yerli, CEO & President of Crytek.
“We’re delighted to launch CryENGINE 3 and we look forward to seeing what developers achieve with our all-new technology. CryENGINE 3 isn’t just about providing our trademark highest-quality graphics and our out of the box AI and physics for the first time on consoles – it also delivers real benefits to all disciplines in games development. Programmers will create awesome new effects and gameplay; art, design and audio teams can play as they create with the fastest, entirely real-time WYSIWYP pipeline ever, materially reducing development time and risk – even producers, project managers and suits will love CryENGINE 3! Of course, our international team of more than 20 dedicated support staff are available right now to help our licensees make the most of CryENGINE 3; at their studio or at one of our support centres around the world.” added Carl Jones, Director of Business Development CryENGINE.
CryENGINE® is the underlying technology for Crytek’s critically acclaimed games Far Cry, Crysis, Crysis Warhead and NC Soft’s recently released MMORPG blockbuster AION. It has already been licensed to a number of major game companies around the globe, including several recent serious games training and simulation projects. CryENGINE®3 is the underlying technology for the highly anticipated Crysis®2.
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