Crytek has teased a new entry in its long-running Crysis series in a short trailer posted from its Twitter account. โJoin the journey. Become the hero,โ the trailer reads as it displays a large โ4.โ The announcement comes almost nine years after the release of the last numbered entry in the Crysis series, Crysis 3, which was released on February 19th, 2013.
The official Crysis 4 teaser comes just hours after Crytek China appeared to confirm news of the game early in a post on Chinese social media site BiliBili. Its post, which now appears to have been deleted, said โThe โCrysis 4โ project is confirmed, opening a new nano battlefield!โ when translated into English, according to Eurogamer.
It’s time to join the journey and be the hero.
A Crytek Announcement. pic.twitter.com/Ohbux0w0s5
โ Crytek (@Crytek) January 26, 2022
Although the Crysis trilogy was critically well-received, itโs fair to say that much of its legacy has been dominated by the original gamesโ reputation for requiring a powerful gaming PC to look its best. Punishing system requirements meant that only the most powerful gaming PCs could run 2007โs Crysis at maximum settings when it was first released, and now โCan it run Crysis?โ has become one of the internetโs canonical memes.
Thereโs no information in Crytekโs teaser about when we might see Crysis 4 release, or which platforms it might release on. But it seems fair to assume that itโll appear on PC, alongside current-generation consoles like the PS5 and Xbox Series X. If youโre keen to catch up on the series in the meantime, 2021โs Crysis Remastered is a great place to start.