Crytek has been very vocal about rampant piracy on the PC, blaming it for them abandoning their PC-exclusive motif. Chief executive Cevat Yerli, speaking to IGN, revealed that he believes for one original copy sold, there are 15 to 20 pirated versions.

“It’s crazy how the ratio between sales to piracy is probably 1 to 15 to 1 to 20 right now,” he said. “For one sale there are 15 to 20 pirates and pirate versions, and that’s a big shame for the PC industry.”

He added that he hoped to see some change with the release of Crysis Warhead. Yerli, when asked if it would include the anti-piracy measures integrated into Mass Effect and Spore, he wouldn’t directly specify anything, but hinted at new ideas.

“Effectively, if the game isn’t an online game or multiplayer game—there are challenges regardless of what you do—the game can be cracked. The effort is to make it more difficult to crack, and certainly we’re going to make it more difficult this time with Warhead.”

Crysis Warhead is set for release this year, and will offer a different perspective of the story presented in the original title.