Crytek has announced via their Monthly Update feature that a “Crysis Wars Summer Trial” will be starting next month, allowing players to try out Crysis Wars for free. Competitions and giveaways will be held throughout the trial, so even more incentive has been thrown out there for you. No word on an exact date.

For those of you who are already Crysis fans, a 3vs3 PowerStruggle Tournament, powered by Multiplay, has been detailed, along with an interesting interview with Senior Sound Designer Florian Fusslin.

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Just as previously reported, the trial for Crysis Wars has officially went live today. The will will run until April 17th and will allow players to play both online multiplayer along with LAN multiplayer.

That’s not all as Crytek has went ahead and announced the entrance of Crysis Maximum Edition marketed towards latecomers on the Crysis scene, hitting May 5th. Included in the Maximum Edition is Crysis, Crysis Warhead, and Crysis Wars priced at an honest $39.99.

Honestly though, Crytek, will all of your games have titles that are just variations of “Crysis“?

You can get more information on the Crysis Wars trial, here.

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Crytek’s Official Modding Portal has given word that a new trial period for Crysis Wars is on the way. Begining April 9th, players will be able to access both LAN and online multiplayer modes for the game. Access to the editor will also be included with the trial client.

More information is to be updated soon, including download links and other goodies.

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Publisher EA announced today that Crysis Warhead, the expansion pack to their tropical island shooter, will be shipped to retailers in North America on September 16 and to Europe on September 12.

Carrying a $29.99 price tag, the game will offer a new take on the events presented in the original. It is a standalone game, but is noted to be an expansion pack by the publisher.

“Fans of Crysis are going to enjoy more of the open-ended gameplay, cutting-edge visuals and huge, epic battles from the first game, while also finally finding out what kind of havoc Psycho was wreaking on the other side of the island,” said Crytek CEO Cevat Yerli.

The game will come with an expanded multiplayer mode dubbed Crysis Wars. It offers 3 modes – Team Instant Action, Instant Action and Power Struggle – in 21 maps, six of which are new for TIA and IA, while Power Struggle gets one new map.