Far Cry 2 Announced

**MIG-31** · Jul 19, 2007, 07:53 PM

Source: Bluesnews
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The Far Cry 2 Website is online, officially heralding development of a sequel to Crytek's first-person shooter. The noisy Flash site offers links to the official Far Cry 2 Forums and links to a contest, but no other information. This gap is filled by the official announcement which names the developer as Ubisoft Montreal and Spring 2008 as a release date:

SAN FRANCISCO – July 19, 2007 – Today Ubisoft, one of the world's largest video game publishers, announced that it will launch Far Cry® 2 in Spring 2008 for PC. Far Cry 2 is being developed in Ubisoft's Montreal studio.

The original Far Cry® won PC Gamer's Action Game of the Year Award in 2004. Since then the combined installments of the Far Cry® brand has gathered critical acclaim and numerous awards, and sold over 3 million units.

"Far Cry marked the beginning of a new era for shooters. An era of gorgeous graphics and of advanced artificial intelligence,” declared Tony Key, vice president of marketing at Ubisoft. "We are confident that Far Cry 2 will have the same impact again on the FPS genre landscape.”

Far Cry 2 is featured in an exclusive first look in the October issue of PC Gamer, available on newsstands in North America on August 21, 2007.

Check www.farcrygame.com regularly for more news.

Vikingod · Jul 19, 2007, 08:44 PM

Funny, with Crysis coming out I almost forgot about the "Far Cry" brand.

phantommenace2 · Jul 22, 2007, 12:48 AM

This game is not being made by Crytek, it's being developed by the team that did Far Cry on consoles---Ubi's Montreal studio

Ubisoft bought the rights from Crytek for Far Cry...Crytek was fed up with Ubisoft, and rather than fight about licencing issues with them, they just let Ubi have the Far Cry franchise

Crytek then started developing Crysis, which for all intensive purposes is the real Far Cry 2

I have a bad feeling about Far Cry 2...without Crytek on board the game just won't be the same...I hope I'm wrong but I'm not hopeful

Erroneus · Jul 22, 2007, 01:26 AM

Properly not. Farcy for Wii sucked hard.

Jul 19, 2007, 07:53 PM	#1
MIG-31 HardwareHeaven News Mod Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Nottingham,UK Posts: 56,818 Rep Power: 471 System Specs	Far Cry 2 Announced Source: Bluesnews _______________ The Far Cry 2 Website is online, officially heralding development of a sequel to Crytek's first-person shooter. The noisy Flash site offers links to the official Far Cry 2 Forums and links to a contest, but no other information. This gap is filled by the official announcement which names the developer as Ubisoft Montreal and Spring 2008 as a release date: SAN FRANCISCO – July 19, 2007 – Today Ubisoft, one of the world's largest video game publishers, announced that it will launch Far Cry® 2 in Spring 2008 for PC. Far Cry 2 is being developed in Ubisoft's Montreal studio. The original Far Cry® won PC Gamer's Action Game of the Year Award in 2004. Since then the combined installments of the Far Cry® brand has gathered critical acclaim and numerous awards, and sold over 3 million units. "Far Cry marked the beginning of a new era for shooters. An era of gorgeous graphics and of advanced artificial intelligence,” declared Tony Key, vice president of marketing at Ubisoft. "We are confident that Far Cry 2 will have the same impact again on the FPS genre landscape.” Far Cry 2 is featured in an exclusive first look in the October issue of PC Gamer, available on newsstands in North America on August 21, 2007. Check www.farcrygame.com regularly for more news. __________________ Please Post Your News Submissions Here

Jul 22, 2007, 01:26 AM	#4
Erroneus Get off my lawn! Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Denmark Posts: 13,417 Rep Power: 119 System Specs	Properly not. Farcy for Wii sucked hard. __________________

Jul 19, 2007, 08:44 PM	#2
Vikingod Int'l Fish Liaison Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: By the light of lamp I sit and type... Posts: 16,197 Rep Power: 112 System Specs	Funny, with Crysis coming out I almost forgot about the "Far Cry" brand.

Jul 22, 2007, 12:48 AM	#3
phantommenace2 hexa-core gamer Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: New York City Posts: 266 Rep Power: 52 System Specs	This game is not being made by Crytek, it's being developed by the team that did Far Cry on consoles---Ubi's Montreal studio Ubisoft bought the rights from Crytek for Far Cry...Crytek was fed up with Ubisoft, and rather than fight about licencing issues with them, they just let Ubi have the Far Cry franchise Crytek then started developing Crysis, which for all intensive purposes is the real Far Cry 2 I have a bad feeling about Far Cry 2...without Crytek on board the game just won't be the same...I hope I'm wrong but I'm not hopeful