Crysis 2 multiplayer beta invites going out, Xbox 360 only

The much-anticipated Crysis 2 might not be arriving in time for the holidays, but the folks over at Crytek have just started sending out invitations for the closed multiplayer beta to make the wait less agonizing for fans. Back in June, EA said the first round of invitations would be offered to people who signed up at the game's community site. There are no details on exactly what will be in the beta or when it will be launching, though Crytek has confirmed that it'll be exclusive to Xbox 360 players "this time around" and an Xbox Live gold account will be required.

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I CANNOT WAIT!!

First was epic, I just hope they don't ruin it with gimmicky Console bits.

Xbox 360 only ......I think they already have.

Na, I don't care for the console ports, Crytek are already on record saying the PC version is the primary concern and that it will be "better".

I just hope they don't do anything stupid such as CoD:MW2 did when it was ported to PC (Note multiplayer didn't have dedicated servers and was kinda crap etc...)

Or limit the graphics of the PC version just so it doesn't over shadow the console ports.

Closed testing for xbox only makes sense right now as I'm sure they have got all this brand new hardware set up to run x360 clients and have only done internal testing. Whereas with PC the hardware has already been configured and in use for some time now.

I was kinda disappointed that the invite they sent me said 360 only, but I guess it's better than nothing. Here's hoping they'll release the PC beta shortly after.

This trend towards no DLC for PC's (yesterday's Bioshock 2 article) and beta testing on console's only is sure making me nervous.

All these developer's keep talking about how the PC is still a viable and important to their game releases, but if this keeps up, I'm not so sure.

The X-Box 360 fragheads will think they get an advantage in multiplayer but as it has been documented before and will be proven, PC Gamers will crush them as usual.

Are there hard facts of how much does it cost to develop the same game for the PC compare to consoles?

This beta should be on all platforms or exclusive to PC. I don't think Crytek would lie about the PC version being the best so why not show it and 'promote' it even more?

I'm looking forward to seeing the Cry Engine 3 beast in all it's glory on PC but I'm honestly just... hoping that they don't ruin this game because of the setting(concrete Jungle's just not as nice as a tropical jungle =/) and mostly the multiplayer because so far it just looks like a much better looking modern warfare.

Played Xbox and PC version at eurogamer, PC version was boaderline unplayable, buggy and horrible. 360 version was actully better

Not surprising as Crytek have been quoted at saying cryengine 3 was built for consoles.
Or perhaps M$ has paid them well enough to let the xbox version overshadow the pc version.

Wasn't the guy of crytek the ones than said than they wouldnt develop again for pc because of the huge piracy?

hello ...

too bad, if i have to wait to try it & give feedback, well i won't buy the game unless a demo comes out on PC or PS3 & i can compare them ...PC version leads my choice for now as i'll make my début on FPS on PS3 with KZ3

cheers!

Perhaps PC only fools should get a life.

Reach looks better than many PC titles hands down.

haha! guests Like these make me laugh, so nieve

And even when you take graphics aside, there are many more games that eclipse Reach.

"Perhaps PC only fools should get a life.

Reach looks better than many PC titles hands down."

this troll is just another tool and I believe he's high on something. takes a tough guy wannabe poser to tell people that they are fools and get a life.

Perhaps PC only fools should get a life.

Reach looks better than many PC titles hands down.

Lol. thats pretty fail. I (A big halo fan) would say Unreal 3 (PC) looked better than reach, and thats 3 year old.

Well as long as they come out with a beta for the PC so we can evaluate its overall performance and have enough time to make appropriate changes I'm okay with this. But if they just release a beta right before its release for marketing purposes with no intentions to fix problems I'll be pretty disappointed.

Eh no...as a Halo fan whos been playing Reach I can easily tell you that older PC games out perform Reach graphics wise. Pretty much every properly optimized PC game will out perform any console game.