Christmas note from Crytek just in: Now that Christmas is here and we are seeing another year coming to its end it is time for our beloved Crytek Christmas message. It has probably been the most exciting year since FarCry has been shipped. Not only that we relaunched our Crymod Modding Portal for our new blockbuster FPS, we also finished Crysis which has been in development for about four years.

It was an exciting year with lots of ups and downs, but we are more than happy with what we achieved. Even more are we proud of the great community we have, that is supporting us and giving us so much excellent feedback!

On behalf of the whole Crytek development studios in Frankfurt, Kiev and Budapest and the entire Crytek Staff we wish the whole community Maximum Christmas and a Happy New Year 2008!

Crysis Tournament Map Pack
Of course we have prepared a little Christmas present for you as well. Within the past few months and weeks we haven't been working on patches, SDK and Linux Server only, also our Level Designers have been very active. Thus we are happy to announce you the release of the official "Crysis Tournament Mappack".

Some of you might know this map pack series from FarCry already where this was a community driven project. We would like to take the opportunity to turn this into an official map pack that is being developed and approved by Crytek. )

This pack includes 5 brand new multiplayer maps for Crysis. All of them have been tested by Crytek's QA department and the professional Crysis teams [00] - Die Doppelnullen, GT - GlobalTeam.eSports and N! - Ninth Gaming.

Following maps are included:

Power Struggle
Desolation
Crossroads
Training

Instant Action
Excavation (Note: If you have installed an earlier version of it please remove it completely before installing this map pack!)
Terminal

Both the two InstantAction and three PowerStruggle maps have been tested over several weeks and are optimized for competitive gamelay, but also provide a valid size for public gaming. Quite a few of the Trusted Server Providers of Crysis have already set up multiple servers that are running the map pack. Just check them out online and enjoy the new maps!

Some examples:
Internode Crysis #01 203.26.94.20:64087
Internode Crysis #02 203.26.94.126:64087
TV2 – 05 Map Pack PS 77.75.212.163:64091
TV2 – 06 Map Pack IA 77.75.212.163:64092
Rackage - 193.93.47.164:64087
Rackage - 193.93.47.164:64088
Rackage - 193.93.47.164:64089
Rackage - 193.93.47.164:64090

The maps can be downloaded here

Sandbox2 Documentation
In addition to the map pack we also want to provide you with a whole bunch of new tutorials about the Sandbox2 Editor and its capabilities. They are going to be released within the upcoming days, so better check the Modding Portal regularly to not miss the latest additions to the official documentation.

Best wishes,
- Your Crysis and Crymod Crew

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