The Crysis: Warhead preview first published in PC Gamer US magazine has now been green-lighted for publishing it online. The highly informative preview is weighing in at slightly over 3 pages. The last page features an interview with Crytek CEO Cevat Yerli.

Note: this preview has hands-on impressions and thus contains some story spoilers.

"the game sold nearly 1.5 million copies worldwide, says EA"

"The game will contain two new vehicles, a hovercraft and the gun-mounted Advanced Scout Recon (ASR). New weapons will include dual submachine guns and a grenade launcher. Expect a single-player campaign of about 8 to 10 hours, and a beefed-up multiplayer mode."

"Psycho is meant to infuse the proceedings with “more character, more personality, more emotion,”"

"Fans of Crysis’ multiplayer will be overjoyed to learn that Warhead will include all its maps and content, including enhancements added post-launch."

"Warhead, he promises, will reward those who upgraded to play Crysis. “If you were able to run Crysis, you’ll be able to run Warhead better,”"

"don’t worry about having Windows Vista and DX10 on your machine - you’ll be able to max out all settings in Warhead with your DX9-capable videocard."

"Crytek also listened to complaints that Crysis’ enemy AI was lacking, and is working to improve it for Warhead"

"the Crytek team invites me to play some of the game’s alpha build. Even at this early stage, it seems shockingly feature-complete - although Crytek notes that the build I’m playing reuses assets from the original game that will eventually be replaced, and the new particle effects system has yet to be implemented."

Crysis Warhead - first look at GamesRadar

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2008.06.28, Mocib