Crysis 4 now officially in development but will be ‘a while yet’

Crysis is back at last (pic: Crytek)

After years of waiting, fans finally have confirmation that Crysis 4 is really going to happen and there’s even an early teaser trailer.

As seemed inevitable as soon as Crytek started remastering the old games, they’ve now announced that Crysis 4 is officially in development – although they have nothing to show of it at the moment, beyond some vague imagery.

In a short blog update, Crytek CEO Avni Yerli repeatedly thanks fans for their support and reveals that the new game is in the ‘early stages of development’ and will be ‘a while yet’.

He promises to work with the community on developing the game and promises a ‘truly next gen shooter’. For some reason the blog doesn’t contain the teaser trailer but it’s similar short on real details.

The images in the teaser trailer are no doubt meant to represent the nanotechnology that powers the series’ nanosuits, but even the tagline of ‘Join the journey. Become the Hero.’ is pretty ambiguous.

The biggest clue as to what the new game will be like probably comes from Yerli’s insistence on involving fan feedback, which will almost certainly advise a more complex, open-ended approach similar to the first Crysis and not the more linear style of Crysis 3.

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Although it was always renowned for its visuals the series became more generic as it went on, which was likely due to the influence of then publisher EA.

Crytek own the rights to the series themselves though and are likely to have full control for the new game, which should result in something closer to the original vision.

There’s no timeline for when there’ll be a proper reveal but it certainly wouldn’t be a surprise if it turned up during one of this year’s major reveal events.

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