Crysis 4 in the works? The game's official Twitter account goes active after four years

A post on the official Twitter account of Crysis, the video game franchise that gained fame, and notoriety, a decade ago for its ability to melt PCs, has gamers all in a tizzy.

The tweet doesn’t say much, only “Receiving data”, but it’s the first time the account has gone active in four years, and given that we’re waiting on a sequel to Crysis 3, the timing almost seems serendipitous.

RECEIVING DATA

— Crysis (@Crysis) April 13, 2020

Xbox, Corsair, and Nvidia pitched in with their supercomputer memes — well, not Xbox (#PCMasterRace FTW!) — but the tweet clearly has everyone excited.

This is not a drill! pic.twitter.com/Gtq01HCVJS

— Xbox (@Xbox) April 13, 2020

Our PCs right now pic.twitter.com/UbIXxRCJst

— CORSAIR (@CORSAIR) April 13, 2020

😲

**turns on supercomputer**

— NVIDIA GeForce (@NVIDIAGeForce) April 13, 2020

The developers of the game, Crytek, have had a rocky few years, with the company basically shutting down in 2015 during the financial crisis. It ended up licensing its core IP, its game engine, called CryEngine, to Amazon .

The company’s most recent release, though, 2018’s Hunt Showdown, has turned out to be quite a success, possibly triggering plans, finally, for a sequel to Crysis 3, and perhaps even a new generation of “but can it run Crysis” memes.