 "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. [caption id=“attachment_8258471” align=“alignnone” width=“1280”]
Crysis 3[/caption]
Xbox, Corsair, and Nvidia pitched in with their supercomputer memes — well, not Xbox (#PCMasterRace FTW!) — but the tweet clearly has everyone excited.
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.
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Crysis Meme. Image: Know you Meme[/caption]