Earlier last week, developer Crytek announced that Crysis Warhead would be hitting the PC – exclusively – this coming fall. It came as somewhat of a surprise to us, considering previous comments made by CEO Cevat Yerli suggested that the company would not release new titles solely on PC, but rather across multiple platforms.

So then, why is Warhead exclusive to PC? According to Crytek engine business manager Harald Seeley, Yerli’s comments were in fact referring to all-new projects, not titles already in development.

When Cevat said we would not create new PC exclusives, he was referring to any new projects we will start in the future. Of course Warhead has been under development for quite some time, and we had no desire or intention to disappoint our loyal PC fans. So, after some careful consideration, we decided to continue our support for the PC Crysis franchise with this release. But yes, all new franchises we develop in the future will be created with a cross platform strategy in mind. Of course we’re also aware of the danger of making a game that is only designed for one particular audience and platform, and failing to meet the needs of the others. So any game we create will always offer something unique on each platform and will be carefully tuned to both the capabilities and strengths of that platform, as well as the intended audience.

So there you have it. Expect Crytek’s next title to launch across multiple platforms.

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