What a surprise! An arbiterary barrier was preventing DX9 video cards to experience the highest fidelity possible for Crysis?! Who could have imagined such a travesty?!

Well, with Crysis: Warhead, Crytek have stated that they’re allowing DX9 video cards to experience the former DX10 exclusive special effects. If they’re up to snuff, that is.

I will be able to partake in all the graphical glory just as soon as I get a new beefy video card into my PC.

It’s been confirmed. A day after the teaser site was unveiled, EA/Crytek have confirmed that Crysis Warhead is coming this autumn. It’s a “parallel story during the events of the original game” — in other words: an expansion for the PC.

More details this summer.

The teaser site suggests that something Crysis related is coming. Is this the much rumored console port or is this a PC expansion which would conveniently answer the reason why no additional patches are being released for the original.

Hey, if it’s a PC expansion, perhaps I’ll have a new video card by then.

Admittedly, I didn’t get a chance to try out the new medic updates for Team Fortress 2 — there was just too much other stuff to play at the time. What was it? Oh yeah, GTAIV. Well, perhaps I’ll try the medic update along with the upcoming Pyro update.  If you’ve been wondering about those comical TF2 class skits, the next one will be the Sniper.

Unfortunately, we have no idea when any of these are coming nor any details about these updates, but at least Valve is providing updates to TF2 unlike what Crytek is doing with Crysis. “At this time, there almost certainly will not be a patch 1.3 delivered for Crysis.”

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Diablo3.com is now Diablofans.com. Why? Because Blizzard acquired it. This doesn’t necessarily mean that Diablo 3 is coming anytime soon, but it should be considered as some indication. Am I excited? Not yet. Not even close.

Another unsurprising decision was made earlier this week with Crysis and FarCry developer, Crytek, announcing their intentions to go multiplatform. The president of Crytek blames piracy. Perhaps they’ve become envious of all that cash the other developers are making. I would. I just don’t believe that they based their decision on piracy alone.

Finally, there’s this little Metal Gear Solid 4 “spoiler” trailer showcasing something very dear to Metal Gear fans. Watch it if you don’t care about spoilers. I watched and I was all giddy.

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This year’s Game Developers Conference (February 18-22) is shaping up to be quite the event. The most recent news concerning GDC states that Crysis and Far Cry developer, Crytek, will be demonstrating their engine and its prowess as a middleware solution. The demonstration will show the CryENGINE 2 running on the PS3, a XBOX 360 and a $600 low-end PC. I am not expecting vast jungles filled with lush vegetation, but I am expecting at least some scaled down jungles and jaw dropping interior renders.

I also hope they show off some of those CryENGINE 2 related ”secret technologies” they are supposedly working on for the PS3.