Crysis and Crysis: Warhead coming to Steam

Crysis and Crysis Warhead are now available for pre-purchase on Steam. For $59.98 in most countries you own both of the games and for $24.99 you get the original crysis. More info about the Pre-Purchase for Crysis here and for Crysis: Warhead here. Available September 17th in North America. Available September 18th worldwide.

September 12, 2008 - Crytek and Valve today announced an agreement to bring Crysis WarheadÂ® and CrysisÂ® to Steam, a leading platform for the delivery and management of PC games and digital content with over 15 million accounts around the world.

"The millions of gamers logging into Steam every week to play today's best PC games are going to love Crysis Warhead," said Avni Yerli, Managing Director at Crytek. "Crytek Hungary has done a terrific job creating this new experience while optimizing CryEngine 2, and we're looking forward to delivering it and the original Crysis as our first offerings on Steam."

"Crytek is one of the industry's great success stories, emerging new technology and talent," said Gabe Newell, president and co-founder of Valve. "Crysis is one of today's leading PC franchises and delivering the original and Crysis Warhead via Steam is landmark for the platform."

The follow up to Crysis, one of the highest rated PC games of last year, Crysis Warhead will take players through the parallel story of Sergeant Michael 'Psycho' Sykes as he embarks on an intense, explosive adventure on the other side of the island. With waves of more challenging human and alien enemies to navigate through, players will once again be outfitted with the revolutionary Nanosuit and an arsenal of new weapons and vehicles to help Psycho complete his critical mission.Crysis Warhead will also come with Crysis WarsÂ®, a tailor-made experience for multiplayer gamers, featuring three diverse match types and 21 maps.

Crysis: Warhead (Out September 18 2008)

Pulse-racing new installment from 2007's PC Game of the Year*: Play as Sergeant Sykes and experience a whole new side of the battle. A standard combat mission behind enemy lines becomes critical when you discover your enemies have captured something of vital importance to the ensuing war. It's down to you to retrieve the cargo, at any cost.
More explosive and dynamic minute to minute game play: new customizable weapons, new vehicles, new photorealistic locations to explore, and a fully interactive war zone to dominate.
Enhanced human and alien AI: Intelligent enemies, bigger challenges, and all-new ally squad support.
Includes Crysis WarsÂ®, an expanded new multiplayer experience with new online modes and 21 maps including seven all-new maps to battle it out against other players.
Crysis Warhead is a standalone release and does not require ownership of Crysis to play.

Valve has also created Electronic Arts as publisher for this and now the question is if we will see more EA games on Steam?

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