Shit-detector: Crysis demo is delayed to meet launch date

Originally, September 25 is a red-letter day not only for Xbox 360 owners, but for PC gamers as well. You see, having the Crysis demo on this day is supposed to ease the pain of not having an Xbox 360 or play Halo 3 with the millions of fans that lined up to get their copies of 2007’s most-anticipated shooter.

Unfortunately, the PC gamers won’t be able to get a taste of Crysis on said date. According to CVG, the demo will be available on October 26 instead. Why the delay?

Crytek and EA reasoned that they’re “taking some extra time to make sure you that you have an amazing experience but also we did not want to risk the release date of Crysis at this stage.”

Let me get this straight: the demo was delayed so that the game’s launch would be in time?

Hooey.

The real reason is the release of Halo 3, and we all know it. Their beloved resource hog shooter won’t get any attention this week if they decide to push the demo on September 25 because everybody is playing Halo 3.

The upside in all this? Crytek has revealed what that “huge surprise” was. Apparently, it’s the CryENGINE 2’s Sandbox 2 game editor. Hey, Far Cry had one, right? Boy, we didn’t see that one coming.

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