The online gaming network will happily provide multiplayer technology for the highly anticipated FPS, and also host its beta version.
The beta test will be available at FilePlanet at an undisclosed date. For those patient enough to wait for the final release, you have EA and Crytek’s word that Crysis will be on shelves in November.
via Next Generation
IGN’s GameSpy has signed a licensing agreement with Unreal Engine 3 creator Epic Games that will incorporate GameSpy’s online multiplayer technology into the successful game engine. Licensees of the engine will be able to inject GameSpy’s multiplayer technology, such as communication tools, competition apps, matchmaking, stat tools, community features, leaderboards and future feature sets, into future releases. Mark Rein from Epic says Gamespy’s technology is a “huge value-add for Unreal Engine 3”.
The agreement will pave the way for cross-platform play between PC and PS3 versions of the game. And although GameSpy boasts that it’s got the technology to make total cross-platform play a reality, they will have to settle for this milestone while Microsoft and others catch up.
