Illfonic has announced this morning that Nexuiz, their upcoming PlayStation Network and Xbox LIVE ARcade title, will be the first downloadable title to be powered by Crytek‘s CryENGINE 3. According to Illfonic, this engine has “allowed them to push the limits of what gamers can expect form an AAA digital downloadable title.”
“We’re delighted to have Illfonic join our community of licensees”, said Carl Jones, Director of CryENGINE Global Business Development. “It’s exciting to see a passionate group like Kedhrin and Charles’ team working with CryENGINE 3 on such a cool title. Nexuiz is going to deliver a game style that will be a blast for the console audience, matched with the best graphics possible on the consoles. We’re delighted to offer our engine to teams for XBLA and PSN titles so that gamers can enjoy the quality that CryENGINE 3 can provide, as soon as possible. Our real-time multiplatform pipeline, Live Create, is highly suited to prototyping and delivering quality for games with shorter development cycles; and you get all the benefits of the AAA features of the engine. Nexuiz is going to be a lot of fun and we’re glad Illfonic have chosen CryENGINE 3 to deliver it in style.”
Nexuiz was announced back in March as an arena first-person shooter. The game features an innovative mutator system that allow players to rank up and grab new mutators that can alter the rules of each match. Nexuiz‘s launch multiplayer modes include Team Deathmatch, Capture the Flag, and more. Leaderboards and all the competitive features you can expect in an online shooter will also be present. After the game launches, expect more game modes, models, and maps to become available over time.
You can check out Nexuiz for yourselves at PAX Prime from September 3 through September 5.
Update: Check out screenshots of the game running on the CryENGINE 3 at the gallery.
