Ah, Reddit. A place for kittens, Anderson Cooper’s disapproval and the occasional tidbit of gaming news. This particular story comes courtesy of wwm0nkey, who discovered an interesting note on a Crytek developer’s LinkedIn page a few hours ago. 

Apparently, Crytek has already shifted over to developing games for the next-gen Xbox. Which is good news, considering that if anyone is going to make a next-gen game that can push the limits of the new hardware, it’s going to be the developers of Crysis.

Here’s the quote from the developer’s page:

RYSE (X-Box Next Gen) Pushing boundaries of next generation gaming, RYSE is an original AAA IP from Crytek slated to deliver an Epic first-person melee experience in the Roman Empire.

• Designed, created, implemented and scripted numerous game levels using all facets of Sandbox Editor and CryEngine.
• Lead and mentored Jr. Level Designers and Level Designers as well as collaborated with colleagues across multiple disciplines to ensure winning efforts.
• Championed original Game Design for Tablet title exclusive to Crytek and expanding the franchise to include new genre of video game.

We’ve heard a little bit about RYSE in the past, but it looks like the game has officially been pushed to the next Xbox device. Since games are already in development for the new system (and the new PlayStation as well), it looks like we may be a bit closer to an official announcement than we may have thought. 

Alternatively, the whole thing could be a hilarious misunderstanding. What do you think?

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