Key Highlights:
- The Crysis 3 open multiplayer beta launches on 29 January 2013 for PS3, Xbox 360 and PC.
- The beta includes Hunter and Crash Site modes across the Museum and Airport maps.
- Crysis 3 will also receive a day-one digital PS3 release in North America.
EA and Crytek have announced an open multiplayer beta for Crysis 3, beginning on 29 January 2013 across PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC.
Crytek’s beta announcement confirmed that the test would run until 12 February and include two team-based multiplayer modes. Players could test the new Hunter mode alongside the returning Crash Site mode.
Hunter is an asymmetrical mode that begins with two cloaked Hunters pursuing a larger team of CELL Operatives. Each defeated CELL Operative respawns as a Hunter, gradually reducing the number of surviving soldiers.
Crash Site divides players into two teams competing to control alien drop pods. Each captured pod eventually disappears before another lands elsewhere, forcing both teams to move around the map.
The beta includes Museum and Airport, two multiplayer maps set within the overgrown remains of New York City. Museum combines ruined buildings with dense vegetation, while Airport contains open areas, abandoned aircraft and terminal structures.
The multiplayer test gives players an early opportunity to use the Nanosuit’s armour and cloak abilities before Crysis 3 launches in February. Our later multiplayer tips explain how Hunter, Crash Site, Museum and Airport work in the finished game.
EA has also confirmed that Crysis 3 will receive a day-one digital release through the PlayStation Store in North America. PS3 players will be able to download the full game on 19 February, the same day as its North American retail launch.
The European version launches later that week, although the digital PlayStation Store timing may differ by country. GLN previously reported the confirmed release date before the multiplayer beta announcement.
Crysis 3 ultimately launched for PS3, Xbox 360 and PC in February 2013. EA and Crytek later reported that approximately three million players participated in the open beta.
The original Crysis 3 multiplayer servers closed on 7 September 2023. The single-player campaign remains playable, while Crysis 3 Remastered does not include the original multiplayer component.
