Crysis 2 : DirectX 11 dispo le 27 juin

Crytek Studios a fini par cracher le morceau : Crysis 2 sera compatible avec DirectX 11 à partir du 27 juin, date à laquelle le fameux patch attendu par les possesseurs du jeu sur PC sera disponible en téléchargement. Ce n'est pas tout, car une mise à jour 1.9 pourra être récupérée au même moment, avec les améliorations décrites en-dessous :

PATCH 1.9 CRYSIS 2

• Added Contact Shadows
• Added DX11 benchmark level
• Added DX11 support for Crysis 2
• Tessellation + Displacement Mapping
• High Quality HDR Motion Blur
• Realistic Shadows with Variable Penumbra
• Sprite Based Bokeh Depth of Field
• Parallax Occlusion Mapping
• Particles Motion Blur, Shadows and Art Updates
• Water Rendering improvements and using Tessellation + Displacement Mapping
• Added Realtime Local Reflections
• Added support for Higher Res Textures Package
• Added various new console variables to whitelist
• Fixed bullet penetration, which had been broken by a bug introduced with the DLC 2 patch
• Fixed issue in MP where player stats weren't always saved at the end of a game
• Fixed issue in MP where player stats would sometimes randomly reset
• Fixed issue with MP time played statistic, which would sometimes be too low on leaderboards and in stats
• Fixed issue with JAW rocket not firing through window's containing broken glass
• Fixed rare issue where a user could not access MP with a valid CD key if they had previously used an invalid CD key
• Improved advanced graphics options menu
• Improved anti-cheat measurements: fixed exploit which could prevent vote kicking working against a user
• Improved multi-GPU support
• Improved Tone Mapping
• Re-added possibility to enable r_StereoSupportAMD via config file (unsupported)