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Ryse: Son of Rome Will Not be Ported to PC Down the Line, Will Not Have a Demo at Launch

During a livestream showing off Ryse: Son of Rome‘s multiplayer gameplay Senior Producer Justin Robey and Microsoft’s Senior Brand Manager Glenn Gregory dropped a couple pieces of information that will probably sadden CryTek’s PC-based fans and those that would like to try the game before purchasing it.

Answering two questions from the fans Robey responded with a rather clear cut “no” to both the possibility of a playable demo of the game made available at launch and of a possible PC port in the future.

So there you have it, straight from the lion’s mouth: if you want to play Ryse: Son of Rome, you’ll have to do so on Xbox One, and you’ll have to but it with no chance to try it beforehand.

http://www.dualshockers.com/2013/10/30/ryse-son-of-rome-will-not-be-ported-to-pc-down-the-line-will-not-have-a-demo-at-launch/

I think it is the same Arena combat I played.

This wasn't a very impressive showing but I expected that going into it. Outsourced old build MP is not what I care about, next week's feed of the single player is where it's at. I imagine it will be getting a lot of attention from both frothing at the mouth Gaffers and the XB1 supporters.