"When Crytek, developers of Crysis, said they wanted to move into console development, they weren't kidding. The team announced their brand new graphics engine today, one that works on DirectX 9/10, PS3 and Xbox 360. The engine's scalability will allow developers to work on a variety of genres, such as action games and MMOs; however, in addition to focusing on the now, Crytek is touting their new engine is the only one designed for the next generation of gaming.

Carl Jones, director of business development, refuses to be humble about this announcement. "CryENGINE 3 will set the benchmark for complete game engine solutions in performance, and services to game engine licensees and their players," he touts. "We've been preparing a long time for CryENGINE on consoles and we're confident that Crytek will again amaze developers at GDC."

The business team will be available at GDC later this month to discuss licensing details. In addition, Crytek will undoubtedly showcase the new tech during public presentations at the show. We're interested in seeing if the new CryENGINE will be able to come close to replicating Crysis' incredible visuals on today's home consoles."

http://www.joystiq.com/2009/03/11/cryengine-3-ready-for-pc-ps3-and-xbox-360/

Yeah!! With CryEngine games will look beautiful

People are only now starting to be able to run cryengine 2, and they are ready with a third? I can't even imagine how heavy that thing is.

I think the point of it is to make more things able to run the cryengine. I doubt #3 will see the same graphics improvements as #2, but it will be playable on a LOT more systems.

Also, I think this was posted the other day already.

Sorry, the PS3 cannot handle this engine its not strong enough. But the Xbox 360 will manage no problem. So could you please update the Op to state that the engine is for Wii/Xbox 360/PC and not PS3?

Posted already.

link?

they made this compatible for both ps360...awesome. now are they going to be making a game, or do they just want to license out the engine?

"So could you please update the Op to state that the engine is for Wii/Xbox 360/PC and not PS3?"

Self explanation is all you need.