Vindictive aliens descend upon New York. A malicious plague cripples the shaken city’s human inhabitants, who can only fall backwards into the outstretched arms of a cyborg saviour. (He had to put his guns down for just a moment.)
So, pretty out there material for a video game, but perhaps the gloomy premise could be better explored in an older medium? Set to debut in March 2011 under the Del Rey banner, Crysis: Legion will adapt Crytek’s upcoming first-person shooter into a novel, written by Hugo Award-nominated author (and ex-marine biologist) Peter Watts. Watts’ characters and tone haven’t been known to elicit smiles — if you want a sample of his dark science-fiction you can read Blindsight online, thanks to its Creative Commons license.
Peter Watts is the second well-known sci-fi author to be associated with Crysis 2, which is being written for the high-definition screen by Altered Carbon‘s Richard Morgan. Watts will be seen as the real genius, though — he’s getting Crysis to run on a Kindle.
Crysis 2 adapted for ‘Legion’ novel in March 2011 originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 01 Dec 2010 21:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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