Two maps and modes available, including Hunter mode

WithCrysis 3launching on February 19 in North America and Feb. 21 in Europe, next week’sopen multiplayer betaseems a bit last-minute, but we’ll take it. Available on PC, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3, the beta contains two modes and will run from January 29 to Feb. 12.

Hunter mode involves two players with Nanosuits and bows tracking down 10 CELL troopers (14 troopers in the PC version) before the time runs out. Slain opponents will then join them as hunters in typical “infected”-game-type fashion. The other mode, Crash Site, takes a less interesting point-based, capture-and-defend approach to multiplayer.

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Two maps, Airport and Museum, will be accessible, and the beta also hasCrysis 3‘s New York Feed feature, an in-game social feed that tracks dynamic challenges among your friends. Worth a look for Hunter alone, I’d say.

The opening area of the Whisper mission, in a small grove.

The Divide in the Cosmodrome, where the Guardian was resurrected.

A holofoil Ribbontail, as seen in collections.

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The Yeartide Apex tex Mechanica SMG with a Holofoil glow.