Crysis 3

Electronic Arts Inc. and award-winning developer Crytek GmbH today announced an open multiplayer beta* for the premiere sandbox shooter experience, Crysis 3, will be available starting January 29^th for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system, PlayStation 3 computer entertainment system and PC. Including two team-based modes and two maps, the extensive beta will give players an opportunity to master the superpowers of the Nanosuit. The Crysis 3 multiplayer beta will be available for two weeks and give players the chance to get a leg up on the competition before Crysis 3 launches on February 19 in North America and February 21 in Europe.

What: Crysis 3 Multiplayer Beta Live Stream
When: Thursday, 1/24, 3:30-5:30PM Pacific (11:30PM GMT)
Where: Right here in this article, on YouTube, on your Xbox with IGN's Xbox Live app, and on your phone/tablet.
If you have questions while we play you can tweet them @IGN with the hashtag #Crysis3. We'll answer them live before your very eyes. Plus, we'll have five copies of the game to give away for the platform of your choice.
See you Thursday!

What are you doing to prevent cheating in the beta?
We’ve been working HARD on anti-cheat for Crysis 3 multiplayer as we understand it is a concern for the community. We’ve developed multiple solutions, and will be testing some of these counter-measures during the Open Beta in order to fine-tune them for the Crysis 3 launch. Player testing and feedback will be essential for us to create the best possible anti-cheat solution, and we’ll be closely monitoring what exploits do occur in order to correct them properly.

Hi guys, please understand that the quoted excerpt above was part of a larger conversation and was not meant to be quoted as is because it doesn't cover every aspect of what i was saying.

The devs have spent the last 1.5 years working on the anti-cheat system and securing everything as much as possible so that we can do our best to provide a cheat-free experience for the players. We cannot undo this and expose the system to tampering to allow for things such as custom RCON tools because that would completely go against what we're trying to achieve. I don't know exactly what tools will be available for admins for C3MP but I do know that they've also been improved as part of the general improvements to the anti-cheat system.

The second part was merely an observation, not an answer. As i understand it, there was at least one popular admin/RCON tool developed. How that translates to C3MP is yet to be determined as i'm unsure if that's a possibility, or if it's even necessary. But please understand that above all, we are focusing 100% of our attention on making the experience as cheat-free as possible.

Hello my fellow mycrysis goers,

I come bearing news; news of Crytek's anti-cheat measures in regards to Crysis 3. The details are somewhat vague, as its' in the making, but they're good details none-the-less!

1. Crytek and EA have selected several non-hacking individuals from the community to test the anti cheat in Crysis 3.This testing phase has not yet started.

2. Crytek has put a significantly larger amount of work into the cheat-engine for Crysis 3.

Hopefully, we can get more information from Cry-Tom. He's generously given me this after copious amounts of pestering. If I get any more information (sorry Cry-Tom, you know what's going to happen) I will quickly update this post and say so in the title with a date tag.

PC
USA - Live Now!
Europe - Live Now!
Australia - Live Now!

Xbox 360 - Live Now!

PS3
USA - Live Now!
Europe - Crysis 3 Open Beta for PS3 will arrive a little later than expected in Europe. We’re sorry for the inconvenience, but expect it to be live tomorrow and really appreciate your patience until then.

The anti-cheat is active, and is proving to be incredibly effective. The number of cheaters we’re seeing active has diminished significantly, and our hack detection has managed to ban a number of users from Origin entirely. However, as part of our commitment to make sure our game is as secure as possible, we would like to ask our community to assist in this matter.

I'd ask that everyone remain vigilant and send me a private message on MyCrysis if you see a cheater, preferably with some form of evidence, such as screenshots or even better videos. This allows us to cross reference evidence of our players with the telemetry that our automated systems provide.

So far we've banned thirty Origin accounts, and will continue to ban more as they become apparent.

"Naming and shaming" on the public forum will not be tolerated and any such posts will be removed immediately due to the risk of false positives.

The Origin account 'bodycount' will be updated as we find cheaters.