After a series of climate disasters, the world is in deep crisis and humanity teeters on the brink of social collapse. Meanwhile, space invaders reappear on the scene, this time with full invasion force and with the goal of wiping humans off the face of the planet. To begin with, they decide to strike at the nerve center of civilization, the world's most prominent metropolis.

As a deadly disease spreads through the population at a relentless epidemic rate, terrifying alien invaders stalk the streets of New York. The city's administration has collapsed while the famous skyline is reduced to smoking rubble. This is New York City as you've never seen it before.

Even the American army, let alone a spontaneous paramilitary resistance, has no chance against the invaders. Staying in the city is practically suicide. To survive in this vortex of death, it will be necessary to use means that ordinary soldiers would never have dreamed of.

All of this will be at the disposal of one man, a super soldier equipped with futuristic technology to support combat action in Nanosuit 2. He will be the last hope for saving humanity and will stand against the invasion on the front lines of the urban jungle of New York City.

• New York New York: The original Crysis on PC set a visual bar that is still the benchmark for quality today. Crysis 2 aims to raise that bar on PC and define it on consoles, focusing on the detailed urban jungle of NYC.

• Amazing Invaders and Artificial Intelligence: Challenging, cutting-edge AI with unique group coordination and group behavior systems that believably respond to player actions.

• Nanosuit 2: Determine your combat tactics through the redesigned next-generation Nanosuit modes and weapons – all in real time and as you unlock a diverse range of special abilities.

• Multiplayer: The game's multiplayer component is handled by world-renowned studio CryTek UK, whose goal is to maintain the dynamic intensity of Nanosuit 2 even in multiplayer. With the help of Nanosuit technology, the player is given an almost endless number of options for approaching the dynamically changing action.