id weren’t the only ones showing off fancy new graphics engines at the SIGGRAPH 2009 conference in New Orleans. Crytek were there too, with a new CryEngine 3 demo.
https://kotaku.com/new-rage-screenshots-are-postcards-from-the-apocalypse-5331944/
Granted, it’s not the most exciting clip – there’s no guns, Koreans or explosions – but it is showing that, as texture counts become ever less important, it’s things like the lighting on show here that will make all the difference.