Crysis 2 DirectX 11 support and advanced graphics setting PC update coming

A german website is reporting that a patch for the PC version of Crysis 2 will be released tomorrow (Monday) which will enable DirectX 11 support for the game aswell as bring an additional graphics setting menu known as “Advanced Graphics menu” to the game.

This news has been, apparently, confirmed by Crytek themselves, according to the website’s sources.

Crysis 2 released for PC a few days ago, however, much to the dismay of gamers worldwide, the game only supported DirectX 9 at launch, with Crytek promising that DirectX 11 support would be implemented in the game via a future patch. This was heavily frowned upon by fans of the series, especially because Crytek advertised the game as coming with DirectX 11 support for PC.

This is good news for gamers as they’ll finally be able to test out their mean gaming rigs against Crytek’s latest graphical beast, with both DirectX 11 support and additional “advanced” graphics options promised to be made available via a patch tomorrow.

EA or Crytek hasn’t either issued a official press release regarding this news, however this German website is known to be accurate when it comes to reporting news such as this.

We’ll keep our readers updated when we get a response from EA on whether this patch will be released tomorrow or not.

Crysis 2 is out now for PC, PS3 and Xbox 360.

iPod touch users report graphical glitches after iOS 4.3 update

Over on Apple Discussions, iPod touch owners are reporting graphical glitches after updating their devices to iOS 4.3, which was released earlier this month. After updating, screens on affected devices seem to flicker and distort, particularly on the lock screen and with the arrival of a push notification.

The issue appears to mainly affect fourth-generation iPod touch devices. Users are reporting different variations of the problem, but they all come down to random distortion with what is being displayed on the screen. Some have uploaded video examples of the problem on YouTube:

During the iOS 4.3 testing phase, none of the three beta releases had this problem; it appears to only be present in the final ''Golden Master'' build. Users experiencing the problem have urged others to report it via the iPod touch feedback page.

Apple has yet to publicly acknowledge the issue. In the meantime, resets and factory restores don't appear to do anything, so users are waiting for a patch from Cupertino. If you have an iPod touch and have upgraded to iOS 4.3, are you affected?