July 23, 2004 - Yesterday gamers received what many had long been waiting for: the version 1.2 patch to Crytek's high-tech shooter Far Cry. The patch was intended to enhance performance for nVidia-based systems, as well as add the long-requested quicksave function. But the good news disappeared as quickly as it arrived: Ubisoft has already withdrawn the patch, citing compatibility problems:

"Far Cry patch 1.2 has shown unexpected behaviour on specific hardware configurations. These matters are mainly due to incompatibilities with several optimisations brought lately to the code, with the intent to please a large number of users.

"We're currently asking CRYTEK to work on delivering a new patch as soon as possible. Until then we have decided to remove the patch 1.2 from the official Ubisoft websites."

The patch apparently generated performance issues for players using ATI-based video cards. No word has appeared yet as to when a revised version of the patch will be ready, but you can bet Crytek is hard at work on the issue. More as it comes in.