Crysis, one of the most anticipated FPS games is now available in stores—in selected countries that is. Germany, Austria, as well as Australia and the US will be able to find copies (legal ones) of Crysis sitting on the shelves of local games stores. Global release is still set on November 19 though so if you’re in another part of the globe, expect it on that date, not now.

For people who had placed their pre-orders, check your emails now for updates from your game dealers.

For those who can’t wait, you can download it from EALink for $49.95 doing away with the cool box and cover, the glossy manual, coupons and several items the fill up the boxed game.For anyone still undecided on getting the game and want to try it out, explore Crysis via the Singleplayer demo.

Before running the game and/or even buying it, check and double check if your PC matches these specs.

Minimum Specs
CPU:2.8Ghz Pentium 4 (3.2 Vista)
2.0Ghz Intel Core (2.2 Vista)
AMD Athlon 2800+ (3200+ Vista)
Ram: 1 Gb (1.5 Vista)
Video Card: Nvidia Geforce 6800GT or ATI Radeon 9800 Pro or better.
Video Card Ram: 256 MB or better
Hard Drive: 12GB
Sound Card: DX9.0c Compatible
OS: XP, Vista
DirectX: 9.0c or 10
ODD: DVD Drive

Recommended Specs
CPU: Dual-core CPU (Athlon X2/Pentium D)
Graphics: Nvidia 7800GTX/ATI X1800XT (SM 3.0) or DX10 equivalent
RAM: 1.5GB
HDD: 6GB
Internet: 512k+ (128k+ upstream)
Optical Drive: DVD
Software: DX10 with Windows Vista

If you’re looking for some good and cheap graphics cards that will be able to run Crysis, check out the Nvidia 8800GT and the AMD HD 3800 series.