According to Crytek’s CEO, Cevat Yerli, the acquisition of Free Radical Design was due to the “multiplayer experience” Free Radical Design was well known for (Except HAZE). For now at least, it seems all that experience is being put towards Crysis 2. They are working on multiplayer online features according to Cevat Yerli.

A quote from Cevat Yerli

There are several online functionalities we have planned, one of which is the multiplayer experience itself which, at this stage, we cannot talk about.

But there are two things I looked at with Crysis, one is the online functionality and the other story.

With story, I wanted to work with Richard Morgan. On multiplayer, we brought in a whole studio, Crytek UK  to work on the multiplayer.

That is all they are doing, with a full team on it, and they are blasting forward at full speed with more focus and dedication than I’ve ever had before at Crytek.

Because of their multiplayer experience, their job is just to make the most of this experience. So that is all they have to do