Usually, halo and Crysis don’t exactly work in the same sentence, but EA Games label president Frank Gibeau has a different opinion on the matter.
EA Games label president Frank Gibeau stated outright that his group has been planning to build a “Halo killer” for some time. “…we were trying to craft a Halo-killer, you know a product that would squarely go after what Bungie built with our partners at Crytek. So the Crysis 2 product is spectacular, very high-end, and is going to be a multi-year franchise,”
Source: industrygamers.com