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Microsoft’s technically impressive super hero title Crackdown 3 will now be coming out next year. Developer Reagent Games announced this delay via the title’s official website. It was initially set for a 2016 release following last year’s Gamescom. As well as this change of release date, Reagent has revealed that …
Read More »IKinema RunTime powering Crackdown 3 animations
Tech helps characters respond naturally to terrain as they explore the game world
Read More »Welcome to Sumo Digital, the Pinewood Studios of games development
Disney Infinity 3.0. Crackdown 3. LittleBigPlanet 3. Forza Horizon 2. F1 2011. Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed. Dead Island 2. Xbox Fitness. Dead Space Ignition. And that’s not even the half of it. That’s as diverse a line-up as you’re ever likely to see, and it all comes from one …
Read More »Crackdown and Quantum Break moved to Gamescom as Microsoft leaps on Sony absence
Xbox boss Phil Spencer has said that two of Xbox One’s big exclusives will be saved for Gamescom. Rest assured that titles like Crackdown, Quantum Break and Scalebound will be front and centre at Gamescom along with new game reveals for both Xbox One and Windows 10,” the exec wrote …
Read More »VIDEO: Axis delivers Crackdown and Dead Island 2 E3 trailers
Scottish firm is behind these first teasers, thanks to partnerships with Microsoft and Deep Silver
Read More »XBOX: Crackdown 3 confirmed
Crackdown 3 is official and coming to Xbox One. Powered by what Microsoft describes as ‘an army of dedicated servers’, big promises have been made about its approach to multiplayer. Note it actually goes by the name Crackdown, and not Crackdown 3. The game retains the series’ trademark cel-shaded graphical …
Read More »Crackdown 3 announcement expected tonight
Develop source points to revival of Realtime Worlds' action sandbox series
Read More »And the Crackdown 3 announcement is… an indie publishing deal between Ruffian and Square Enix
Been looking forward to a Crackdown 3 announcement today? Stand down people, stand down. While the stars had seemingly aligned for a Crackdown 3 reveal this afternoon, it turns out that Microsoft’s news was the acquisition of the Gears of War IP. And Ruffian’s news? It has teamed up with …
Read More »Crackdown and Dead Rising 2 next up in Games With Gold
Microsoft has named the two games that will feature this month in Xbox 360’s Games With Gold offer. As of today, Microsoft’s hugely popular (and arguably never bettered) Crackdown will be offered to free for Xbox Gold members. Then from August 16th Capcom’s Dead Rising 2 and its digital prologue …
Read More »Microsoft drops big Crackdown Xbox One hint
The much-loved Crackdown franchise could indeed be set for a return. Many believed Crackdown 3 was all ready for an E3 reveal after an Agility Orb – one of the first game’s most iconic inclusions – featured in a graphic used on stage at Microsoft’s Xbox One reveal event in …
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