Crackdown 2 Preview: In The Name Of Fun, They’ve Risked Disappointment

My morning Crackdown 2 appointment started awkwardly last week. Double-booked. Game not running properly due to a technical mix-up. And then, those things rectified, I cheerfully mentioned one my favourite Crackdown features: Oh, the sequel’s creators said. We cut that.


April 2, 2010
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Crackdown 2 Is Kind Of A Sausage Party

Ruffian Games’ sequel to Xbox 360 hit Crackdown will feature scores of mutants and highly customisable playable agents, but one thing it won’t feature is the option to play as a female.


March 27, 2010

Crackdown 2 Screens, Only 492 More To Collect

Crackdown’s Pacific City sure ain’t what it used to be. The buildings got crummier, and the cop’s armour got better. Those delicious green orbs, however, look unchanged. Guess you can’t improve on perfection.


Crackdown 2 Multiplayer Preview: I Don’t Have Your Goddamned Orb

It’s hard to get an accurate feel for the Rocket Tag online multiplayer mode for Crackdown 2 when every time I try to get a word in edgewise – oh dammit I’m dead.


February 16, 2010
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Gliding Through Crackdown 2′s Latest Build

Crackdown 2′s X10 showing last week wasn’t rife with new information or details, but it did give us a, surprisingly, hands-off look at some neat new elements of free falling.


January 21, 2010
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Yup, Crackdown 2 Will Have A Demo

The first Crackdown had one of the best demos of all time. So it stands to reason that its sequel will also let players get their hands on it prior to the full game’s release.


December 22, 2009
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Crackdown 2 Blows Up First Half Of 2010

You’re already likely well aware that 2010 should be a better year for Xbox 360 games and exclusives, but did you know that one of those, Crackdown 2, may be coming sooner than you had expected?


November 26, 2009
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Crackdown 2 Dev Wants Your Graffiti

Developer Ruffian Games is calling for user-made “awesome” graffiti to include in their upcoming game, Crackdown 2, because they’re too lazy to make it themselves.


September 30, 2009

Crackdown 2 Single Player: Mutants, Revolutionaries, Explosions

Before getting my hands on Crackdown 2′s multiplayer and learning about the fun new ways you can use a jump pad, the guys at Ruffian Games walked us through what the game’s single-player campaign was going to be about.


June 25, 2009
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Crackdown 2 Has “Entirely New Map”

I’ll tell you a funny story. For all the pomp, all the circumstance, all the celebrities present during Microsoft’s E3 keynote address, one game was more exciting to me than all others. And that was Crackdown 2.