Crackdown is a series of action-adventure video games created by David Jones and published by Xbox Game Studios. The series takes place in a futuristic dystopian city controlled and enforced by a secret organization called the Agency. The games center on the Agency’s super soldiers, known as ‘Agents’, as they fight threats ranging from criminal syndicates to zombie-like monsters. Crackdown was released on February 20, 2007 for the Xbox 360 console. A third installment Crackdown 3 developed by Sumo Digital was released in February 15, 2019.
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Crackdown is a series of action-adventure video games created by David Jones and published by Xbox Game Studios. The series takes place in a futuristic dystopian city controlled and enforced by a secret organization called the Agency. The games center on the Agency’s super soldiers, known as ‘Agents’, as they fight threats ranging from criminal syndicates to zombie-like monsters. Crackdown was released on February 20, 2007 for the Xbox 360 console. A third installment Crackdown 3 developed by Sumo Digital was released in February 15, 2019 for Xbox One and Microsoft Windows. The game was originally set to be set in the future of the first game but represents an alternate timeline from what Crackdown 2 represents. Previous developer Ruffian Games provided additional assistance for the game’s development and provided additional development assistance for Crackdown 1 and 2. The third game was revealed during Microsoft’s 2015 press conference on August 4, 2015 and was originally scheduled to be released for Xbox 360 but was later changed to the Xbox One. It was released with access codes to the Halo 3 multiplayer beta to help its sales during release. Critics praised the sandbox style third-person shooter for allowing the ability to cause massive destruction in a non-linear gameplay, while also criticizing the series for lacking an actual story.
It has been met with positive critical reception and won several video game awards. The sequel takes place 10 years after the events of the original game, with the game taking place in Pacific City, a dystopian metropolis that is suffering from an increase in crime rate. In the game, a terrorist group called ‘Cell’ started a revolt to overthrow the Agency, which has taken control of the city. The Agent managed to retake the generators from the Cell, even when he was almost overwhelmed when the previous Agents from first game found and attacked him. A post-credit cutscene shows the Agent’s dismembered hand, which had landed in her helicopter during a crash, after surviving the place the place was finally safe at last. The original game was developed by Realtime Worlds and was released for theXbox 360 console in February 2007. A demo was showcased in the 2006 E3 Convention, and a trailer for Crack down 2 was released at the 2009 E3 Conference. The first game was released to coincide with the launch of Microsoft’s Xbox One console, and the sequel was released two years later on July 6, 2010. Both games were developed by various game developers, with a sequel called Crackdown2 developed by Ruffian Game and Crackdown3 released on July 15, 2015.
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