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Microsoft Puts Crackdown, Katamari On Demand
The Xbox Live Marketplace offers two new ways to fill up your Xbox 360's hard drive. Crackdown and Beautiful Katamari join the list of available Games On Demand titles as of today. More »New Crackdown 2 Screenshots, Artwork
Crackdown 2 has been running quiet for a while now, rarely popping its head up for a look. That changes today, with more screenshots and pieces of concept art than you could shake a zombie's leg at. More »Welp, China's Crackin' Down on Games Again
China's Ministry of Culture sent out another nastygram to the country's game operators, demanding they knock off the "low-brow cultural content," and get their games back in line with the "core socialist value system." More »Crackdown 2 Has Helicopters, Zombie Monsters
That Crackdown 2-themed issue of Game Informer we told you about yesterday is already finding its way into people's hands, meaning we're now armed with the knowledge that Pacific City ain't what it used to be. More »Crackdown Wasn't The Success You Think It Was
Crackdown was awesome! And it had a Halo 3 multiplayer beta key included! So it did great business for Microsoft and developers Realtime, right? Nope. Not even close. More »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. More »Realtime Worlds Aiming To Expand
Following a very successful showing of APB at E3 2009, Crackdown developers Realtime Worlds are kicking off a major recruiting drive, aiming at employing more than 300 game industry professionals by early 2010. More »Former Crackdown Devs A Little Upset Over Current Crackdown 2 Devs
The original Crackdown was developed by Realtime Worlds. At the moment, they're busy with APB, so another developer, Ruffian, will be working on the sequel. Does that surprise you? It surprises Realtime. More »Crackdown 2 Adds Competitive Multiplayer, Hits In 2010
The sequel to Microsoft's hit open-world crime-fighting game has some new features. More »APB Devs Working On Another Game?
So that headline's probably stating the obvious. I would imagine there are lots of studios working on something besides what they've already announced. More »Xbox 360 Gets Crackdown Theme
If your Xbox 360 is looking a little drab - and you're not adverse to spending money on tarting it up - then hey, this new Crackdown theme might be just the thing you're into. More »Crackdown Devs Form New Studio, Working On Crackdown 2?
Oh boy. According to a Gamasutra report, several members of the Crackdown development team - including lead designer Billy Thomson - have formed a new development studio. And "may" be working on Crackdown 2. More »Microsoft Exec Wants Crackdown 2
Microsoft Games published Crackdown selling 1.5 million copies pretty much guarantees a sequel. If that doesn't, then two Microsoft execs talking about how they'd like Crackdown 2 should. More »Crackdown 2? It Could Happen
Crackdown Creators Bought Their MMO Back Just To Sell It To Rockstar?
Put these pieces together. Realtime Worlds made Crackdown. Realtime Worlds are now at work on an MMO called APB, which is not entirely dissimilar to Grand Theft Auto. Realtime Worlds were founded by David Jones, who created Lemmings. Oh, and Grand Theft Auto. Last month, Realtime Worlds bought back the rights to APB from Korean company Webzen, who were originally scheduled to publish the game. Why the buyback? Eurogamer are reporting that, according to "a credible industry source", it was so they could turn around and sell the game to Rockstar, who could then rebadge it as a GTA MMO. Realtime are keeping quiet on the rumours, saying only that they bought back the rights to their game to "give themselves some options". More »Make a Game For Less than $50 Million? Whatever!
The Great Crackdown Markdown
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Crackdown Team Debuts APB, The Counter-Strike of MMOs
China Launching 'Operation For Tomorrow' Crackdown
Chinese Government Cracking Down on Online Gaming