Fun traversal options are so critical to my enjoyment of open-world games. I've considered queuing Crackdown 3 on a few occasions, but each time, I ended up downloading something else from Xbox Game Pass instead. With the latest update, I'm...

Crackdown 3's Wrecking Zone multiplayer mode was dead on arrival. Its cloud destruction was novel and impressive from a tech perspective, but the mode itself was uninspired and limp. It's only three months after launch, and the lobbies are...

I know the start of the week can be a little rough for all of us. If you fancy blowing off some steam with a little wanton destruction, then Xbox One owners might have been given the perfect outlet, as Crackdown 2 is now available to downlo...

Crackdown is a franchise that's built on a hollow structure. It's unapologetically open-ended, encouraging the player to get distracted by whatever flashes across the screen. Crackdown doesn't funnel anyone toward anything. This approach pr...

No matter how close we seem to get, Crackdown 3 has always felt like it's resting just out of reach. Multiple delays and a sizable gap since the last game can have that lasting effect. Almost nine years after the less-than-ideally-remembere...

Anyone who hasn't had the pleasure of playing the original Crackdown can do so now at no price. In the lead-up to the launch of Crackdown 3, Microsoft has made 2007's Crackdown free for everyone. It can be played on Xbox One throu...

Microsoft's rules around achievements have been mostly steadfast over the past two generations of consoles. Every game launches with 1,000 Gamerscore, with a few exceptions made along the way for day-one DLC situations. Crackdown 3 mig...

Every piece of the puzzle that is the current timeline is wrong! So, while we try and piece it all back together, here's some of what happened in video games: Void Bastards looks magical! Detective Pikachu is my new nightmare fuel! Crack...

It's been a long and winding road to get to this point. Crackdown 3 was first revealed at E3 in 2014. After not hearing much for a few years, it was eventually set for a November 2017 release, right alongside the Xbox One X. Then it go...

This weekend will see Mexico City play host to the X018 event, a weekend of Xbox-related fun 'n' games which will see fans gather for news, trailers and no doubt a glut of great multiplayer action.Videocasters Inside Xbox will be on hand, b...

With Microsoft's X018 stream coming up soon, we're likely to find out a whole lot of information on the upcoming Crackdown 3. I suppose as an act of celebration, the original Crackdown is now free on the Xbox Live marketplace. As a reminder...

Xbox has announced, via their Mexican twitter account, that their very-long awaited cyber shooter, Crackdown 3, will be playable at the upcoming XO18 event, which takes place in Mexico City next month.It will be the first opportunity for pe...

Crackdown 3 is still alive! It needs to develop more, grow more, get more powerful -- before it (finally) releases. During Microsoft's E3 2018 press conference, they showed off a brand new gameplay trailer with narration from the one and on...

[Update: Microsoft has confirmed a February 2019 launch for Crackdown 3 in a statement issued to Windows Central.] Just last week, Amazon Spain was cancelling pre-orders for Crackdown 3 and leading many fans to believe the game had been del...

Earlier today, Amazon Spain had cancelled pre-orders for Microsoft's upcoming Crackdown 3, leading many to believe the title had suffered another delay. While the game has already seen a bunch of delays since its E3 2014 announcement, Micro...

Some of the last console generation's most popular games now look and perform better on this console generation's newest hardware. For the first time since its launch last November, Microsoft has added to the list of Xbox 360 games that hav...

Crackdown 3, once expected in 2016, and more recently expected on November 7 in lockstep with the new Xbox One X console, is now coming in "spring 2018." Microsoft originally announced a new Crackdown at E3 2014. Microsoft Studios Publishin...

Crackdown 3 couldn't quite make the leap to hit its release date. Rather than launching on November 7, Microsoft has just pushed it back to spring 2018. The news of Crackdown 3's delay has just been confirmed by Polygon, who received w...

After a lengthy and rocky development, Crackdown 3 is on the way. The game's senior developers will be present at San Diego Comic-Con where they promise some "exciting" new news is to be revealed.Narrative designer Dave Mongan, art director...

Crackdown 2 launched in the summer of 2010 and it was largely the same game that its predecessor was in 2007. The setting was the same, the gameplay was the same -- it mostly just added zombies in a weak attempt at variation. It rang h...

At E3 2016 Microsoft showed off a new, slimmer Xbox One called the Xbox One S (which is already out) and announced "Project Scorpio," a souped up Xbox One meant to do 4K resolution bullshit for peoples whose TVs also do 4K bullshit. And sup...

It may seem like a while since we've last heard about Crackdown 3. That's because Microsoft has been in no great rush to offer more details about the open-world destructathon that it initially revealed at E3 2014. It sort of just faded to t...

[Update: Reagent Games provided the following statement: "Today, we are excited to confirm that Crackdown 3 will be available for both Xbox One and Windows 10 PCs, and will be an Xbox Play Anywhere title so you can buy one and play across e...

Now there's basically no doubt that Crackdown 3 will be shown tomorrow in some capacity for Microsoft's E3 press conference. An astute reader sent us a teaser site for the game, which has multiple "missions" (complete with dates). Base...

Microsoft gave us a bit of info on Crackdown 3, which is starting to take shape. It takes place in a new city which was once a "glistening metropolis now filled with crime." It's described as an ecosystem where you have more freedom to do ...