![Crackdown 2 developer, Ruffian Games, has been acquired by Rockstar](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/crackdown_2_cover.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
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![Crackdown 2 developer, Ruffian Games, has been acquired by Rockstar](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/crackdown_2_cover.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
![Crackdown 3 adds a wing suit and airstrikes, which might be enough for us to reinstall](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/crackdown_3_campaign_04.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
![Crackdown 2 is now free and backward compatible for Xbox One](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/crackdown_2_cover.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
![Crackdown 3 reviews round-up, all the scores](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/crackdown_3_e3_2017-11.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
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![Crackdown 3's Wrecking Zone multiplayer mode doesn't support pre-made parties](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/crackdown-3-wrecking-zone-blackout-zone-explosion.png?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
![Crackdown 3's campaign is just more of the same, but that's okay](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/crackdown_3_campaign_04.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
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![Four years later, Crackdown 3's multiplayer Wrecking Zone is a shadow of its former self](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/crackdown_3_campaign_04.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
![Watch this updated look at Crackdown 3 single-player](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/crackdown_3_e3_2017-16.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
![Watch over 45 minutes of Crackdown 3 multiplayer gameplay](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/crackdown-3-wrecking-zone-blackout-zone-explosion.png?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
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![Crackdown is free to download right now, and it works on Xbox One](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/crackdown_x360_1.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
![Microsoft: there's "more than enough" content this holiday, "we didn't need Crackdown 3"](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/crackdown_3_wide.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
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![Series creator, Crackdown 3 original developer no longer working on the game](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/crackdown-3-terry-crews.png?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
![Crackdown 3 trailer shows off crazy antics, narrated by Terry Crews](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/crackdown_3_e3_2017-11.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
![Microsoft confirms Crackdown 3 delay, now due in February 2019](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/crackdown_3_gamescom_2015-4.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
![Crackdown 3 has been delayed to 2019 - report](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/crackdown-3-terry-crews.png?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
![Crackdown 3 has not been cancelled, Microsoft would like to reassure you](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/crackdown_3_e3_2017-11.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
![Crackdown on Xbox One X "scales up wonderfully to 4K resolution," says Digital Foundry](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/crackdown_dt61JEd.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
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![Announcing Crackdown 3 too early was a mistake, Xbox exec says](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/crackdown_3_e3_2017-9.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
![Crackdown 3 delayed to spring 2018](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/crackdown_3_e3_2017-11.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
![Crackdown 3 trailer confirms Terry Crews is in the game as Commanding Agent Isaiah Jaxon](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/crackdown-3-terry-crews.png?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
![We finally have direct-feed gameplay footage of Crackdown 3, and it looks a bit tame](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/crackdown_3_e3_2017-15.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
![Oh no, what happened to Crackdown 3?](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/crackdown_3_e3_2017-9.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
![Crackdown 3 will take 12-16 hours to finish, but you can do it in under 3](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/crackdown_3_e3_2017-11.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
![Here's our first look at Crackdown 3 gameplay from E3 2017](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/crackdown_3_e3_2017-15.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
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![Crackdown 3 will be an Xbox Play Anywhere title](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/crackdown_3_gamescom_2015_2.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
![Crackdown 3 news "on the horizon," promises developer](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/crackdown_3_gamescom_2015-3.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
![Microsoft explains why Crackdown 3 had to skip 2016](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/crackdown_3_gamescom_2015-3.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
![This is how you blow s**t up in Crackdown 3](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/crackdown3_explosives_image0002.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
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![Take a peek at the Crackdown 3 Xbox One controller](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/crackdown-3_CVFywJr.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
![Crackdown 3's spectacular tech suggests the cloud may be Xbox One's killer app after all](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/crackdown_3_gamescom_2015-2.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
![Crackdown 3 destruction is multiplayer-only](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/crackdown_3_gamescom_2015-3.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
![Gamescom 2015: here's an extended look at the Crackdown 3 demo](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/crackdown_3_qWP6jsT.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
![First Crackdown 3 gameplay shown, contains 100% destructible environments](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/crackdown_3_xcgXuuo.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
![First Crackdown gameplay to be shown at gamescom 2015](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/crackdown-3_CVFywJr.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
![Two more Xbox One exclusives skipping E3 2015 for gamescom](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/crackdown-xboxone.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
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