Ruffian project: "Crackdown 1.5? That's generous. It's more like 1.25"

Microsoft should get on and announce this. There'll be nothing left before too long.

A UK publishing source has reliably informed VG247 that the unannounced Crackdown game in development at Ruffian is a multiplayer-only effort.

"Crackdown 1.5? That's generous," our man added. "It's more like 1.25."

When pushed on whether or not the project was definitely underway at Ruffian, the chatterer was unequivocal: "Oh yes, it is true."

We've verified the lack of single-player with two other dev sources, who described the information as "good".

The game is supposedly being scheduled for "late 2009".

Ruffian, the newly-formed Scottish developer, announced this week that it's taken on another two Crackdown veterans, and was mainly formed initially from Realtime Worlds staffers.

Microsoft was unavailable for comment at the time of writing.