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JaggedSac on 29 January 2009

http://www.videogaming247.com/2009/01/29/rumour-crackdown-15-out-early-2010-ruffian-is-working-on-it-despite-realtime-worlds-statement/

Rumour: Crackdown 1.5 out “early 2010″, Ruffian IS working on it despite Realtime Worlds statement

January 29th, 2009 @ 14:27

It’s not going away, and it sounds as though you’re about to hear an awful lot more about it. Newly formed Scottish developer Ruffian is most certainly working on a new Crackdown game, says “rumour” today, and apparently it’s scheduled for the end of 2009 or early 2010.

The project’s being called “Crackdown 1.5″ in the UK trade, and it’s set in the same city as the original Realtime Worlds 360 classic. Multiplayer’s going to play a massive part in the game, aparently, moreso than the new single-player stuff.

Just a hunch: you might hear more about this… tomorrow. Life on the edge, and all that.

Realtime Worlds put out a statement at the end of December saying the firm was in ongoing negotiations with Microsoft about continuing the franchise as a reaction to rumour that Ruffian had picked up a second game.

Ruffian - the Dundee-based developer comprised largely of ex-Crackdown staffers - was confirmed as open in late January.

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As long as they are only working on an expansion I am ok with it.  More Crackdown = awesomesauce.  Give RTW the sequel M$.



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MrBubbles on 29 January 2009

well i hope it allows offline co op.



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dsister44 on 29 January 2009

yes i would love that



rhisc on 29 January 2009

I'd like to hear more information about this if its true. Are they redoing it from the ground up or do they have access to the original code and they're adding to it? Real Time Worlds must be crushed if this is indeed true.





sinha on 30 January 2009

I'm confused, is this an expansion or a sequel?



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