When we got an early hands-on with Crackdown 2 back in May, I was enamoured with the game. You see, I was a huge fan of the original, and everything seemed in place to make Crackdown 2 bigger and better. In a lot of ways, Ruffian Games did build upon the original, but in their quest for pure gameplay, I couldn’t help but feel something was lacking.
Read MoreThe public demo for Ruffian Games’ Crackdown 2 launched today, with a few interesting twists. Besides providing both single player and 4 player co-op modes, if you’re also a Facebook user, they’ve got a tie in game called Chuck’s Ducks 2, a carnival style game that allows players to earn and activate special sticky bombs, for use in the retail game. You can check out our hands on impression with the game last month, as well as our interview Ruffian Games creative director Billy Thomson. In brief, Crackdown 2 is…
Read MoreWith the release of Crackdown 2 just a few weeks away (our hands on, and interview is here), the third part in the animated series, has hit YouTube. This time around we’re treated to a public service announcement narrated by the Voice of the Agency himself, warning the population of the deadly Freak virus. It’s all part of laying the groundwork for the backstory of the game. Of course, in the PSA, they lay the blame for the virus on one Catalina Thorne. Having played the first Crackdown, I’d say…
Read MoreWhen the original Crackdown came out, it came with a code to access the early beta of Halo 3. At the time, some considered Crackdown to be the bonus game you get when your buy your early access pass to the beta. Some complained that this was just a crass marketing ploy to move more copies, which it undoubtedly did. If you look past those meta arguments though, Crackdown was also a bright, vibrant, open world superhero sandbox which in many ways still holds its own against the newer entrants…
Read MoreThe server switchover had kept us preoccupied here at the rgb HQ, so what better way than to get caught up in all the latest gaming news? In what’s becoming an increasingly popular way to keep your game on the forefront of gamers’ minds when a release date is imminent, the gang from Ruffian present a 5 part animated miniseries that takes place in Pacific City. For those who’ve played the first game, the familiar voice of the Agency is back to narrate the tale in his unique way. The…
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