Crackdown 3 Coming in 4K and Available in Less Than a Year
A coupe of weeks ago, we wondered if Crackdown 3 had been canceled as it had been radio silence from the Crackdown 3 marketing team for quite some time. When the question was asked to him, Phil Spencer squashed those rumors indicating that the open world game currently in development by Reagent Games is alive and well. During the recent Microsoft Game Studios Extra Life livestream, Design Director Clint Burdock, Art Director Dave Johnson and Executive Producer Peter Connelly dropped a few interesting details about the game.
First of all, it was mentioned that the studio is aiming to release the game “earlier” than the Holiday season 2017. Secondly, we learned that the game will support 4K on the upcoming Project Scorpio console. Considering the Scorpio is slated for the Holidays next year, this means the game should be in our hands before the console.
Back in June, it was confirmed Crackdown 3 will be released sometime next year. According to the game Creative Director Dave Jones, releasing the game in 2016 would compromise the team’s goals. At the same time, it’s been confirmed that the game will an Xbox Play Anywhere game, like the recently released ReCore, Forza Horizon 3 and Gears of War 4. Jones said the following:
“Crackdown 3 is a game built for the future with a multiplayer experience that will redefine what it feels like to play games, and as we continue to work on this, it has become clear that our original timeline of delivering multiplayer to fans this summer, while maintaining the size, scope and quality of the game, would be challenging. Our top priority is to give gamers an experience they have never seen before at a scale never thought possible, and sticking to our original timeline would have compromised that goal.”
Crackdown 3 launches on PC and Xbox One on a yet to be confirmed 2017 release date.