Among its many inspired bits of game design (opens in new tab), one particularly bold choice in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (opens in new tab) was letting players decide for themselves when it was finally time to fight the final boss. Whether you want to take …
Read More »“We didnt know if we could make it fun” admits Crackdown 3 dev
Despite first being announced back in 2014, Crackdown 3 (opens in new tab) is finally almost here, and from an interview with Joseph Staten, senior creative director for Microsoft Global Publishing, Official Xbox Magazine has discovered that the game’s ambitious multiplayer has been the cause of its delay. This sure …
Read More »Check out a couple of new Crackdown 3 shots
Oooh, look some new Crackdown 3 (opens in new tab) images. First up: the important stuff beards! This is one of two images posted (opens in new tab) by community manager Kieffer Bryant. It’s actually part competition and part survey as Kieffer’s giving out prizes for submitted examples of “your …
Read More »Crackdown 3 is out this summer… but just the multiplayer mode
Let’s pretend for a moment that I’m the most important person in your life. Well, remember when I said that Crackdown 3 is basically two games (opens in new tab)? I was more right than I, you, or my adoring, lucky parents could have known, because it looks as though …
Read More »Crackdown 3 effectively turns your Xbox One into the most powerful console ever made
So, Crackdown 3 (opens in new tab) might be the most impressive demo I’ve ever seen. We’ll have a full preview up later today, but suffice it to say that all that bluster about “leveraging the Cloud” to bring hitherto unseen levels of physics-based destruction is totally accurate. That moment …
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