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Crackdown 3 Release Date Wrecking Crew

Crackdown 3 Release Date Announced for the Last Time, Probably

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On November 11, 2018

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Crackdown 3 has another release date. Assuming this is the last one, it’s expected to come out on February 15, 2019.

Xbox hosted X018 recently, a big promotional event for Xbox content. In it, they release more details regarding the upcoming open-world action game. This included a release date, Xbox program inclusions, releasing the first game for free, and a gameplay trailer of their competitive multiplayer mode.

Crackdown 3 release date: February 15, 2019.

This is I think the fourth time they’ve announced a release date for the game. It was originally expected to release in late 2016 but was then delayed to spring 2017, then one other time I can’t recollect, and now February.

Crackdown 3 will also be a part of both the Xbox Play Anywhere and the Xbox Game Pass program. This means it’ll be available to Game Pass subscribers on Launch, and those who can play the game will be able to play on Xbox One and PC, even if they only own one copy of the game..

To further promote the occasion, Microsoft has announced that the original Crackdown, the one for the Xbox 360 in 2007, will be available on Xbox One through backward compatibility for free. It’ll also come with some additional technical support for Xbox One X, supporting 4K resolution.

And lastly is Wrecking Zone, their multiplayer game mode. They released a new trailer for the mode, giving us a closer look at what it’ll actually be like. The entire map is destructible, I guess? They talked a big game about how they use the Azure cloud computing service to process all the complicated physics involved. As cool as it seems, that just makes me wonder how long it’ll be before that feature is shut down when player interest drops.

Forgive me for irregular or imperfect news posts here for the next few days. I’m out-of-state, visiting family, and it’s hard to find the spare time to get writing done. Also, this laptop isn’t the best. I spilled Coke on it a while back and now the keyboard is a bit wonky (don’t judge me).

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Tuesday 3-27-18: Death Tax and Senua’s Xbox

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On March 27, 2018

In daily update, News

My god, I’m alive! It’s been a hectic week, but I’m here now. And with me, comes the news.

  • Rare Kills Off Death Tax
  • Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice Comes to Xbox
Death Tax


Sea of Thieves released a week ago, today. Since then, it’s received heavy criticism for its lack of content and missing features. Rare continues to work on the game, adding more content post-release. One proposed idea was to add a fee to players who die for reckless reasons. With the exception of PvP, it would cost the player some in-game gold to revive. The more easily avoidable the death, the more it would cost. After some heavy community backlash, the team has decided to nix the idea. Many words to say “nothing changed.”

Hellblade: Senua’s Xbox


The multi-award winning RPG by Ninja Theory will be coming to Xbox One and Xbox One X on April 11. The Xbox version will support HDR, with the Xbox One X offering a range of settings to choose based on what you value more, framerate, resolution, or graphics. Expect a $30 price tag.

I disappear for a week and come back with this weak post. Shame on me. But I have a secret project in the works. Stay tuned. Check back tomorrow for more news. Otherwise, have a great night!

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Wednesday 1-3-18: PUBG Plagiarism, Monster Hunter PC, and LawBreakers Blamed PUBG

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On January 3, 2018

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Wednesday. Have I made a joke about how NES is in the middle of Wednesday? A joke as old as the NES is itself. Here’s the news.

  • Microsoft takes down the plagiarized advertisement
  • Monster Hunter: World on PC gets a release window, kinda
  • LawBreaker’s publisher blames PUBG on its failure


Plagiarized PUBG Ad
A few months ago, Reddit user macsterr created a concept for PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds on Xbox One (on the left). This ad was a player standing in a field growing out of the top of the console. A while after that, Microsoft posted a very similar ad (on the right) on their Twitter. Macsterr called them out about it, and now they’ve taken the ad down. Xbox frontman Major Nelson apologized for the situation and has said he is contacting macsterr. someone got fired, for sure.


Monster Hunter: World on PC
The Monster Hunter Twitter posted a video of producer Ryozo Tsujimoto thanking everyone for their support and feedback, and telling us that after the console release on January 26, free updates will happen that will contain new monsters. He also tells us that the estimates time for the PC port is “Autumn 2018.” Buckle up PC gamers, you got a while still.


PUBG is why LawBreakers Failed
Oh boy, do I have opinions here. LawBreakers released earlier this year, and it was met with an extremely mild reception. Turns out the world didn’t need another hero shooter, especially one that felt overly edgy and otherwise bland. When investors asked the publisher in a Q3 conference call why something they funded did so poorly, financial executive Shiro Uemura was there to shine some light.

“Our results in North America in the third quarter were below our outlook, mainly due to the sales from LawBreakers being below our expectations. LawBreakers is a unique FPS developed for core users. We had very high expectations for its launch; however, the timing of its launch turned out to be unfortunate, specifically the blockbuster PC online game PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds came out right about the same time, making the market environment very tough for first-person shooters in general and for LawBreakers.”

… Seriously? PUBG isn’t even the same genre as LawBreakers, not to mention it came out months before that did. Nor does this explain LawBreakers’ poor console sales, which PUBG wasn’t available on at the time. Overwatch is years old, and it has more reasoning to have hindered this game than PUBG would. The problem was that it was a boring and poorly balanced game. Boy got me heated over this bogusness.

Saltiness aside, today was a nice news day. I’m trying out having pictures with each topic, let me know if its a good of bad change. I’m using a phone app called LifeRPG to try and keep myself more organized, so I should be better about consistency. I’m thinking about writing an article about these kinds of apps. I digress. Be sure to check back tomorrow for more of the worthwhile content that is video game news. Otherwise, have a great night!

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