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Microsoft is remaining quiet on rumours that Crimson Skies 2 is in development.

The propellers started turning when the April edition of OXM magazine included a piece about the five biggest games we're not supposed to know about. One of them was Crimson Skies 2.

Apparently we don't know about it because Microsoft already has too many big titles on its release schedule. Once it dies down we'll hear about the game that is supposedly due to make an appearance in late 2008 or early 2009.

Also adding fuel to the rumour engine are clues on the website of Airtight Games - developer of Crimson Skies on Xbox. Here it states quite clearly it's working on high profile project with a leading publisher and is hiring more staff to work on a PC and next-generation console title.

Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge was released on Xbox in 2003. It was a surprise hit for the system and proved to be a jolly good crack in multiplayer.

Head over to our Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge review for more information.

About Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge
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- Release date 31/10/2003
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dudefella #1 5 years ago

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I loved Crimson Skies on PC like 6 years ago, such great atmosphere. Sequel should be good! No nonsense flying without any of the simulation malarky
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ZuluHero #2 5 years ago

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like the Xbox version u mean?

I really hope this comes to light - the multi-player dog fighting was the best and most tense i'd ever played. The single player story was pretty good as well
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FunkyRenegade #3 5 years ago

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Woah!! I can't wait for this one The original was one of my favourite Xbox Live games
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CableNut #4 5 years ago

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i want midtown madness 4
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joeking #5 5 years ago

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Fantastic news!
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blicko #6 5 years ago

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I bought a budget version of Crimson Skies (PC) a fortnight ago. nVidia card owners, don't bother. Much of the important text renders as garbage on recent nVidia drivers (apparently the dimensions of the textures used for some of the text isn't base-2, which the newer drivers assume). So getting into the instant action isn't too much of a problem, but the campaign is pretty hopeless.

Still, the original is great arcade tomfoolery and I'm looking forward to the sequel.
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IAmBatman #7 5 years ago

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I would buy this.
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kissthestick #8 5 years ago

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didnt Zipper (Socom Sony studio) help FASA make the Crimson skies orginal for PC?
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Kostabi #9 5 years ago

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YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!!!
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spongebob #10 5 years ago

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This is great. Hopefully it is true that they're making it for X360.
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Taximan #11 5 years ago

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Hopefully it's also true that they're making it for the PC
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yagisencho #12 5 years ago

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The PC version was great fun, though not the most stable piece of software ever written. I also enjoyed the XBox revision. More, please.
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freedumb #13 5 years ago

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Only played a rather large xbox demo, and it was good polished stuff, quite fun.
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Retroid #14 5 years ago

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Worth pointing out that High Road to Revenge works fantastically on the 360 in BC mode and if VGA compatible! \o/
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bonker #15 5 years ago

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I never sniffed CS on the XBOX but I'm aware of it's rep.

I'm just surprised that it's going to take them over 3 years to get it out on the 360 - it's not like the platform is crammed with flyers ...
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smoison #16 5 years ago

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I also really liked the original on PC (as well as midtown madness).

They'd better not screw the PC users over again by making it XBOX only.
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lemonfist #17 5 years ago

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So, Crimson Skies 3 then.
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markypants #18 5 years ago

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This is in development I'm pretty sure as I was listening to one of the podcasts (1Up or Gamespot) and they had the guy who has been working on Shadowrun on it. He even said it himself that it was and has been in development. Anybody else rememeber this?
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Aurifex. #19 5 years ago

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The old xbox version plays great on the 360, looks even better. Excellent game.
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Ninja_Cop #20 5 years ago

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it was on the 1up podcast, he was given a really hard time.
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HelloWorld #21 5 years ago

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Sweet. I got the PC one recently. Yes the text is a pain in the bum to read, and the physics seems a bit too simplistic (you can fly just as well upside down all the time), but the style is out of this world. Maybe i'll pick up the Xbox ("old" Xbox) version too. The new one could be really really awesome. Maybe enough to sell me a system.
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