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Crackdown 2 is a sandbox-style third-person shooter video game developed by Ruffian Games and published by Microsoft Game Studios. It was released on Xbox 360 in July 2010 and is a direct sequel to the 2007 video game Crackdown.

The game is modeled similarly to its predecessor Crackdown, a third-person shooter in open world game play. The player character is an advanced super-powered officer for the city-funded "Agency", known simply as the "Agent". This time around, players choose one of four faces and armor colours (eight colours if you preordered it), instead of just the preset heads offered before. Along with that, the orbs have been carried on from the first game, and the Agent's powers are expanded and enhanced such as the Agility Skill which now allows the Agent to jump higher than in Crackdown, glide, and gain access to the helicopter landing pad at the Agency Tower. Driving is also available in Crackdown 2. You’re able to commandeer any number of vehicles in the game, including Agency vehicles, Peacekeeper Cruisers and a large number of civilian vehicles that the Cell have armor plated. Checkpoint races are back, both Road and Rooftop versions. Like Crackdown, the game will allow for on-line co-operative play in the main game, but will now support up to four players. The game will also feature competitive multiplayer modes for up to sixteen players. While the original Crackdown supported System Link playing for co-op, Crackdown 2 won't be featuring the same option. Source: IGDB

Platforms

Xbox 360

Release date 6 July 2010

Developers

Ruffian Games

Genres

Action Adventure
Shooter

Publishers

Microsoft
Microsoft Game Studios
Microsoft Studios

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Review | Crackdown 2

Sequels equals kills, Agent.

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Review | Crackdown 2

Freak in the morning.

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Digital Foundry | Tech Analysis: Crackdown 2 demo

Good job, Agent.

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Rockstar acquires Crackdown 2 developer Ruffian Games

Studio to be renamed Rockstar Dundee.

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Crackdown 2 now Xbox One backwards compatible - and it's free to download

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"We want to get the right team."

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"It wasn't accidental. Definitely."

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Crackdown 2 developer Ruffian announces Tribal Towers

"We're not working on Crackdown 3."

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"High action, visceral" with an online focus.

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Crackdown 2 Deluge DLC out now

You Ruffians.

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New Crackdown 2 DLC incoming

Plus, Windows Phone 7 spin-off detailed.

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Crackdown 2 DLC problem fixed

New version of add-on available now.

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Crackdown 2 DLC borked

Ruffian suggests fix.

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Crackdown 2's Toy Box DLC released

In free and premium forms.

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UK charts: Crackdown 2 in at one

Microsoft Ruffians up the top 10.

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First Crackdown 2 add-on announced

Free and paid for stuff.

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StarCraft II US sales monstrous

Best-selling game in July.

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UK chart: Crackdown 2 still top

Toy Story 3 goes in at five.

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Digital Foundry | Tech Interview: Crackdown 2

Agency resupply point.

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Review | Crackdown 2

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Crackdown 2 premium DLC outed

Avatar awards point to two packs.

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Ruffian planning "disruptive" openworld

Reckons other openworlds are a bit samey.

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Rockstar acquires Crackdown 2 developer Ruffian Games

Studio to be renamed Rockstar Dundee.

29
Crackdown 2 now Xbox One backwards compatible - and it's free to download

Jump around.

21
A much longer look at Crackdown 3's destroy-everything multiplayer

It's… real.

88
Spencer: "UK sensibility" important for Crackdown 3

"We want to get the right team."

48
Microsoft teases new Crackdown for Xbox One

"It wasn't accidental. Definitely."

66
Crackdown 2 developer shows first Tribal Towers gameplay

Worth supporting?

12
Crackdown 2 developer Ruffian announces Tribal Towers

"We're not working on Crackdown 3."

29
Crackdown 2 dev working on new games

"High action, visceral" with an online focus.

24
Crackdown 2 Deluge DLC out now

You Ruffians.

10
New Crackdown 2 DLC incoming

Plus, Windows Phone 7 spin-off detailed.

10
Crackdown 2 DLC problem fixed

New version of add-on available now.

9
Crackdown 2 DLC borked

Ruffian suggests fix.

23
Crackdown 2's Toy Box DLC released

In free and premium forms.

9
UK charts: Crackdown 2 in at one

Microsoft Ruffians up the top 10.

42
First Crackdown 2 add-on announced

Free and paid for stuff.

17
StarCraft II US sales monstrous

Best-selling game in July.

32
UK chart: Crackdown 2 still top

Toy Story 3 goes in at five.

18
Crackdown 2 premium DLC outed

Avatar awards point to two packs.

13
Ruffian planning "disruptive" openworld

Reckons other openworlds are a bit samey.

13
Perfect Dark has Crackdown 2 treat

Gives Agent 4 when saved file found.

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Crackdown 2 demo today

Features Demo Achievements.

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Crackdown 2 dated for July

Agent Tall Summer-Breeze.

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Crackdown 2 demo is a definite

Ruffian dishing out taster before launch.

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Crackdown 2 twice as tall as predecessor

Ruffian scaling new heights and depths.

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Greenberg: Crackdown 2 in early 2010

Hallelujah.

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Ruffian wants your art in Crackdown 2

Drawings to become in-game graffiti.

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First Crackdown 2 info surfaces

4-player co-op! Deathmatch! Helicopters.

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E3: Crackdown 2 MP player counts

Competitive and co-op numbers.

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E3: Crackdown 2 and Left 4 Dead 2

360 exclusives. Plus new Epic game.

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Review | Crackdown 2

Ping!

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Review | Crackdown 2

Freak in the morning.

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Review | Crackdown 2

Sequels equals kills, Agent.

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Feature | Creating Grand Theft Auto and Zzap!64: the life and stories of Gary Penn

"You have this feeling you can do anything."

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Interview | "I want to see another Crackdown as well. I really do."

Inside Ruffian's struggle to break free from its legacy.

32
Feature | Cheap This Week - 13/07/11

Crackdown! EDF! Child of Eden!

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Digital Foundry | Tech Interview: Crackdown 2

Agency resupply point.

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Interview | Crackdown 2

Killing in the name.

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Interview | Crackdown 2

Part 1: James Cope and Gareth Noyce explain the trailer's implications.

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Preview | Crackdown 2

Double agent.

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