Crackdown 3
Crackdown 3 may be one of the titles we’ve known about for the longest, and yet somehow still don’t have. Announced back at Microsoft’s 2014 E3 conference, the game boasted its cloud-powered destructive environments and more of the classic gameplay fans of the series had come to know and love. Thanks to the cloud, however, everything was going to be on a much larger, more explosive, destructive scale than ever before, especially when you throw multiplayer into the mix.
Unfortunately, Crackdown 3 hasn’t yet been able to bring its insane levels of destruction to our Xbox Ones just yet. Originally set for a 2016 release, the title was pushed back to Nov. 7, 2017 to coincide with the release of Microsoft’s powerhouse Xbox One X. It then got delayed yet again to an unspecified spring 2018 release window, and that’s where we are now.
But this makes no sense when, just a few weeks back, we finally found out that Sea of Thieves launches worldwide on Mar. 20. Considering both Crackdown 3 and Sea of Thieves are currently Microsoft’s biggest exclusives (that we know about, at least), it seems odd to release them just a few months apart, especially during the spring months. It’s not unheard of, with Sony having released a bunch of its own exclusives toward the start of this year, but we’re not convinced. Plus, all of this tech that powers Crackdown 3’s multiplayer areas is seriously impressive, and there’s yet to be any major details or preview events going on for the game. Perhaps Microsoft is holding its cards close to its chest, but we’ll believe a spring 2018 release date for Crackdown 3 when we’ve got it in our hands.
