New Crackdown enhancements coming today
by Justin McElroy 
{ May 10th 2007 at 9:35AM }
There's a great new reason for you to hold on to your copy of Crackdown. What? No, silly, not that reason. This reason: The full scoop on all the free and not-so-free enhancements coming to the game this week today. We don't have room for everything here, but, suffice it to say: It's big.
First up, there are some small changes via a title update like the gang reset option, new ground strike attack and easier-to-spot stunt rings. Then you've got the "Free-for-All" pack (yes, that's the free one). The key feature here is the "Keys to the City" mode, which could best be described as a cheat mode hopped up on goofballs. It lets you set whatever skill level you want, enable "super agility" or "super strength" or spawn a ramp truck just to name a few, all from a pop-up cheat menu that doesn't require pausing. Also, the Agency garage will allow you to store vehicles with an achievement if you "impound 'em all."
Then there's the "Gettin' Busy Bonus Pack" which is premium content (read: it costs 800 points). That includes new vehicles like the buggy, a "ridiculously powerful mono-cockpit race car" and the Agency Armored Vehicle (which we're calling the Rocket Turretmobile). The premium pack also adds five new modes like street racing, rocket tag and footraces. There's also new equipment like a proximity charge, a cloaking device and the ... wait for it ... harpoon gun. What's more, you can actually sample the pack before you buy it by playing co-op with a well-off friend who's already purchased it. Also, there are 350 new Achievement points to be had between the two packs.
This is a real bar-raiser for downloadable content and we can't wait to get our hands on it.
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Kevin Little @ May 10th 2007 9:38AM
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deaftly @ May 10th 2007 9:51AM
this sounds to friggin awesome, i cant wait
warren @ May 10th 2007 9:54AM
f-ing sweet man
polly @ May 10th 2007 10:00AM
Sounds pretty damn cool.
beuh_jonny @ May 10th 2007 10:07AM
Finally, someone doing DLC right. This is incredible. This will be the first game upgrade I buy.
Theta @ May 10th 2007 10:29AM
That sounds cool.
Isn't it kind of peculiar though for them to release an official version of what is essentially the cheat codes though?
baby sea tuna @ May 10th 2007 10:34AM
It's more than just cheats. There is a ton of new content here. There's no way I'm NOT buying this.
Armored cars? Awesome. Active camo? Hell yeah! Nail guns? Sold!
Hoffer @ May 10th 2007 10:37AM
This is awesome!!! Crackdown is an awesome game. I know what I'll be doing tonight. :-)
The True Gamer @ May 10th 2007 10:47AM
Harpoon gun=must buy.
hoos30 @ May 10th 2007 10:49AM
If we get all of this for $10, they'll never sell another "relit" mappack for more than $5 again.
R @ May 10th 2007 10:50AM
I was really hoping for 4 player co-op :(
BadVermin @ May 10th 2007 11:05AM
This is the BEST downloadable content ever. Period.
I can't wait for this to come out. The free pack has 90% of the stuff I wanted, I'm not sure if I need the weapons/car pack, but I have some extra points left for getting Shivering Isles.
RUSKULL @ May 10th 2007 11:08AM
Man, what's with trolls always making the first posts? Better question: What's with trolls posting in the first place? Oh right...the whole "no life" thing. Almost forgot.
Michael @ May 10th 2007 11:17AM
The game modes seemed so sparse in the retail version that actually charging for something as simple as car races doesn't right with me.
Zoot Suit Jedi @ May 10th 2007 11:22AM
It appears as though the evil MS empire allows FREE DLC after all. What's up Epic?
Viridium @ May 10th 2007 11:22AM
If I hadn't finished the game months ago and already traded it in, I'd consider this. Better than anything Ubisoft's pumped out for DLC.
Anonymous (He who does not forgive) @ May 10th 2007 11:26AM
Well, back to Pacific City.
Grant @ May 10th 2007 2:13PM
this sucks, they are giving us a minor update for free..... after they shipped us an incomplete game, in my eyes they owe us.
$10 for basically what should have been in the game since the beginning?
awesome, i wanted to spend $70 for it.
don't get me wrong, i love crackdown, but it never really felt complete, and and the actual 1 player game felt tacked on after they created the sandbox.
fyreblazer @ May 10th 2007 11:31AM
2 words...harpoon gun.
I'd love it if they added a new island but I cannot complain about the massiveness of this update already.
agent lead @ May 10th 2007 11:51AM
wow thats actually really alot of content...i kinda stopped playing the game after i beat it and maxxed everything out but ill put it back in the tray now...
polly @ May 10th 2007 11:59AM
So you can harpoon npcs to walls and cars and stuff. (which is awesome by the way) What happens when you harpoon your partner?
umm....hello??? @ May 10th 2007 12:07PM
@15
you're a retard. epic IS having the DLC for FREE (in september). Most of the content that is FREE for Crackdown is fixes for the game (ie-mainly stuff that should've been there anyway). Did you see the note for all the REAL extras as being $10??
Matt @ May 10th 2007 12:16PM
@15 "It appears as though the evil MS empire allows FREE DLC after all. What's up Epic?"
Remember that Crackdown only shipped with 900 achievement points and were RTW was required to add free DLC to get to 1000.
LongshotX @ May 10th 2007 12:26PM
But who will I use all this against? Crackdown got boring when there was nobody left to kill. And there was no challenge in killing who was alive before I killed them. No Super-Villians.
sammeg64 @ May 10th 2007 12:44PM
I'm gonna spell my name on the wall using harpooned gang members...TAKE THAT!!
raquor @ May 10th 2007 1:24PM
@15: Microsoft owns Gears, Epic is the developer. Therefore MS can charge whatever they feel like for Gears Content.
w00t! This sounds like some amazing DLC! And I'm guessing the free pack adds at least 100 achievement points since they HAVE to allow for free 1000 achievement points.
razer @ May 10th 2007 1:31PM
@#1 - The game is great! You seem just like a troll hater.
Yes, that free DLC better get the game to 1000 points. Sound like it might just be 1 achievement for impounding all the cars(which sounds crazy considering how many vehicles there are).
As soon as I see 800 points for any DLC I always cringe.. But I might have to pick this up.. The game is good but I don't know about $70 dollars good.
xbob627 @ May 10th 2007 3:15PM
i think i need new underwear
savvydoc @ May 10th 2007 9:47PM
Brilliant!
This is the kind of downloadable content a guy can be proud of.
Grey Fox @ May 11th 2007 1:51AM
Doesn't seem like much for $10 and I assume the free package makes up the difference in the achievement point deficiency the game had at release; as per new new rules for content being released on Live have to make up the difference with FREE content.
Ace @ May 11th 2007 12:26AM
Wow it's 12:30 EST that makes it the 11th. Good job on being punctual Microsoft.
Grant @ May 11th 2007 4:14AM
they even missed it if they were going for PST.
i think joystiq is just wrong on this one.
better luck next time guys!
Ace @ May 11th 2007 12:01PM
Actually Crackdown's main website said it came out yesterday.
http://www.crackdownoncrime.com