Realtime Worlds receives $50 million in real world investment
by Alexander Sliwinski 
{ Mar 31st 2008 at 4:30PM }
Although Crackdown was a great game, nobody is going to deny that the title did better because of its tie-in with the Halo 3 beta. APB should let us see how a Realtime Worlds title does without the assistance of Master Chief and the Halo army.
[Via GameDaily]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Bleu @ Mar 31st 2008 4:35PM
No Thanks! NEEEEEEEEEEXT!
Robotochan @ Mar 31st 2008 4:36PM
I'll never understand why they bundled the Halo 3 beta with it.
A) It's a great game (Scotland FTW)
B) It was and is cheap
C) erm... something Halo fanboys won't like :)
Curtis the Claw: Brawl Code 1075-0441-3284 @ Mar 31st 2008 5:48PM
It is a great game and all, but not even close to as many people would have bought it if it didn't have that Halo 3 beta sticker on it. There is your reason right there.
EC @ Mar 31st 2008 4:38PM
Crackdown was easily one of the most underrated games of last year. A lot of people bought it, but I doubt many people played it, and just used it for the Halo 3 beta.
I just wish they would make a second one.
rv @ Mar 31st 2008 4:46PM
So do I. There was so much room for improvement. Sadly, they said they wouldn't be making a second one.
booticon @ Mar 31st 2008 4:39PM
LOVED Crackdown. With or without the Halo 3 beta (in fact, I bought it after Halo 3 even came out).
Zertoss @ Mar 31st 2008 4:46PM
Crackdown was fantastic! I could heap generic praise onto that title all day.
And if APB is anything like Planetside, I'll give it a shot.
voodoo_craig @ Mar 31st 2008 4:49PM
Crackdown is awesome and it has the most creative DLC available on XBOX Live yet!
APB should be a great game.
Number_Zero @ Mar 31st 2008 4:52PM
That reminds me I need to beat Wang...
XLM @ Mar 31st 2008 5:22PM
Host a co-op and maybe someone here would help you beat your Wang.
rTwelve @ Mar 31st 2008 5:42PM
hahaha i just died laughing at you two
Zeus.:God @ Mar 31st 2008 5:50PM
Then how did you post?
arooguy @ Mar 31st 2008 5:03PM
Maybe the ABP MMO will come with a Halo MMO beta.
mernmern @ Mar 31st 2008 5:17PM
Add me to the list that enjoyed Crackdown. Granted, I bought it for the beta, but following the conclusion of the beta, I gave it a shot. As for the MMO, I have to wonder about the collaboration with Webzen. I was initially excited about Huxley, but with all of the delays, lack of information, and the horrid game play video, I have no real hope for that title or the Crackdown MMO.
Curtis the Claw: Brawl Code 1075-0441-3284 @ Mar 31st 2008 5:49PM
Consider yourself added.
Dadidito @ Mar 31st 2008 5:18PM
Crackdown has to be one of the best sleeper games out there for me. I still play it regularly. Resetting the levels just to go on one more run wasting everything. Nothing as satisfying as hearing the whistle of 5 or 6 lobbed rockets impacting. Sequel please. No need for betas in addition. :)
Halwende @ Mar 31st 2008 5:25PM
Where's Lemmings for XBLA please Mr Jones?
bVork @ Mar 31st 2008 10:20PM
Never. Lemmings is now a Sony property, thanks to their takeover of Psygnosis about a decade ago.
Vcize @ Mar 31st 2008 5:25PM
Bought it for the Halo 3 beta and ended up liking it more than Halo 3.
Definitely way underrated. Awesome game, I cry every night that we probably won't get a Crackdown 2.
Vcize @ Mar 31st 2008 5:26PM
Oh, and here's to hoping that Halo 4 comes with a Crackdown 2 beta.
Thomas @ Mar 31st 2008 5:55PM
I actually played Crackdown way more than H3.. Played trough the campaign once, played a little online, but i've probably played Crackdown atleast a 100 hours.
Jake11 @ Mar 31st 2008 9:44PM
sick avatar. calvin and hobbes is the greatest
Lone Starr @ Mar 31st 2008 5:47PM
APRIL FOOLS!
potato @ Mar 31st 2008 5:55PM
That's the great thing. Crackdown didn't receive nearly as much marketing effort as the quality of the game deserved. By bundling Halo 3 they introduced a lot of people to Realtime Worlds - a halo effect (no pun intended) that may very well carry into APB.
Imagine if the game sucked though, the endless bitching about greedy MS would never stop :)
PojoMofo @ Apr 1st 2008 10:03AM
When I first heard about ABP I thought it stood for Another British Pansy, I was like "Sweet, I get to go around beating up stuck up wankers, then I found out it was a cop MMO, and quickly became disinterested