Fable 2, Crackdown, MotoGP devs form Ruffian

I misread that headline at first to say that they "form Russian."

Justin is such a Ruffian fanboy...

i can haz crackdown 2 nao?

A Crackdown, Fable 2,MotoGP and GTA crossover might just be the most awesome game ever...

In all fairness, Fable 2 was missing the motorcycle racing and rooftop orb collecting that I was hoping for. So this might be a company to watch.

Their first project will be an all-motorcycle GTA-style game where your dog rides in a sidecar with you.

"The team members have worked on games like Fable 2, Crackdown, MotoGP and Grand Theft Auto, which all seem pretty ... disparate? What are we supposed to derive from this?"

That they're all from big British dev houses? Sometimes it's less about what you do than where you are.

Scotland is just a small corner of the United Kingdom, like England, Wales and Northern Ireland are. Alone they are nothing, but together they form one of the greatest countries in the world.

Well that's nice for Scotland. It's barely been the hub of gaming for the past twenty years or anything, and I believe Realtime Worlds is based in Dundee? Maybe their first game will be based in the rural highlands, featuring vast scenes of beauty mixed with a heart-wrenching story and beautiful folk-like score.

Well, maybe not.

Ruffian Meeting #34
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MotoGP Guy: Okay, my idea for a game invol-

Fable 2 Guy: I swear if you say anything about motorcyles I'll f*cking kill you.

"The team members have worked on games like Fable 2, Crackdown, MotoGP and Grand Theft Auto, which all seem pretty ... disparate? What are we supposed to derive from this?"
Let's see - Crackdown and GTA...no similarities there, pal? Isn't Fable 2 fundamentally a sandbox, too? So other than Moto GP, isn't there more in common, than not?

What we should take from this is: A new developer is in around who is experienced in making AAA sandbox and racing games.

Not bad.

Canada (Ontario I hear is the best Provence for developers) is better then Scotland in terms of tax credits and only Fable 2 and Crackdown are good games to credit as past projects.

Fingers crossed for an open city current-gen version of Road Rage.

It's not exactly the DaVinci Code folks...

GTA is one if the most culturally relevant and immersive open world environments in gaming history.

Crackdown layered in high performance co-op, superior gunplay and levelng system-- plus a handful of interesting time sinks missing from the rest of the genre.

Fable has similarly crafted a rich and charming world that fosters a more intimate connection with the player and their character by leveraging their choices and providing a more accessible experience to newcomers.

Each of these games has had shortcomings in their games that has been improved upon by one another. And given the intense focus on vehicles in the open-world genre -- bolstering your team with people familiar with racing simulations is a smart play.

I'm excited to see what they cook up under one roof.

As an out of work EA producer, it has me even more interested in a passport...

Scotland, huh? So its actually pronounced 'Roofien Geams' then?