Ruffian Games job ad is decidedly Crackdown-free
by Randy Nelson 
{ Mar 7th 2009 at 12:20AM }
Scottish development house Ruffian Games has been the subject of a long-running rumor -- a rumor it is developing a sequel to Realtime Worlds' open-world 360 action title, Crackdown. To date, much of the speculation has centered around the high percentage of former Realtime Worlds staff now employed by Ruffian; staff that previously worked on Crackdown.Now, up pops a Ruffian recruitment ad on Flickr, featuring a piece of artwork that looks wholly un-Crackdown-like. In fact, it's some sort of hideous beast. (In the good sense; no offense to the artist who drew it.) So, is this proof against the studio producing the rumored sequel or just Ruffian trying to throw us off the trail? We'd still wager we're not barking up the wrong developer, er ... tree.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Anticrawl @ Mar 7th 2009 1:21AM
I want a Crackdown 2. Please give me a Crackdown 2. I won't be buying Prototype because they shafted the gamers by removing co-op, which was over half the fun in Crackdown - just screwing around with a buddy.
Premature ejaculation man @ Mar 7th 2009 8:48AM
It is criminal to deny consumers the ability to throw trucks down a street and into your friend's face via online coop!
ice~ @ Mar 7th 2009 11:22AM
Crackdown was one of the greatest co-op games ever :( I'm gonna have to agree with you on not getting prototype. Lets get an internet petition going for Crackdown 2!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
FluxWaveZ @ Mar 7th 2009 1:20PM
Well, since I don't have any friends and I played the game solo and still had fun I'll be getting Prototype and will probably enjoy that too.
Sam Zebian @ Mar 7th 2009 1:58AM
I hope a crackdown 2 comes out so badly since the first one came out and was forgotten after Halo 3 was released.
Yuccadude @ Mar 7th 2009 2:08AM
Just picked it up again after giving my copy to a friend for his birthday, and it's still the best open-world game I have ever played, better than any of the GTA series.
Courtney @ Mar 7th 2009 2:38AM
Ah, the poor monster has a splinter.
Reggaeton4Life @ Mar 7th 2009 4:59AM
could one of those mutant things that escaped from the lab in the first crackdown or whatever. some new version or something.
dylan @ Mar 8th 2009 3:50AM
Exactly what I first thought, monsters totally fit in crackdown world.
t_m @ Mar 7th 2009 5:12AM
Thats him!! Thats the guy who killed superman!!
mezzanine @ Mar 7th 2009 5:33PM
Looks like The Maxx to me.
Cj @ Mar 7th 2009 9:03AM
Why do people not think this could be Crackdown 2? The art is right. Im actually hoping we fight monsters also now.
Rhamsey @ Mar 7th 2009 11:55AM
damn, i really wanted a crackdown 2.
Vcize @ Mar 7th 2009 1:33PM
Yeah, that could still be Crackdown. The art style fits, just not the huge monster, but who knows what direction they could go with a sequel.
Either way just someone gives us Crackdown 2 already. PLEASE!
The Dark Wayne @ Mar 7th 2009 5:10PM
in the first one, the Shai Gen gang had one of their leaders at a facility that had a bunch of mutant experiment people, so even this monster could still fit
Minimalist360 @ Mar 12th 2009 7:37PM
Think they ripped this off at all?
http://beanstalkapp.com/
I mean come on guys, at least remove the beanstalky background.
Minimalist360 @ Mar 12th 2009 7:39PM
For comparison:
http://ruffiangames.com/index