After going through more than 5 years of development hell, Microsoft has yet again announced a final release date for their upcoming open world-shooter mayhem, Crackdown 3. According to Major Nelson, Crackdown 3 release date is set to February 15th 2019 and it has gone through a long road in development with the collaboration of highlight studios such Elbow Rocket.
Alongside the long-awaited final release date of the game, they also showed the multiplayer portion of the game called The Wrecking Zone, where two teams up to 5 players each, can go against each other in full force, causing endless destruction of the city that they are battling on. This showcases the the insanity of the action at it’s core, as it allows player to unleash full destruction on the environment they are battling on until one team or the other is utterly destroyed.
You can view a glimpse of how chaotic things can get in Crackdown in the trailer down below:
As a nice bonus of the final release date announcement of Crackdown 3, Microsoft is currently giving the first game away for free from now until November 30th 2018, so hurry up and grab your copy of the game here.
As stated above, the game has a final launch date of February 15th 2019, here is the hoping that the launch date is really final, and not pushed back even further.
Crackdown 3 Announces Xbox Game Pass Launch on February 15 with Explosive Debut of Wrecking Zone Multiplayer
X018 provided a first look at the over-the-top antics and explosive gameplay of Crackdown 3’s Wrecking Zone, an all-new multiplayer mode where environmental destruction is your secret weapon to take down your enemies. Developed by Microsoft Studios in collaboration with Sumo Digital and Elbow Rocket, Crackdown 3 will bring super-powered Agents to New Providence, an action-packed open-world, to take down a criminal corporation using an explosive set of weapons and abilities. Step up your boom in the campaign on your own or with a friend to unleash cooperative mayhem when Crackdown 3 launches on February 15, 2019. Crackdown 3 is available at launch with Xbox Game Pass and globally on Xbox One and Windows 10.
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A Nintendo Switch trailer was also released.
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An announcement trailer was also released.