Crackdown Xbox One will be a “mash- up” of co-op and single player

A new Crackdown had been rumoured ever since one

of its distinctive agility orbs was spotted on-stage at

the Xbox One console reveal in May last year. It

wasn't until just a few weeks ago that Microsoft

confirmed the news with a CG taster trailer at its E3

media briefing – in which three agents co-ordinated

their attacks to apprehend a Los Muertos kingpin.

This display of collaboration wasn't just for show,

Microsoft has confirmed. "Crackdown was on of the

first drop-in, drop-out co-op games, but we're going

more towards 'there's just the game,'" the publisher's

creative director Ken Lobb told OXM at E3. "You're

playing the game, it's single, it's co-op, it's a mash-up,"

he continued. "Choose at will in the game, instead of

hiding behind menus and loads and lobbies. Just make the

gameplay as if it's one big thing."