Destruction in the Cloud: Crackdown 3’s Blessing or Blemish

Ever since the first tech demos of the newest Crackdown game, loads of people in the gaming community have been left in awe of the exceptional destruction mechanics. As impressive as it has been, it has also caused a little bit of concern among gamers. If this game is truly going to be the swan song of Microsoft’s big push for cloud computing, how well is the cloud going to handle being pushed? The spectrum of reactions ranges from the servers holding steady to the servers melting in their mounts, and each of these sides have their own equally valid merits.