Crackdown 3 to be released in November

CRACKDOWN 3 — t he sequel to one of the biggest video games ever produced in Dundee — will be released in November.

The game has been developed for Microsoft Studios by Dundee-based Reagent Games and Sheffield’s Sumo Digital.

Dave Jones, who created the original title for Realtime Worlds and was behind previous hit franchises Grand Theft Auto and Lemmings, has worked on the game as creative director.

Reagent Games is working on the multi-player version of the game, while Sumo Digital is completing the single-player mode.

Crackdown sees players assume the role of a hi-tech policeman who must assassinate a series of city crime bosses.

The long-awaited title will be released on the Xbox One and PC on November 7 — more than three years after it was announced the game was in production.

Sumo Digital’s design director Clint Bundrick said Crackdown 3, which had originally been scheduled for release last year, had been delayed because of its ambition.

He said: “The campaign world is twice the size of the city i n t he original Crackdown, and not only in terms of footprint — the tallest building is also twice as tall as the tallest building in the original game.

“So, it’s a super-ambitious game for the campaign and then an incredibly ambitious game for the competitive multi-player mode. This is a franchise that deserved to come back right and we wanted to take our time to do it right.”

The first Crackdown was released by Realtime Worlds in 2007 and went on to sell more than one million copies.

A sequel, developed by Dundee firm Ruffian Games, was released three years later.