Is Ruffian Games Working on Crackdown 2?

Kris Erickson • Jan 21, 2009 • Comments ()

Ruffian Games is a brand new developer based in Scotland that has united talent from such games as Fable 2, Grand Theft Auto IV, Project Gotham Racing and Crackdown. We all suspect that a sequel to the popular open-world action game Crackdown is in the works for the Xbox 360, the only question is when.

Ruffian games seems like a good candidate for the project. The company's Creative Director Billy Thompson (who was one of the key staff members on the original Crackdown game) has said that he wants to create another game that “makes you feel like a God”. The ability to jump over buildings in the original Crackdown was as close as we have come to that sensation, so hopefully he shares our opinion about what makes a good action game.

Furthermore, the company has recently signed an exclusivity agreement with a major publisher for its next game (cough Microsoft? Cough), so whatever the team is working on they have already gathered a great deal of support. In these uncertain economic times, the only project that we can see a major publisher getting behind is one that already has a track record of sales. Despite being an Xbox 360 exclusive, Crackdown sold approximately 1.5 million copies worldwide, making it a good contender for a sequel.