Crackdown 3 was the most-played new game at launch, beating Far Cry New Dawn and Metro Exodus

Crackdown iii was supposed to launch many months ago, but was pushed back to February xv to smoothen up the experience. Luckily, it's available right now through the Microsoft Store. You can buy it for $60, or y'all can take hold of it with Xbox Game Pass, for $10 a month.

Crackdown 3 is split into two different downloads and supports Xbox Play Anywhere and Xbox Ane Ten. The campaign is separate from the "Wrecking Zone" multiplayer mode. The campaign doesn't feature the cloud-powered destruction, so yous'll have to battle other players if you lot want a taste of that.

According to a report by GamesIndustry, despite launching with heavy-hitters like Metro Exodus, the title has managed to beat out them all and was one of the almost-played games at launch. It merely lost out to complimentary-to-play games like Apex Legends and Fortnite. You lot can read an excerpt from the article beneath.

While its physical launch sales were somewhat disappointing... at that place is information to advise Crackdown 3 has still been a hit on Xbox Ane. TrueAchievements has released its latest weekly chart of the platform'south most played games, which shows Crackdown 3 was the third near popular title of the week. It was only surpassed by Apex Legends and Fortnite, in terms of the number... that played it, and both of those are costless-to-play... it'southward the single-player campaign specifically that reached No. 3 in the charts. The multiplayer... placed much lower at No. 22. TrueAchievements' nautical chart is calculated by scanning user accounts... more than half a million... for which games they take played in the previous calendar week... It's worth emphasising that these are games actively played, not only ones where achievements have been unlocked... Metro Exodus was just the 32nd most-played game of the week, while Far Cry New Dawn was 37th. Both were beaten by the beta for Black Desert... and... Jump Force didn't even place.

The success of Crackdown iii tin can exist attributed to Xbox Game Pass, because reviews weren't positive at all. In our review, nosotros said, "Crackdown iii just doesn't come across contemporary standards as a premium $threescore championship, with dated visuals, thin gameplay features, and an nether-delivered story. At that place are too many open world superhero-style games that merely do it better. That said, it's not a bad game, by any ways."

Hopefully Crackdown 3 will run into continued success in the coming months as more gamers join Xbox Game Pass. Co-ordinate to Microsoft's Executive Vice President of Gaming Phil Spencer, the subscription service already numbers millions of members.

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Crackdown 3

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Crackdown 3 is a decent sandbox experience that falls short of modern standards, only as an Xbox Game Pass championship, it offers some skilful mindless fun.

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