<s>
Crackdown	B-Application
3	I-Application
is	O
an	O
action-adventure	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Sumo	O
Digital	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Microsoft	O
Studios	O
for	O
Windows	O
and	O
Xbox	B-Device
One	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
continues	O
the	O
series	O
nearly	O
nine	O
years	O
after	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
2010	O
's	O
Xbox	B-Operating_System
360	I-Operating_System
video	O
game	O
Crackdown	B-Application
2	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Crackdown	B-Application
3	I-Application
retains	O
the	O
core	O
gameplay	O
of	O
Crackdown	B-Application
and	O
Crackdown	B-Application
2	I-Application
,	O
featuring	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
different	O
organizations	O
controlling	O
the	O
city	O
of	O
New	O
Providence	O
that	O
players	O
need	O
to	O
take	O
down	O
by	O
killing	O
their	O
bosses	O
and	O
Kingpins	O
,	O
destroying	O
their	O
facilities	O
,	O
and	O
destabilizing	O
their	O
infrastructures	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Crackdown	B-Application
3	I-Application
features	O
cooperative	O
play	O
in	O
both	O
campaign	O
mode	O
and	O
Keys	O
to	O
the	O
City	O
mode	O
,	O
which	O
allows	O
free	O
roam	O
throughout	O
New	O
Providence	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ten	O
years	O
after	O
the	O
events	O
of	O
Crackdown	B-Application
2	I-Application
,	O
a	O
massive	O
terrorist	O
attack	O
from	O
an	O
unknown	O
source	O
cuts	O
electrical	O
power	O
around	O
the	O
entire	O
world	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Crackdown	B-Application
3	I-Application
was	O
announced	O
at	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
press	O
conference	O
at	O
the	O
Electronic	O
Entertainment	O
Expo	O
2014	O
in	O
June	O
2014	O
,	O
as	O
an	O
Xbox	B-Device
One	I-Device
exclusive	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
still	O
at	O
an	O
early	O
stage	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
of	O
its	O
reveal	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
Phil	O
Spencer	O
said	O
that	O
the	O
title	O
came	O
about	O
from	O
talks	O
with	O
Dave	O
Jones	O
who	O
,	O
after	O
leaving	O
Realtime	O
Worlds	O
,	O
joined	O
Cloudgine	O
,	O
a	O
software	O
company	O
that	O
is	O
developing	O
technology	O
allowing	O
game	O
developers	O
to	O
take	O
advantage	O
of	O
cloud	B-Architecture
computing	I-Architecture
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cloudgine	O
had	O
been	O
previously	O
rumored	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
core	O
part	O
of	O
the	B-Device
Xbox	I-Device
One	I-Device
software	O
,	O
with	O
their	O
software	O
used	O
in	O
a	O
technology	O
demonstration	O
at	O
a	O
Microsoft	O
developer	O
's	O
conference	O
in	O
April	O
2014	O
,	O
demonstrating	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
cloud	B-Architecture
computing	I-Architecture
to	O
speed	O
up	O
the	O
physics	O
modeling	O
and	O
rendering	O
in	O
a	O
fully	O
destructible	O
city	O
environment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Spencer	O
revealed	O
that	O
the	O
demo	O
world	O
was	O
the	O
start	O
of	O
this	O
newest	O
Crackdown	B-Application
title	O
,	O
with	O
ability	O
to	O
destroy	O
any	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
city	O
expected	O
to	O
be	O
carried	O
over	O
to	O
the	O
final	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Spencer	O
,	O
Cloudgine	O
would	O
help	O
to	O
develop	O
the	O
core	O
engine	O
,	O
while	O
Reagent	O
Games	O
,	O
a	O
studio	O
located	O
in	O
close	O
proximity	O
to	O
Cloudgine	O
also	O
founded	O
by	O
Jones	O
,	O
would	O
develop	O
the	O
gameplay	O
and	O
art	O
assets	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
with	O
Sumo	O
Digital	O
developing	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
campaign	O
mode	O
and	O
Crackdown	B-Application
2	I-Application
developers	O
Ruffian	O
Games	O
(	O
credited	O
as	O
"	O
Elbow	O
Rocket	O
"	O
)	O
developing	O
the	O
multiplayer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	O
Studios	O
 '	O
creative	O
director	O
Ken	O
Lobb	O
asserted	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
would	O
only	O
be	O
called	O
Crackdown	B-Application
instead	O
of	O
Crackdown	B-Application
3	I-Application
,	O
stating	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
is	O
set	O
in	O
the	O
future	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
game	O
but	O
represents	O
an	O
alternate	O
timeline	O
from	O
what	O
Crackdown	B-Application
2	I-Application
provided	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
officially	O
revealed	O
as	O
Crackdown	B-Application
3	I-Application
during	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
Gamescom	O
2015	O
press	O
conference	O
on	O
4	O
August	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
focus	O
on	O
cloud-powered	O
real	O
time	O
destruction	O
was	O
first	O
demonstrated	O
there	O
,	O
and	O
Jones	O
stated	O
that	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
cloud	B-Architecture
computing	I-Architecture
technology	O
provides	O
twenty	O
times	O
more	O
power	O
than	O
playing	O
the	O
game	O
on	O
a	O
single	O
Xbox	B-Device
One	I-Device
console	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
reliance	O
to	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Azure	I-Application
for	O
destruction	O
engine	O
,	O
the	O
full	O
scale	O
destruction	O
will	O
only	O
be	O
available	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
online	O
multiplayer	O
modes	O
,	O
while	O
campaign	O
mode	O
,	O
regardless	O
of	O
number	O
of	O
players	O
,	O
will	O
only	O
have	O
access	O
to	O
limited	O
degree	O
of	O
destruction	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
an	O
interview	O
at	O
E3	O
2018	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
Studio	O
's	O
Matt	O
Booty	O
stated	O
that	O
Sumo	O
Digital	O
was	O
now	O
the	O
principal	O
developer	O
on	O
Crackdown	B-Application
3	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jones	O
confirmed	O
that	O
in	O
terms	O
of	O
development	O
,	O
Sumo	O
Digital	O
had	O
always	O
been	O
the	O
principal	O
developer	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
;	O
Cloudgine	O
was	O
there	O
to	O
help	O
support	O
cloud	B-Architecture
computing	I-Architecture
,	O
with	O
Reagent	O
established	O
as	O
a	O
consulting	O
firm	O
to	O
allow	O
Jones	O
to	O
help	O
Sumo	O
determine	O
the	O
direction	O
to	O
take	O
Crackdown	B-Application
3	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jones	O
did	O
not	O
believe	O
there	O
was	O
any	O
stumbling	O
blocks	O
due	O
with	O
Cloudgine	O
,	O
Reagent	O
,	O
or	O
himself	O
leaving	O
the	O
development	O
at	O
that	O
point	O
,	O
since	O
they	O
had	O
done	O
what	O
they	O
had	O
needed	O
for	O
cloud	B-Architecture
computing	I-Architecture
support	O
,	O
and	O
considered	O
that	O
now	O
,	O
"	O
it	O
's	O
just	O
the	O
technology	O
stack	O
,	O
it	O
's	O
pretty	O
straightforward	O
"	O
for	O
Sumo	O
to	O
complete	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Crackdown	B-Application
3	I-Application
was	O
set	O
to	O
be	O
released	O
worldwide	O
in	O
2016	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
changed	O
to	O
7	O
November	O
2017	O
simultaneously	O
with	O
the	B-Device
Xbox	I-Device
One	I-Device
X	O
,	O
but	O
another	O
delay	O
was	O
announced	O
on	O
16	O
August	O
2017	O
,	O
moving	O
the	O
release	O
back	O
to	O
an	O
unspecified	O
Q2/Q3	O
2018	O
date	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Crackdown	B-Application
3	I-Application
received	O
"	O
mixed	O
or	O
average	O
"	O
reviews	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
review	B-Application
aggregator	I-Application
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IGN	O
noted	O
the	O
lack	O
of	O
innovation	O
stating	O
,	O
"	O
Crackdown	B-Application
3	I-Application
delivers	O
on	O
what	O
made	O
the	O
original	O
an	O
enjoyable	O
game	O
,	O
but	O
never	O
much	O
more.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Destructoid	O
was	O
also	O
disappointed	O
with	O
the	O
evolution	O
of	O
the	O
series	O
and	O
wrote	O
,	O
"	O
Crackdown	B-Application
3	I-Application
is	O
a	O
good	O
Crackdown	B-Application
game	O
,	O
which	O
,	O
unfortunately	O
,	O
does	O
n't	O
mean	O
much	O
anymore	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Modern	O
game	O
design	O
has	O
surpassed	O
the	O
Crackdown	B-Application
model	O
by	O
leaps	O
and	O
bounds	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PC	O
Gamer	O
wrote	O
,	O
"	O
Crackdown	B-Application
3	I-Application
comes	O
along	O
12	O
years	O
after	O
Crackdown	B-Application
but	O
without	O
12	O
years	O
 '	O
worth	O
of	O
new	O
ideas	O
to	O
share	O
"	O
and	O
finished	O
by	O
saying	O
,	O
"	O
It	O
's	O
an	O
OK	O
game	O
that	O
could	O
've	O
been	O
exciting	O
a	O
decade	O
ago.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Verge	O
referred	O
to	O
Crackdown	B-Application
3	I-Application
as	O
"	O
the	O
Netflix	O
Original	O
of	O
games	O
"	O
,	O
by	O
stating	O
:	O
"	O
You	O
know	O
when	O
there	O
’s	O
a	O
show	O
you	O
really	O
like	O
,	O
but	O
then	O
it	O
dips	O
in	O
quality	O
and	O
eventually	O
gets	O
canceled	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
creators	O
say	O
they	O
want	O
to	O
make	O
a	O
new	O
season	O
someday	O
or	O
maybe	O
a	O
remake	O
,	O
but	O
it	O
’s	O
stuck	O
in	O
production	O
hell	O
for	O
several	O
years	O
,	O
then	O
Netflix	O
or	O
whoever	O
sinks	O
a	O
bunch	O
of	O
money	O
into	O
it	O
,	O
and	O
it	O
eventually	O
gets	O
released	O
and	O
it	O
’s	O
not	O
quite	O
as	O
good	O
as	O
you	O
remember	O
the	O
original	O
,	O
but	O
it	O
’s	O
still	O
pretty	O
entertaining	O
and	O
hey	O
,	O
you	O
’re	O
paying	O
for	O
Netflix	O
anyway	O
so	O
you	O
’re	O
not	O
going	O
to	O
complain	O
about	O
getting	O
it	O
for	O
'	O
free	O
?	O
'	O
</s>
<s>
That	O
’s	O
Crackdown	B-Application
3	I-Application
.	O
</s>
