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Microsoft and Ruffian Games have popped the latest downloadable content for their third person shooter, Crackdown 2, on Xbox LIVE Marketplace.
The Deluge Pack game add-on delivers a new “adrenaline-fueled co-op arcade mode called Deluge which pits up to four players against increasingly more challenging waves of denizens from Pacific City.” For 560 MS Points you’ll get the premium version of the DLC which includes all the Deluge Pack content including the new Deluge co-op mode, new Achievements, avatar awards and the 16-player Capture the Orb mode.
A pair of new downloadable content (DLC) options have been added today for Crackdown 2 players, one a free preview and the other a fully-featured pack that requires you to cough up some hard-earned MS Points to access.
Both of the packs will expand your Crackdown 2 experience with a set of explosive toys and extra game modes. What, exactly, do you get in the packs?
US sales tracking and research group NPD has revealed sales figures for the region’s videogame industry during the month of July 2010, and thanks to an incredible surge in Xbox 360 console sales, revenue for the month reached $846.5 million, which represents a decline of only 1% compared to the same month in 2009, when revenue reached $850.6 million.
Hardware sales then were led comfortably by the Xbox 360, ahead of perennial market leaders the Nintendo DS and Nintendo Wii – the first time Microsoft has managed such a feat since the release of Halo 3 in September of 2007.
On the software side, NCAA Football 11 from EA was the best-selling game for July, although interestingly enough, Blizzard Entertainment’s StarCraft II on the PC outsold EA’s title, but due to the nature of NPD’s reporting (i.e. not comparing PC and console software data), StarCraft II has to celebrate its victory alone.
It was inevitable. After twelve years of anticipation, and following the release of the original phenomenonal hit title, it had to happen.
To the absolute surprise of no-one, Blizzard Entertainment’s StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty has this week debuted at No. 1 on Chart Track’s UK Software Sales chart, no doubt effortlessly knocking last week’s chart topper, Toy Story 3, off of its perch.
Disney Interactive Studios’ Toy Story 3 has managed to claim the No. 1 spot this week on Chart Track’s UK Software Sales chart, stepping up from No. 5 last week with a 78% surge in sales, in no small part due to the release of the movie.
Microsoft UK must be smiling this week, as not only has the company’s Crackdown 2 managed to hold onto the top spot on Chart Track’s Software Sales listing for the second week in a row, but the new and improved Xbox 360 250 GB has pulled off the biggest launch for a ‘revised’ home console in the UK, outperforming both the PS2 Slim and the PS3 Slim during their respective launches.
Chart Track says that the new Xbox 360 recorded over two days of sales comparable to the launch of the original Xbox 360 in late 2005, which the sales tracking firm notes is quite a feat considering the original console launched in two flavours – the Pro and Core.
Nintendo’s Wii Party has debuted at number 1 on the Media Create Japanese Software Chart, selling an impressive 235 000 copies in its opening week. White Knight Chronicles: Awakening of Light and Darkness for the PS3 also makes a good debut, nipping at Wii Party’s heels to earn second place with 176 000 copies.
Microsoft’s Crackdown 2 has read the riot act and managed to calm the advances of other titles up Chart Track’s UK Software Sales chart this past week, claiming the No. 1 spot on the listing while no-one was looking.
This position represents Microsoft’s first No. 1 All Formats chart ranking for 2010, and betters the debut chart appearance of the original Crackdown by one place.
The Major of Xbox gaming, Larry Hryb, has let everybody know what kinds of cool content we can expect on Xbox LIVE Marketplace next week, with a couple new Games on Demand games, Xbox LIVE Arcade games, a Crackdown 2 Avatar item, and discount prices on Xbox LIVE Arcade games (for Xbox LIVE Gold members).
Check ‘em out, check ‘em out:
So if you haven’t downloaded the new demo for Crackdown 2 which just landed on Xbox Live yesterday, you should take a look at this new trailer. It’s bound to get your adrenaline pumping and escalate your interest in Microsoft and Ruffian’s upcoming open-world superhero action adventure game even further.
Watch the new trailer below and don’t miss El33tonline’s previous coverage of Crackdown 2 to find out more about the game before it hits shelves on the 6th of July in North America and on the 9th of July in Europe.
Is open-world superhero action and adventure your cup ‘o Earl? Are you sweating at the opportunity to mow down hundreds of ‘freaks’ (don’t call them zombies) in the city streets?
You may very well need a psychiatrist, but until you get that first appointment, you’ll be able to download a 1 GB demo of the Xbox 360 exclusive shooter, Crackdown 2. Here’s the official description:
Yesterday we found out that a demo for Microsoft and Ruffian’s upcoming open-world superhero action adventure game, Crackdown 2, would be landing on Xbox Live on the 21st of June. Since then the publisher has released a batch of new screenshots for the game, showing off explosions, shoot-outs and helicopters…oh and there’s also a bit of car-throwing action thrown in for good measure.
If you’re itching to get your hands on Microsoft and Ruffian’s upcoming open-world superhero action adventure game, going by the crunchy name of Crackdown 2, the pair of companies are happy to oblige, as they’ve just announced a demo for the game will become available early next week.
When we were young(er), there may have been a time when we ventured out into the fresh, open air with our friends, running around with nary a care, playing all kinds of games outside, like ‘Tag,’ frantically trying to chase one another in an attempt to spread (and not become) ‘It,’ whatever that was.
But if this new gameplay video from Crackdown 2 is to be believed, this tried and tested game of Tag will be taken to the limit, as instead of spreading some nebulous, unknown entity, you’ll simply be required to tag enemies with an explosive rocket to the face (or body, as you choose), with even more frantic chases as a result.
Watch some rocket chases below in the Crackdown 2 Rocket Tag gameplay video below:
Microsoft and Ruffian Games have let out the good news that the pair’s open-world super crime-fighting action game, Crackdown 2, will launch on Xbox 360 around the world in early July.
The development duo have also released a video documentary for Crackdown 2 entitled ‘Fun With Friends,’ which sees the developers talking about the title and running riot in-game, cooperatively. Watch below:
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