Sequel
Wilson and lead designer Billy Thomson had previously confirmed that Crackdown was designed from the outset to be a long-running series of games, stating that sequels for the game are very likely to be produced, especially if Crackdown performed well commercially. However, during the Industry All Stars event in September 2007, Wilson confirmed that Realtime Worlds was not working on a sequel to the game, saying "Microsoft was a little late in stepping up to the plate to ask for Crackdown 2, and by then we had already started working on bigger, better things". However, Shane Kim, a corporate vice-president for Microsoft, states that Microsoft still holds the intellectual property rights for Crackdown and that a Crackdown sequel is still a possibility. Realtime Studios manager Colin MacDonald clarified that if they have the resources after completion of APB, they could approach Microsoft to discuss a sequel.
At Microsoft's E3 conference on June 1, 2009, it was announced that Crackdown 2 was at that point of time being developed by a Scottish studio (Ruffian Games) formed by members of the Realtime Worlds team. Along with the announcement, an accompanying trailer was released.
Crackdown 2 was released on July 6, 2010 in the U.S. and Canada and on July 9 throughout the rest of the world.
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