


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. 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 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". 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 the original Crackdown performed well commercially. The Agency also deploys a new batch of stronger and faster Agents to accomplish the goals of Project Sunburst, as well as to dismantle Cell operations across the city. The Agency announces Project Sunburst, consisting of a system of interconnected beacons which are to eradicate all Freaks in the city upon activation. Due to the Agency's initial lack of response to the outbreak, a group of civilians have formed a resistance movement locally known as Cell, led by ex-Agency scientist Catalina Thorne. A war-torn Pacific City has become ravaged by zombie-like monsters called Freaks. Square Enix tweeted at the time: "For those asking: Missing Link and DXHR Director's Cut are currently not supported, but the Xbox team expect them to be early next year.Crackdown 2 takes place ten years after the events of the original game. However, with the launch of Deus Ex: Human Revolution, Square Enix teased that the two-disc director's cut version of the game would be made available in early 2016 - meaning that multi-disc support could soon be on its way. Microsoft revealed during E3 that they had not yet worked out how to support multi-disc titles. Mass Effect 2 and 3, as well as other games, have yet to be confirmed or added due in some ways to their multi-disc set up. However, it would seem likely that both Crackdown titles would be part of a pre-order incentive for Crackdown 3, which launches its multiplayer this summer. Senior producer, Peter Connelly talked about the original title appearing on the Xbox One, revealing that there had been talks to secure it for the new library with Xbox chief, Phil Spencer. The tech giant has yet to confirm Mass Effect 3, Bomberman Live, Crackdown or Crackdown 2, although the latter would appear the easiest titles to get rubber stamped out of the new list, having been distributed by Microsoft Game Studios for the Xbox 360.
