It has been a long and arduous road to Crackdown 3, one that began with an announcement at E3 2014 and saw numerous delays along the way. Honestly, I’m still amped for the title. It doesn’t need to be the best-looking game on the block, merely a satisfying power trip that gives you a sandbox to play in and plenty of explosions to hurl at anyone who gets in your way. Plus, having the 99’s Sergeant Terry Jeffords as the hero of the single-player campaign, makes for a pretty enticing product.

Crackdown 3’s multiplayer looks kind of addictive. Microsoft promised an orgy of cloud-powered destruction in the form of Crackdown 3’s Wrecking Zone multiplayer, which features two teams of five tackling one another in a highly destructible environment. See for yourself in the video below.

Crackdown 3…will it ever be released? Well it certainly won’t be this year, as Microsoft’s launch window for its kills ‘n skills sandbox is only arriving in February 2019. While that date pits Crackdown 3 against games such as Anthem, Days Gone and Anno 1800, it’s still a hell of a lot better than the competition that it would have to face if it came out in jam-packed fourth quarter of 2018.

Buckle up destruction porn fans, because not even Terry Crews can get Crackdown 3 out on time.

Crackdown, The Witcher 2, Fable and Forza Horizon join the ever growing list of Xbox One backwards compatible titles, and come with free Xbox One X enhancements too.

The Xbox One X is out later this year, and it promises to be the most powerful console ever released. With more teraflops than Freddy Kruger on a beach holiday, the Xbox One X promises to deliver True 4K gaming to those with the requisite screens. What it doesnt have? Good first-party games.

Microsoft’s Xbox One X is coming later this year, and it was coming with just one brand new launch exclusive – Crackdown 3. That game has, however, been delayed. Crackdown 3 has been pushed back from its original 7th November release until the northern hemisphere’s Spring in 2018.

Crackdown 3 feels like the same type of game that kicked off the franchise a decade ago. And that's both good and terribly bad.