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Free Crackdown Update on Xbox LIVE

Published May 10, 2007

The new update for Crackdown™ is now available on Xbox LIVE® Marketplace. The update will install automatically next time you insert your Crackdown disc while connected to the service, and the update includes several cool new game play improvements.

(Note: This update is different from the new Crackdown download content packs, which are also now available on Marketplace. There's a free content download as well as a premium content download package.)

Get ready for more mayhem in Pacific City.

Check out the new features in this free update:

• Reset gangs: In place of the current option to reset the city's crime (unlocked by defeating all 21 bosses), the gangs can now be completely reset in the main campaign.
• Easier orb hunting: Imagine how great it would be if when searching for the last remaining hidden agility orbs the audio range on each of them got wider as fewer remained … well imagine no longer. Audio "ping" range is now gradually increased when searching for the last 50 percent of hidden orbs, and 20 percent of agility orbs.
• Ground strike: Available to a four star strength agent only, it is now possible to slam downwards while airborne by holding the attack button. The resulting strike is deadly to anything it hits, with an additional shockwave stunning nearby enemies.
• Improved firing over low walls: Agents can now fire downwards at a greater angle while taking partial cover behind a low wall.
• Targeting enhancements: You can utilize improved target lock prioritization of enemies behind vehicles, as well as live enemies over corpses. 
• Those damn fire hydrants! The fire hydrants were near indestructible but were also hard to spot. Now, though still best avoided, they can be smashed over for a far less unreasonable penalty.
• Stunt Ring visibility: Stunt Rings are now much easier to locate.
• No "lefty flip" on vehicle control: The lefty flip on vehicle control has been removed so that left-handed players can aim with the left stick, but still steer with the right stick.
• Persistent charges and mines: Limpet Charges (and the new Proximity Mines) will persist at all times within the game world and not just when within a certain range of the player.
• Distant explosions: No matter where the explosion(s), you'll be able to see them provided your have a line of sight … it's always a clear day in Pacific City!
• Ramp truck issues: Some vehicles didn't seem to get on well with the ramp truck, but we never intended this to be a SUV-only toy. Now none of them can get enough of it!
• Camera enhancements: A better camera has been added for performing vehicle stunts or driving on near vertical surfaces (particularly with Top Level Agency SUV or the new Peacekeeper Buggy) as well as vertigo-inducing tweaks for those long leaps of faith.
• Player-to-player precision shots: We've dropped the PvP lock-on but now another agent can be hit with a head or leg shot using normal targeting. 

Crackdown
From Real Time Worlds, Crackdown pushes the action-driving hybrid genre into the next generation with the first ever truly 3-D playground. Level up your Agent's strength, agility, firearms, explosives, and driving skills while scaling the fully vertical world of Crackdown. This M-rated game incorporates revolutionary co-op gameplay throughout the entire freeform campaign.

Real Time Worlds
Real Time Worlds' key staff has a tremendous history of creating some of the world's most innovative and best-selling video games, including the global hit franchises Lemmings and Grand Theft Auto. The development team was hand-picked by David Jones, founder of DMA Design Inc. and the designer and creator of more than 15 hit titles including Lemmings and Grand Theft Auto.