Forza 7, State of Decay, Sea of Thieves, Crackdown…(and I’ve heard Crackdown isn’t going too hot either, though nothing as bad as this).” Honestly there’s a serious lack of single player story driven games. Industry insider shinobi602 addressed Scalebound’s cancellation on NeoGAF, noting how, “It’s a big blow to the Xbox line up. We have attended the show with the assistance of the organiser.Between Microsoft cancelling Platinum Games’ Scalebound, rumours of the publisher setting difficult milestones for the studio and many pointing out the number of titles that were just outright cancelled by the House of Xbox, things are looking rather dicey for Phil Spencer and his crew.Īnd apparently Crackdown 3, an Xbox One/PC title that’s seen delays and lack of information, is also floundering. is a media partners of the Gamelab conference. "But to be honest, I look back at other gaming franchises I've worked on and they've done really well without me being there as well, as long as the DNA is there and the right foundations are there." "In an ideal world it could have been finished faster and I would have been able to see it through to the end," he said. Speaking of his decision to step away from Crackdown before the game went gold, Jones said it was "tough" but "was just the right thing to do at the right time". "Cloudgine was really there to help with technology and I was there really because I had been there for so long, so I was helping to find a direction for. He added that Sumo Digital has always been the main developer, that his role, and the role of Reagent, was to facilitate Sumo. "Reagent was a very small number of people that came together to help out Crackdown, especially in the early days."Īccording to Jones, Reagent operated as a consultant company that was "there initially just to help get the project off the ground". I don't think there's anything secretive there," he said. "I suppose it's because there just wasn't much to talk about. However, Jones claims that not the case with Reagent. Silence around a studio closure is not uncommon in the industry, with those responsible often stonewalling the issue in order to control the narrative. Reagent went silent in January 2017, seemingly shuttered. The status of Reagent Games - founded by Jones and previously working on Crackdown 3 - has also been gristle for the rumour mill. Jones says that Cloudgine was there at the start to help build the cloud technology required to run the destruction physics but "now it's just the technology stack, it's pretty straightforward". However, speaking with at Gamelab Barcelona this week, Jones said the split means "not a lot basically".
"Let's just say that we've got access to a great infrastructure, and the game's got some great tech in it, and we're going to put those two together in the way that makes the most sense." David Jones
"You know, I'm not going to get into the actual technical breakdown," he told Polygon during E3 this year. Rumours only worsened when Microsoft Studios head Matt Booty refused to confirm or deny the continued role of Cloudgine's tech in Crackdown 3.
Crackdown 3 cancelled series#
Speculation abound following the news that Cloudgine, which provided cornerstone technology for the game's ambitious multiplayer destruction mode, had been sold and Jones would be leaving the Crackdown series along with it. Crackdown series creator David Jones has shed some light on what it means for the long-delayed third entry to the franchise following Epic Games' acquisition of Cloudgine.
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