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• Crackdown 2 dev's Hollowpoint gets E3 2015 trailer

  Hollowpoint pits mercenaries against each other under the banners of mega corporations.

• Crackdown 2 team kicks off PS4 career with Hollowpoint

  Crackdown 2 developer Ruffian Games has ended its exclusive relationship with Microsoft, announcing Hollowpoint for PS4.

• Ruffian's Game of Glens put on hold

  Game of Glens is one of three games by Scottish developer Ruffian Games, that are part of Square Enix Collective projects. The game has been put on hold according to game producer, Jim Cope.

• "I want to see another Crackdown": Ruffian producer reflects on sequel's legacy

  Crackdown 3 may or may not be a thing that’s launching in 2016, but the second game’s producer James Cope has reflected on how the title’s legacy has stuck with the team since it launched, and has allegedly clouded the studio’s most-recent project Game of Glens.

• Crackdown dev's new title confirmed as part of Square Enix indie collective

  Crackdown 3 rumours went buck wild this morning after Microsoft and Crackdown 2 developer Ruffian Games both teased new game announcement. As it happens, the studio’s new title is an indie affair being pushed out through a Square Enix indie initiative.

• Crackdown 2 studio hiring for next-gen console project, shipping next year

  Crackdown 2 studio Ruffian Games is currently hiring for a variety of roles, a few of which concern a next-gen console product that will ship in 2014. Hear that? It’s someone pouring coals into the rumour furnace.

• Tribal Towers announced by Ruffian Games, Crackdown 3 not on the "production table"

  Ruffian Games has announced its newest title, Tribal Towers, and confirmed it’s not working on Crackdown 3 at the moment.

• Streets of Rage: shelved remake footage leaks online

  Streets of Rage was undergoing the 3D re-make treatment at Scottish developer Ruffian Games. Leaked footage of the cancelled game has been confirmed as real by a member of the Crackdown 2 team, and you can watch it in full below. What do you think?

• Resume hints that Crytek's Ryse could contain multiplayer

  A resume belonging to a lead programmer at Ruffian Games suggests the studio has been contracted out for work on “a multiplayer map for a first person, melee combat game based on the CryEngine” for Xbox 360.

• Ruffian hiring for "CryEngine 3" experience

  Crackdown 2 developer Ruffian Games is on the hunt for someone with experience in regards to CryEngine 3, a job posting on the studio’s website has said.

• Ruffian: "A number" of projects sign to "biggest publishers"

  Crackdown 2 developer Ruffian Games is hiring for “a number of as yet unannounced projects with some of the biggest publishers in the games industry.”

• Ruffian Games on hunt for new art director

  Ruffian’s hiring for a new art director. The blog post, which was first tweeted out this morning by studio chap Gary Liddon, says it’s looking for someone who will “take ownership of Ruffian’s visual output” over some of Ruffian’s still to be announced upcoming projects. You can find the specifics here. The studio made last […]

• Enslaved going for mega-cheap at £8 at Zavvi

  Zavvi’s basically made it impossible for you to not have Enslaved now: the amazing Ninja Theory action title, which did critically well, but unfortunately lacked in sales, is at £7.85 for 360 and PS3. Crackdown 2’s going cheap for the 360 massive as well at £5.85. Either way, whatever you do, you owe yourself to […]

• Ruffian working on "a couple of new games"

  Ruffian’s blogged that it’s looking for new staff to work on “a couple of new games” at the studio.

• Crackdown 2 Deluge Pack out now on XBLMP - trailer

  Get cracking again, Agent. Quarterback is toast.

• Crackdown 2's Deluge DLC pack hitting on November 16 - screens and trailer inside

  Microsoft’s released the first details, screens and video of the second DLC pack for Crackdown 2, known as the Deluge pack.

• Crackdown 2 DLC gets re-release following crashing issues

  Was your Crackdown 2 DLC a bit screwed last week? Not to fear, Ruffian’s sorted you out. Just download it again.

• Microsoft announces Crackdown 2 DLC, adds Keys to the City mode

  Microsoft’s just announced the first DLC pack for Crackdown 2, introducing the “Keys to the City” mode from the first game.

• Ruffian say Crackdown 2 DLC news "soon"

  Ruffian Games has used social site Twitter to confirm news on Crackdown 2’s imminent DLC.