Xbox 360 | Crackdown 2 drops July 6

Ruffian-developed follow-up to Xbox 360-exclusive hybrid shooter-platformer slightly delayed; arrives in Asia and Australia July 8, UK and Europe July 9.

This morning, Microsoft announced that Crackdown 2 will miss its previously announced, first-half-of-2010 release window…by not by much. The Xbox 360 exclusive will now ship on July 6 in North America, July 9 in the UK and Europe, and July 8 in Asia, Australia and New Zealand. The game is not yet rated by the Entertainment Software Ratings Board in the US and Canada.

Orange is a summer color, right?

Developed by newly formed Scottish studio Ruffian Games, Crackdown 2 is the sequel to Realtime Worlds' popular 2007 hybrid shooter-platformer. The studio is taking one of the original game's biggest strengths--online cooperative play throughout the campaign--and expanding it to support four players. Crackdown 2 will also feature competitive multiplayer modes for up to 16 gamers.

[WARNING SPOILERS AHEAD] Crackdown 2 is takes its cue from the end of the original game, when members of a federal crime-busting task force unknowingly unleashed a virus onto the metropolis where the game is set. That virus created a race of mutated zombies--that Ruffian has dubbed "the Freaks"--who come out at night to wreak even more havoc than the original games' human opponents.

For more on Crackdown 2, check out GameSpot's previous coverage.

Crackdown Xbox 360 Trailer

Source: http://www.gamespot.com/xbox360/action/crackdown2/news.html?sid=6253612