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Shiggy

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• Jun 12, 2017

• #1

Officially, Microsoft has only been saying that Sumo Digital, Reagent, and Cloudgine are working on the game. Sumo is handling the campaign, whereas Reagent and Cloudgine are doing the multiplayer.

Who is working on the game - We (Sumo) have been involved with the game from the start and we're principally handling the Campaign side of the game. It's a group effort though with Reagent and Cloudgine who are principally handling the competitive multiplayer. Some elements are shared, some are unique based on the gameplay needs.

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http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=240288453#post240288453


But a few LinkedIn profiles reveal that there's another company involved: Crackdown 2 developer Ruffian Games is seemingly also working on the multiplayer part of the game, which is not shown at E3. To what extent remains to be seen.

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JaggedSac

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• Jun 12, 2017

• #2

I could have sworn this was already known.

 

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Guerrillas in the Mist

Member

• Jun 12, 2017

• #3

I think Reagent and Ruffian are based out of the same building.

 

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Goose_Se7en

Banned

• Jun 12, 2017

• #4

I hope this game turns out to be all it's hyped up to be. Too many hands in the cookie jar, than again it's perfectly normal in the industry for several development teams to work on a single game. See Destiny 2 and the Ass Creed games for example.

 

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Banjo-Kazooie

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• Jun 12, 2017

• #5

JaggedSac said:

I could have sworn this was already known.

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That's because it was

 

Agent_Carnage

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• Jun 12, 2017

• #6

Goose_Se7en said:

I hope this game turns out to be all it's hyped up to be. Too many hands in the cookie jar, than again it's perfectly normal in the industry for several development teams to work on a single game. See Destiny 2 and the Ass Creed games for example.

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A couple of Call of Duties had two companies working on MP and SP. This is nothing new.

 

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Theorry

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• Jun 12, 2017

• #7

Guerrillas in the Mist said:

I think Reagent and Ruffian are based out of the same building.

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Ding ding.

 

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HandsomeCharles

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• Jun 12, 2017

• #8

Guerrillas in the Mist said:

I think Reagent and Ruffian are based out of the same building.

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Correct. That building has a distinct smell of cleaning supplies. It's not unpleasant, but it is noticeable.

 

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Sho_Nuff82

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• Jun 12, 2017

• #9

Why is MS' messaging behind this game so gobsmackingly confusing? I could almost understand if it was a new IP, but they've already made two on older hardware, and multiplayer modes being made by multiple different developers isn't a new thing for the industry.

Why the secrecy?

 

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mnannola

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• Jun 12, 2017

• #10

Sho_Nuff82 said:

Why is MS' messaging behind this game so gobsmackingly confusing? I could almost understand if it was a new IP, but they've already made two on older hardware, and multiplayer modes being made by multiple different developers isn't a new thing for the industry.

Why the secrecy?

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Probably because it's a fucking mess.

 

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Theorry

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• Jun 12, 2017

• #11

Sho_Nuff82 said:

Why is MS' messaging behind this game so gobsmackingly confusing? I could almost understand if it was a new IP, but they've already made two on older hardware, and multiplayer modes being made by multiple different developers isn't a new thing for the industry.

Why the secrecy?

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There isnt. People just like to be confused as always.

 

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Shiggy

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• Jun 12, 2017

• #12

Banjo-Kazooie said:

That's because it was

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Really? Cannot find any threads or articles related to this, and everyone's claiming it's just Reagent and Cloudgine.

 

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HandsomeCharles

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• Jun 12, 2017

• #13

Shiggy said:

Really? Cannot find any threads or articles related to this, and everyone's claiming it's just Reagent and Cloudgine.

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Ruffian does work for hire, so it wouldn't be unheard of for them to not be fully "credited" the same way the others are.

 

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darkinstinct

...lacks reading comprehension.

• Jun 12, 2017

• #14

They had a job offering for Crackdown on a next gen platform six years ago. They are not currently working on Crackdown 3. I don't think Ruffian does anything but contract work these days.

 

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iMax

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• Jun 12, 2017

• #15

Banjo-Kazooie said:

That's because it was

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This is definitely new information—in fact, judging by this old tweet it's probably only a relatively recent development.

 

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Shiggy

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• Jun 12, 2017

• #16

darkinstinct said:

They had a job offering for Crackdown on a next gen platform six years ago. They are not currently working on Crackdown 3. I don't think Ruffian does anything but contract work these days.

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How do you know they aren't working on CD3 multiplayer anymore? And where did you see that they were hiring for a next-gem CD? I don't think that's true as they weren't working on CD3 when it got announced, as this tweet shows.

 

Falchion

Member

• Jun 13, 2017

• #17

Wow, didn't realize there were so many studios working on this thing.

 

_Aaron_

Member

• Jun 13, 2017

• #18

The last time Microsoft had 4 studios working on a game it ended real well...

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