The original Crackdown puts players in the middle of Pacific City, which is under siege by three crime cartels. No word on how long this promotion will last. The game is available for free on the Xbox Live Marketplace. The game is fully backwards compatible, so Xbox One owners can download it on their own console and play it right now. On Tuesday, Microsoft announced that the original Xbox 360 version of Crackdown would be available to download absolutely free of charge, citing the upcoming release of Crackdown 3. And with the third one set to release in the coming days, Microsoft is looking to revisit the game that started it all. Crackdown has since gone on to become one of the Xbox's signature first-party franchises.

And while many were happy to get that Halo beta, not many were expecting there to be an actual half-decent open-world action game attached to it. When it was first released in 2007, Microsoft looked to entice prospective players by attaching the Halo 3 multiplayer test beta to the game's purchase. The original Crackdown was an interesting piece of work.

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