Realtime Worlds, the original developer of Crackdown, had expressed very early on the desire to develop the sequel though Microsoft had responded with silence. As with any studio or business for that matter, you can’t just sit doing nothing until someone makes up their mind so RW went on to develop APB. Unfortunate for them, some developers left and started a new studio called Ruffian…in the same area. This studio is also now developing the sequel to Crackdown.