Remember how excited  you were to get the beta for Halo?  60 bucks to play the online multiplayer for the most anticipated game of the year?  Easy decision.  Oh yeah, it also came with a game.  Many gamers were pleasantly surprised with what seemed like a side note to the real reason they bought the disc.  Crackdown turned out to be a diamond in the rough.  A diamond that could bench press a truck, kick a gangster across a city block, and jump off a 10 story building just to dent the asphalt below.  Amidst a slew of Halo related announcements is the perfect place to announce Crackdown2.  There have long been rumors of Crackdown 2, but with Realtime Worlds working on All Points Bulletin it seemed as though a sequel would only ever be rumors.  Crackdown 2 is being developed by Ruffian Games (www.rufiangames.com), which is made up of many former Realtime Worlds developers who worked on the first game.  If you haven’t played the first one now is the perfect time to get acquainted with the series.  With all the good games coming out this fall don’t forget Crackdown 2.