Crackdown 2 Gets "Toy Box" Full of New Content

By Jeremy M. Zoss in Gaming News
Thursday, September 2, 2010 at 2:00 pm
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Mo' Crackdown, for free, yo!

By Ryan Winslett

For those wanting to get more mileage out of their copy of Crackdown 2, the game's first add-on, "Toy Box," hits the Xbox LIVE Marketplace today.

Toy Box will be a two-part offering, the first of which will be free to all Crackdown players. Some premium content is also being made available for those willing to pony up for additional ways to make the bad guys go boom.

First we'll take a look at the free stuff. All players can download this content to add Keys to the City, a level six reward and Vehicle Tag mode for online play.

Made famous by the first Crackdown as the "ultimate cheat code," Keys to the City gives players the ability to activate God Mode, stock up on infinite ammo, activate the Fly Cam, control the spawn of weapons and gadgets, freeze the time of day and even push all skills to maximum. If you want to feel like a true badass, this is the quickest way to do so.

For fans who reach level six on all Agent skills, the new "thruster" ability will also be made available. Described as "having jetpacks for your boots," these babies will allow any Agent to activate flying with the Wingsuit no matter where they are in the city.

The final free trinket is the Vehicle Tag mode for multiplayer. Here, up to eight Agents can compete in six arenas to see who is the best (or worst?) driver.

All that free stuff not enough? Got an extra 560 Microsoft Points lying around? For that price, you can also get your hands on a slew of additional "toys" for the game.

The premium add-on content begins with two new vehicles, including the wall climbing Agency ATV and the Squad Chopper, which allows four players to climb onboard and man a proximity mine launcher, a precision rocket launcher, twin machine guns or a nose machine gun.

This DLC also comes with five new weapons and gadgets, including the Mass Driver (a turreted gravity bending weapon), portable launch pads, a stickler grenade, thrusters and Mags of Character, which allow Mag grenades to be attached to characters (Get it!).

A total of 10 new achievements are also being added, as well as eight new suit colors for your Agent and two Avatar awards to help spruce up your Dashboard look-a-like.

Look for the Toy Box to hit the Marketplace today. Or don't. It's really up to you. Either way, I won't judge you.

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