Next weekâs Xbox 360 game Crackdown 2 is connected to current Facebook game Chuckâs Ducks 2. We knew that. Are you ready for whatâs next?
https://lastchance.cc/the-crackdown-2-demo-has-a-facebook-twist-5568855%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
In March, we got the first connection: Facebook game Match Defense: Toy Soldiers and Xbox 360 game Toy Soldiers syncing together. Scoring points in either game could add support in a third game, a virtual World War I waged between two factions of Toy Soldiers gamers. The Facebook game and the Xbox 360 game cross over, making players of both participants in a a third meta-game.
Or letâs put that another way: Grandma on Facebook can get you your Crackdown 2 grenades, without turning on an Xbox.
Microsoft, which is making these Facebook games is serious about connecting the gaming experience on the Facebook network with Xbox Live. Why? From Robeyâs perspective, the Facebook games are âall about inclusive recreation, about getting family members to help with a game youâre playing.â
The Facebook connections also allow an Xbox 360 owner to partially satisfy their Xbox 360 appetite when they are, say, at work on their computer. Canât play Crackdown 2? Play the Chuckâs Ducks game to help your Crackdown 2 character.
Iâve spoken to Robey a couple of times this year about Microsoftâs efforts to cross Facebook gaming with Xbox 360 gaming. He produced Match Defense and Chuckâs Ducks 2 and Iâm sure he still has more work to do. He tells me to keep on imagining all that is possible. I tell him Iâm imagining a war game where the Xbox 360 gamers fight it out, while the Facebook gamers handle the supplies, make the ammo and do other things far from the fighting front. He ainât talking.
I wonât be surprised if I hear from Robey again. Facebook gaming and Xbox 360 gaming â they just might get along. Imagine that.
