Crackdown 3 (and Terry Crews) cordially invites you to step up your boom on November 7

When former linebacker and sometime Old Spice Man Terry Crews asks you to do something, it’s probably wise to do it - and if you’re not exactly sure how to ‘step up your boom’, it goes something like this: throwing cars instead of grenades and dropping buildings instead of bombs. Simple stuff if you're an agency supersoldier. 

Crews showed up at the Microsoft conference as Commander Jaxon, starring in a muscular new trailer for Crackdown 3 - a crucial first party title for Xbox One and Windows 10 which has been AWOL since March 2016. The good news is that if you’ve ever played a Crackdown game before, this is business as usual in all the best ways - cool blue cities, monstrous explosions, and that glorious, arcing jump that defines the series. 

Best of all, we finally have a release date of November 7. That means Sumo Digital’s open world destruct ‘em up will be a Play Anywhere launch title for Xbox One X, and will play in 4K Ultra HD - perfect for seeing every individual brick from the buildings you flatten. 

The trailer didn’t tell us much more that that, but expect more information tomorrow at Xbox Daily: Live @ E3, at Monday 3PM PDT/6PM EDT. 

Don't forget to check out our full E3 2017 schedule for all the details as they arrive, and check out our roundup of all the E3 2017 trailers so far.