5 Recent Gaming Rumors For Microsoft In Early 2014

5. Crackdown 3 For 2016 Release

This first rumor is only going off of mere mentions from a scarce source. The Crackdown series has seen little mention or flare these past couple of years, and now word is out that a third Crackdown is in development. Or so some would think. Perry Jackson from StickSkills had this to say about a supposed Crackdown 3 hint revealed by an anonymous thread user on NeoGAF:

"The Xbox One reveal wasn't too heavy on games but that's mostly because they're waiting for E3. But they might have hinted an upcoming exclusive while demoing the new user interface."

StickSkills had an image uploaded on their post revealing what they claimed held an easter egg to an "orb" on the bottom left page, which was a collectible item in the first two Crackdown titles. The image has been removed from the site, but can be found on any web search engine via images. If you see the image, the reveal does show a green orb on the bottom left of the screen (note the red square). It does seem rather suspicious that Microsoft incorporated the series' main collectible for their Xbox One reveal. It could be a hint, but it's still widely speculation.