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Did you know... that Ruffian Games co-developed Kinect games to stay in business after the release of Crackdown 2?

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Reviewer: OceanHok (talk · contribs) 11:43, 24 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I am a bit busy these days but I will try to get this done soon. OceanHok (talk) 11:43, 24 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I think the lead can be a little big longer. Maybe the first paragraph should just say "Rockstar Dundee Limited (formerly Ruffian Games Limited) is a British video game developer based in Dundee. Founded in April 2008 by Gary Liddon, Billy Thomson, and Gareth Noyce, the studio was most known for developing Crackdown 2" or something similar, then delve further into the history of the studio in the second paragraph.
and later worked with Liddon and Noyce at Xen Group, which had provided core technology for the game - why is it "later"? Thomson only met the other two founders after he finished designing Crackdown 2?
and a second Crackdown game had been reported to be in development by a different developer, Ruffian Games was assumed to be the studio responsible for the new entry - I think this was a little bit redundant. We knew they eventually made Crackdown 2. I don't think we need to mention all the rumors/reports by game journalists.

Other than that I cannot find any outstanding issues. Passing the article OceanHok (talk) 11:02, 28 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was: promoted by CSJJ104 (talk) 19:40, 13 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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... that Ruffian Games co-developed Kinect games to stay in business after the release of Crackdown 2? Source: "Since the release of Crackdown 2 in the summer of 2010 Ruffian has survived by working for hire on projects that pay the bills but do little for the creative juices. Its credits include Star Wars Kinect, Nike+ Kinect Training and, reportedly, Xbox One launch title Ryse." ([1]; ref #15 in the article)
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Improved to Good Article status by IceWelder (talk). Self-nominated at 09:09, 29 August 2022 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
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Approved. ––FormalDude (talk) 12:08, 4 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]