While the game was shown off at the gaming conference, WCCF Tech points out that it still looks a bit rough. Microsoft has said it is going to keep the things that work for the Crackdown series, such as the graphical styles. Microsoft unveiled the game through a short video and in that video claimed that they wanted this title to be the “ultimate sandbox game.” Being able to totally destory anything and everything will certainly help the title live up to that hype.

Despite the proclamations of a “revolutionary” multiplayer, there weren’t a great deal of details brought to the party. The reveal did hint that there would be an open beta going on sometime early next year. There hasn’t been an official release date named yet but the game is expected to also hit later next year. Until then, we’ll just have to survive on the tiny bits of information that have come out. Certainly the destructive environment sounds like something that could be quite a bit of fun. Crackdown 3 will launch exclusively on the Xbox One.

Crackdown 3 was first introduced to us at E3 last year, but it’s been an enigma more than anything else. We finally got to see the game in action at Gamescom, thanks to a new trailer that simultaneously served as the debut for the gameplay footage, as well as a developer diary, showing us some of the technology that is going behind the game.

The game’s graphics, which are still a work in progress, didn’t look like anything special, but the actual technology powering it looks seriously impressive. The much vaunted cloud tech is going to end up powering the game’s real time destruction, and what little we saw looked very cool. It also helps that the game’s promise of multiplayer is something that seems to be unprecedented on this scale, so if it is pulled off? It would be great.

Crackdown 3 launches exclusively on Xbox One next year. Stay tuned for more Gamescom coverage.