Crackdown will return with the "right team and time," Microsoft says

The Crackdown series is "important" to Microsoft Game Studios executive Phil Spencer and one that he would like to see return someday.

"Crackdown is important to me," Spencer said on Twitter. "Given right team and time it's a franchise I'd like to see return…"

The Crackdown series has been dormant since 2010's Crackdown 2, and the franchise was nowhere to be seen during Microsoft's E3 briefing last week.

For more, check out GameSpot's reviews of the 2007 original Crackdown and Crackdown 2.