Hello heisters,
With 2025 now in full swing, INGAME STUDIOS will be dedicated to giving our players regular updates. We have and will always greatly appreciate your support and to show our gratitude, we would like to inform you about what is coming in the near future. We are listening to the suggestions from our loyal and friendly community of players and we know there is still more work to do to continue improving our game. Our aim is to expand the singleplayer campaign and further evolve the multiplayer mode with new missions, weapons, gadgets and perks.
Unique characters are important in Crime Boss: Rockay City, as they bring unique visuals, voiceovers, and equipment. Many characters have their own story missions in the game, which show some of their adventures outside of the Baker gang. We enjoyed the opportunity to show what these characters could look like at the beginning or end of their stories. This is where the idea of Character Packs came from. A pack that adds a new, stronger, or more interesting version of an existing character with the intention of giving the player a new gameplay experience. We want to achieve this with new weapons, equipment, and perks that significantly affect the playstyle.
We tried this idea recently in December 2024 with the example of Roidiac Jupiter, which brought the strength of a tank, furious punching power, and a devastating grenade launcher. And it seems that this DLC was generally welcomed by our players so, we want to continue exploring these character packs in 2025. As shown in the current roadmap, we have five maxed character packs planned for this year and we want to bring fresh weapons that are not yet in the game along with gadget and perk designs unique to each characters’ backgrounds in these upcoming DLCs. We will also draw inspiration from our community so please let us know your thoughts through our Discord server.
Now let’s take a look at the Commando Cracker character, who is currently being released and will be playable in both singleplayer and multiplayer game modes.
Nigel Thorne, AKA Cracker, is a former SAS operative, is and the ultimate shadow in Rockay’s criminal underworld. Lethal at any range, he blends stealth, savage close combat, and pinpoint accuracy. His “SAS Instinct” enables him to sense enemy positions, making him a ghostly predator who turns any battleground into his personal playground of controlled chaos.
The Special Air Service (SAS) is an elite special forces unit of the British Army, founded during World War II. SAS soldiers are known for several key elements such as adaptability, mental and physical endurance, problem-solving under extreme pressure, intel-gathering, and survival skills. With their skillset, they are mostly renowned for close-combat fighting, covert surveillance, and hostage rescue – this should reflect Cracker’s gameplay and how players approach this character.
Cracker excels in hand-to-hand combat, taking care of any enemy that tries his luck to go against Cracker and his tactical tomahawk. Combine this with his surveillance skills, which helps to determine enemies’ position in every situation.
Cracker has a semi-sniper rifle utilizing his great weapon handling perk. and tTogether with his SAS instinct perk, he is perfect character for both stealth and combat. The devastating power of his gun breaks the armor and shields of his enemies like nuts.
To compensate for the lower fire rate of his primary weapon, we have equipped him with a small submachine gun, that is usable as secondary weapon. He also comes with RPG launcher (as a gadget), acquired during the raids in soviet military bases. However, if for any reason Cracker finds himself in an emergency, he can always rely on his excellent hand-to-hand and survivability skills to help him out of any situation unharmed.
While you’re starting your first missions with the trained SAS fighter, Cracker to build you’re a strong customized multiplayer boss, INGAME STUDIOS will be working hard to prepare other characters for the same treatment. Work is in full swing on a new version of the playable Hielo and Wiz but that is a story for another dev blog later in the future.
See you next time.
Best regards, Jarek, CEO and Design Director at IGS.
Download the Cracker Character Pack and bring the ultimate mercenary to your next heist. This DLC is available across Steam, Epic Games, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S.