Original sentence: 1UP Article.1UP Preview.However as of May 15th, 2009 the game is considered "On Hold" according to Arkane Studios CEO and creative director Raphael Colantonio.In May 2009 Arkane Studios CEO Raphael Colantonio announced the game had been put on hold due to unexpected financial challenges.New Gameplay Footage.Official Website.The Crossing attempts to fuse single player and multiplayer gaming, allowing external players to take the place of enemies in the single player campaign.The Crossing is an upcoming first-person shooter video game, under development at Arkane Studios with assistance from Valve Corporation, fusing single and multi-player gameplay.The story will take the player across both universes.To the players in multiplayer mode, they may be trying to avoid a more powerful character or must assassinate him (the single player)
Edited sentence: 1UP preview.The Crossing attempts to fuse single player and multiplayer gaming, allowing human players to take the place of enemies in the single player campaign.The Crossing is a first-person shooter video game by Arkane Studios, which attempts to fuse singleplayer and multiplayer by threading its singleplayer campaign through live multiplayer games.The game was put "on hold" in May 2009 after the company ran into "an unexpected financial challenge" and decided to focus on smaller projects.The players who take on the role of AI grunts play a team-based deathmatch game, with the additional goal of trying to kill or protect the one or two more powerful players who are playing through the story.The story takes the player across both universes.This amalgamation has been dubbed "crossplayer" by Arkane