True Crime: Hong Kong is reborn, as Square Enix introduces Sleeping Dogs
Anyone who was looking forward to the next instalment of the True Crime series was undoubtedly a little peeved when the project was canned last year. There was a little hope, as the IP was picked up by Square Enix in August, but then, it vanished from the gaming radar.
Well, now it looks like the title is back, only with a bit of re-branding. Called Sleeping Dogs, the game, by United Front, still involves an undercover cop in a seedy Hong Kong setting, and the story still revolves around infiltrating the criminal underworld with a mixture of guns, martial arts and crazy driving skills.
Details aren't plentiful right now, but the story sees you play as Wei Shen, the undercover cop in question, and your ultimate goal is to bring down the Triads within an open game world.
The announcement trailer doesn't give all that much away, aside from the plot itself, and although it's stylish and interesting enough, we can't help but be a little worried when a trailer is solely live action, without a hint of game footage. Hmmm.
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