Martial arts master and Star Wars Rogue One star Donnie Yen has confirmed a movie adaptation of Sleeping Dogs is in development.
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Sleeping Dogs: Nightmare in North Point review
Dead short.
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Matching excerpts of Sleeping Dogs gameplay are processed through Digital Foundry analysis tools - which version offers the smoother experience?
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The weakest SKU in the Sleeping Dogs line-up compared to the strongest.
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Cancelled plans for Sleeping Dogs 2 were ridiculously ambitious
Cloud saves of all players would determine crime levels.
We'll likely never see a Sleeping Dogs 2 now developer United Front Games has been shut down - but plans were once very much afoot for the open world crime drama to get a sequel.
We've heard of UFG's plans before, but Waypoint's new deep dive into the sequel's design document is by far the most detailed account yet of what Sleeping Dogs 2 might have been.
And wow, it was ambitious.
Sounds like Sleeping Dogs developer United Front Games has shut down
Early access game removed from sale.
United Front Games, the studio behind enjoyable open world game Sleeping Dogs, appears to have shut down.
Sleeping Dogs developer's new game is, sadly, not Sleeping Dogs 2
UPDATE: Team brawler Smash & Grab properly announced via trailer.
UPDATE 4.30pm: And, a little sooner than expected, Smash & Grab has now been fully unveiled. A three-versus-three team battler for PC, the game will debut via Early Access in September.
Square Enix's new Humble Bundle includes Tomb Raider and Sleeping Dogs
UPDATE: New games added, now includes Kane & Lynch Collection.
UPDATE 26/02/2015 8.45pm: The Humble Square Enix Bundle 2 has added three new titles to its roster that are unlocked for paying above the average (currently $7.77 or about £5). These include: Kane & Lynch Collection, Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light, and Startopia.
Sleeping Dogs dev making free-to-play game for 2015
Nexon signs up to publish.
The developer of Sleeping Dogs is making a free-to-play game for release in 2015, it's announced.
PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions of Sleeping Dogs have been listed by UK retailer ShopTo.
Sleeping Dogs free with Xbox Live Gold now
That's better.
Square Enix's rather-good-actually - and released relatively recently - action game Sleeping Dogs is free for Xbox Live Gold subscribers from now until 15th January.

United Front Games confirms new Sleeping Dogs game
Triad Wars to be unveiled in 2014.
United Front Games has announced it's working on a new game in the Sleeping Dogs universe.
It's called Triad Wars, which publisher Square Enix trademarked recently.
"So, we're making a new game!" UFG revealed in a short update on its website. "We can't say a lot about it right now, but you might have read about a trademark registration for something called Triad Wars? Well, we're super-excited that it's another game based in the Sleeping Dogs universe, it's something we've wanted to do for ages, and we're very happy to be working with Square Enix again... but that's all we can give you for the time being - we'll have more information about what the game's going to be in 2014."

Square Enix thought Tomb Raider could sell nearly double its 3.4 million first month sales
Find out by how much Hitman Absolution and Sleeping Dogs failed to hit targets, too.
Tomb Raider publisher Square Enix has revealed that its internal sales expectations for the game's first month were nearly double its eventual 3.4 million haul.
The company thought its Lara Croft reboot could sell at least 5-6 million units in four weeks - a huge figure, but a total still designed to be conservative, just "80-90 per cent" of what Square Enix thought was the game's real sales potential.
It's clear that Tomb Raider fell short vastly of what Square Enix wanted, even without that extra 10-20 per cent.
Tomb Raider has sold 3.4 million copies, failed to hit expectations
Hitman Absolution sold 3.6m, Sleeping Dogs 1.75m.
3.4 million copies of Tomb Raider have been sold in four weeks, publisher Square Enix has revealed, which is not enough to hit the game's sales target.
Square Enix struggling to make money from its console games
It's an "increasingly difficult" market.
Square Enix has admitted it is struggling to make money from its console games.

Sleeping Dogs: Year of the Snake DLC details leak
Happy new year for next week.
Kung-fu fighting romp Sleeping Dogs will soon be expanded in Year of the Snake, a new add-on themed around Chinese New Year.
The expansion has yet to be officially announced by publisher Square Enix, although a small teaser trailer has been posted online and the DLC's PlayStation Trophies have now been leaked.
It's a fair guess that it will launch around Chinese New Year on 10th February.
Sleeping Dogs and more for PlayStation Plus in February
Vita owners get WipEout 2048 and Lumines.
Open-world Hong Kong gangster game Sleeping Dogs headlines PlayStation Plus in February.
The next Sleeping Dogs story DLC will add a new island
Plus: Dragon Master pack to collect array of DLC for cheap.
Sleeping Dogs' next story-based DLC will add a new island to the game's map.

Sleeping Dogs: Nightmare in North Point review
Dead short.
United Front's open-world Hong Kong crime thriller wasn't exactly shy about borrowing from the Grand Theft Auto playbook when Sleeping Dogs launched back in August, so it's not that much of a surprise to see the developer taking inspiration from another Rockstar hit for this single-player add-on chapter.
Just as Red Dead Redemption looked to the darkness for its Undead Nightmare spin-off, so Nightmare in North Point drops a big bloody slab of horror into the neon sprawl of Hong Kong.
It would be a mistake to call this a zombie game though. Although the monsters that have suddenly populated the streets are technically the undead, they're actually Jiang Shi, creatures from Taoist myth that are as much vampire as zombie.
Sleeping Dogs dev defends zombie genre, not "overdone"
"Obviously there's been other games that have done 'the undead pack'."
Sleeping Dogs developer United Front Games has claimed there is still life in the zombie genre, as it prepares to launch undead-themed DLC Nightmare in North Point next week.
Sleeping Dogs will be expanded in a new supernatural-themed DLC for Halloween that features undead Triad members and classical Chinese vampires.
Sleeping Dogs Street Racer Pack due next week
Includes the game's first boat race.
Hong Kong-based open-world action game Sleeping Dogs is getting a batch of new races in the upcoming Street Racer Pack, due on 16th October on XBLA, PSN and Steam, Square Enix has announced.

Enjoyable Hong Kong romp Sleeping Dogs will be expanded in a slew of DLC packs due to launch in October.
UK chart: Sleeping Dogs puts down Tekken Tag Tournament 2
We canine believe it.
Hong Kong crime adventure Sleeping Dogs has defeated Tekken Tag Tournament 2 in the UK's weekly all-formats chart.

Impressive fake DayZ, Sleeping Dogs, BioShock, Secret World, Lollipop Chainsaw movie trailers
Spliced montages we recommend watching.
DayZ has been the break out phenomenon of PC gaming this year. What would it look like adapted as a film? Renowned YouTube fake movie trailer maker Bloodrunsclear has had a stab at finding out.
His fake DayZ movie trailer uses sound bites from the horrific Miami face-eating incident; Peter Gabriel's version of My Body is a Cage; and clips from numerous zombie films (and other genres) to create a rousing montage - a look at what could be.
DayZ creator Dean Hall tweeted a link to the video this morning.
UK chart: Sleeping Dogs denies Darksiders 2
But sales up on first Darksiders' launch week.
Pork bun-munching Hong Kong adventure Sleeping Dogs has seen off THQ challenger Darksiders 2 to remain top of the UK all-format chart.
UK chart: Sleeping Dogs hounds London 2012 Olympics from top spot
New Super Mario Bros. 2 counted in second.
Open-world crime drama Sleeping Dogs has bounded to the top of the UK all-format charts, toppling Sega's London 2012 Olympics tie-in.

Digital FoundrySleeping Dogs Gameplay Performance Analysis Video
Matching excerpts of Sleeping Dogs gameplay are processed through Digital Foundry analysis tools - which version offers the smoother experience?

Digital FoundrySleeping Dogs Face-Off: PS3 vs. PC Video
The weakest SKU in the Sleeping Dogs line-up compared to the strongest.

Digital FoundrySleeping Dogs Cut-Scene Performance Analysis Video
Frame-rate tests on like-for-like sections from the game.

Digital FoundrySleeping Dogs Face-Off: Xbox 360 vs. PS3 Video
Xbox 360 enjoys a higher resolution and more detailed effects work, as this comparison video demonstrates.

Digital FoundrySleeping Dogs Face-Off: Xbox 360 vs. PC Video
The PC version with all settings ramped up to the max, up against the standard Xbox 360 game.

Digital FoundryFace-Off: Sleeping Dogs
John Woof.
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Xbox 360
PlayStation 3
Digital FoundrySleeping Dogs - DFPC 1080p, Low vs. High Settings Video
Our £300 PC gets to grips one of the most demanding PC titles yet.
Our £300 PC gets to grips one of the most demanding PC titles yet.

Woof justice.
Wei Shen, a Chinese-American cop working undercover to infiltrate a notorious Hong Kong Triad gang, has just received a panicked message from Jackie, his childhood friend. They came up together on the mean streets of Hong Kong and it was Jackie - skinny, endearingly inept in criminal matters and blissfully unaware that his old friend is now a cop - who opened the door that allowed Shen inside the Triads.
But something has gone wrong. Trying to set up a big score for himself with his customary clumsiness, Jackie has tried to sell a shipment of stolen watches and been ripped off. He calls in Shen. "What are you going to do?" asks Jackie. Shen sits astride a motorbike, ready for action. "What I always do" he replies, and roars off to exact revenge-by-proxy on the thugs who took advantage of his friend's weakness.
As played out in one of Sleeping Dogs' many cut-scenes, this exchange is clearly intended as a rousing hero moment for Shen. But "what I always do" is also an unfortunate commentary on the rote structure that constantly holds Sleeping Dogs back. Originally developed as a new entry in Activision's middling True Crime series, before being abandoned and subsequently resurrected by Square Enix, this is as predictable an entry in the open-world cops-and-gangsters genre as it's possible to get.
Sleeping Dogs PC version detailed
System requirements and bonus goodies revealed.
Sleeping Dogs' PC version will come with a host of graphical enhancements and bonus content, Square-Enix has announced.
Final Fantasy maker Square Enix posts loss during quiet quarter
No Wonderland for them.
Japanese mega publisher Square Enix made a loss during the recent financial quarter off the back of a quiet release schedule.
Sleeping Dogs has a Just Cause 2 clothes set for those with a Just Cause 2 save file
Grants stunt-style takeovers of enemy vehicles.
Have you kept your Just Cause 2 save file? If so, and you buy Sleeping Dogs, you're in for a neat treat.
New Sleeping Dog walkthrough shows off combat, carjacking
For an undercover agent, Wei certainly draws a lot of attention to himself.
A new Sleeping Dog gameplay video - below - released by Square-Enix shows off a sample mission in the open-world game full of driving, hand-to-hand combat, shooting and car jacking.
Green Man Gaming to sell boxed PC and console games
Digital shop makes friends with discs.
Digital shop Green Man Gaming is now selling boxed PC and console games.
Sleeping Dogs combat beefed up by MMA star Georges St-Pierre
Behind the scenes footage of GSP and the team.
Behind the scenes footage of open-world crime adventure Sleeping Dogs has demonstrated the influence of MMA star Georges St-Pierre on the game.


FeatureSleeping Dogs Preview: United Front's Open World Game Isn't What You'd Expect
Screwed pooch or mutt's nuts?
Expectations are dangerous. Dead Island found this out the hard way, working the audience to frothing excitement with a wonderfully crafted CG trailer that bore precious little resemblance to the actual game. It's with this warning in mind, and with my anticipation coloured by a glitzy live-action trailer, that I sit down to play Sleeping Dogs, an open world crime game saturated in new wave Hong Kong cinema.
Clearly, developer United Front Games has heeded that warning, too: pretty much everything you see in that trailer can be done in the game. There's bone-snapping close-quarters chopsocky, vicious slow-motion gunplay, frenetic car chases, death defying inter-vehicle stunts, ghastly blood-letting with kitchen implements, and environments whose every surface begs for context-sensitive violence: sizzling stoves await the face of a triad goon while fridge doors swing open to close eagerly on thuggish skulls. And not any of this is demoted to QTE, but remains an ever-available mechanic in a dynamic, bustling recreation of Hong Kong.
Even if the game matches the trailer's action blow for blow, Sleeping Dogs is, however, wrestling with another set of expectations which are aren't nearly as optimistic. Having been previously announced as True Crime: Hong Kong, publisher Activision first delayed the project from 2010 to 2011, and then finally swung the axe last year, saying that it just wouldn't reach the required level of quality.
Square Enix can't fathom how Activision let True Crime: Hong Kong go - in fact, it thinks Activision was "crazy" to do it.
Deus Ex and Final Fantasy 13-2 make Square Enix profitable
Mm, profiteroles.
Last autumn's Deus Ex: Human Revolution and this year's Final Fantasy 13-2 have helped Square Enix return to profit making.

VideoSleeping Dogs trailer demos skull-bashing combat
Triad and tested.

Sleeping Dogs release date, limited edition detailed
Pre-order to get a punch, plus other in-game goodies.
Hong Kong-set open world shooter Sleeping Dogs will be set loose on 17th August in the UK, publisher Square Enix has announced.
US gamers get it the same week, on 14th August.
Pre-ordering Sleeping Dogs in UK shops will upgrade you to the game's Limited Edition, which includes two packs of in-game content.

VideoSleeping Dogs trailer shows off driving gameplay
Over 65 vehicles promised.
VideoThe EGTV Show: Sleeping Dogs Special
Eurogamer visits Hong Kong to discover Square Enix's open world shooter.
Eurogamer visits Hong Kong to discover Square Enix's open world shooter.
VideoNew Sleeping Dogs developer diary
Why United Front chose Hong Kong as its setting.
Why United Front chose Hong Kong as its setting.


FeatureSleeping Dogs Preview: A True Open World Contender?
Wouldn't let it lie.
"Even our most optimistic internal projections show that continued investment was not going to lead to a title at, or near, the top of the competitive open world genre.
"In an industry where only the best games in each category are flourishing, to be blunt, it just wasn't going to be good enough."
Ouch. Activision CEO Eric Hirschberg didn't pull any punches when explaining the reason the publisher pulled the plug on True Crime: Hong Kong last February.

Square Enix makes Sleeping Dogs official
Releases live action trailer.
Square Enix has made Sleeping Dogs, the game formerly known as True Crime: Hong Kong, official.

Square Enix announces Sleeping Dogs at retailer event
True Crime: Hong Kong renamed, out in August.
More from the talkative Destination PlayStation event - this time concerning True Crime.
According to a tweet by Future Shop Gamer, which attended the event, Square Enix has revealed Sleeping Dogs, due out on PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in August.
Future Shop also published an image, which looks a lot like True Crime: Hong Kong, the game Square Enix picked up after Activision ditched it halfway through development.