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Platform PS3, 360, Win Publisher Square Enix Developer United Front Games Release Date 08/14/2012

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Sleeping Dogs review: stray bullets

By Justin McElroy on Aug 14, 2012 08.14.12

Triad gangs took Hong Kong police officer Wei Shen's sister from him, and he's given up everything to take them apart. As Sleeping Dogs picks up his story, Shen's already deep undercover, embedded in a low-level position with the Sun On Yee (a thinly veiled nod to the Sun Yee On, a real-life Triad gang). Though the Hong Kong setting may be exotic, Shen's story will be familiar to anyone who's ever watched, read, or played a story of an undercover cop. As Shen gets closer to toppling the organization, he's also getting closer to its members, embracing their vicious, glamorous lifestyle until even the player may be left to wonder where, exactly, he stands. At first, the distinction between cop and criminal is easy to make. Shen has no firearms and so must rely on martial arts (and...

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Square Enix blames competitive console market for multi-million yen losses

By Emily Gera on May 13, 2013 05.13.13

Square Enix experienced significant losses during this fiscal quarter, blaming the "increasingly competitive and oligopolistic" console market throughout North America and Europe as a primary reason behind its multi-million yen dive. Today the publisher released its financial results for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2013, confirming a net loss of 13,714 million yen. Square Enix acknowledged its restructuring efforts — which recently resulted in large-scale layoffs and the departure of CEO Yoichi Wada — had a hand in these recent losses. "In response to the latest environmental changes in the game industry, the Group has implemented various strategic initiatives such as a change in its development policy, organizational reforms and redesign of some business models. . As a...

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Sleeping Dogs coming to PS Plus Instant Game Collection May 7

By Griffin McElroy on May 03, 2013 05.03.13

Sleeping Dogs, United Front Games' open-world action title, will be added as a free download to PlayStation Plus subscribers' Instant Game Collections May 7, it was revealed on this week's PlayStation Blogcast. The PlayStation 3 game, which was released last August by publisher Square Enix, currently sells for $39.99 at most retailers. It will be joined by several other Instant Game Collection additions coming during the month of May, including a four-table Pinball Arcade pack for PS3 and Knytt Underground for PS3 and PS Vita. Recent additions to the Instant Game Collection include Demon's Souls, Malicious and Zombie Tycoon 2, though these will be bumped out of the roster throughout May as new games are added.

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Sleeping Dogs, Hitman: Absolution, Tomb Raider all million-sellers, but miss sales targets

By Samit Sarkar on Mar 26, 2013 03.26.13

Square Enix's three most recent launches of major console titles — Sleeping Dogs, Hitman: Absolution and Tomb Raider — all sold at least a million copies, but missed the company's sales targets, it said today in a presentation to investors. Each title received critical acclaim, but sales in North America and Europe — although by no means poor — did not meet the publisher's expectations for its 2013 fiscal year, which ends March 31. As a result, the company expects to report a $105 million loss for the year. Square Enix launched Sleeping Dogs in August 2012 and has sold approximately 1.75 million copies of United Front Games' open-world crime thriller. Since Hitman: Absolution's release in November 2012, Square Enix has sold about 3.6 million units. And Tomb Raider, which...

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Sleeping Dogs' Wheels of Fury DLC available, brings a 'supercar' to Hong Kong's drug wars

By Dave Tach on Feb 27, 2013 02.27.13

Sleeping Dogs' Wheels of Fury DLC is available today bringing five new story missions and a new 'supercar' to the open-world action game, according to a press release from Square Enix. Wheels of Fury puts players back on the streets of Hong Kong, smuggling drugs and battling gangs, but this time with a new set of wheels. The DLC will introduce the DZS-90, "a fully weaponized supercar," to help undercover protagonist Wei Shen win the turf war against the rival 18K gang. The DZS-90 includes upgrades and add-ons like a pair of roof-mounted machine guns, which become available after completing assignments. Wheels of Fury, the first of five planned add-ons announced earlier this month, is available now on PlayStation 3 and Windows PC for $3.99 and Xbox 360 for 320 Microsoft Points. If you...

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Journey and The Walking Dead win big at the 16th annual DICE awards

By Jenna Pitcher on Feb 08, 2013 02.08.13

At tonight's 16th annual DICE Awards, PlayStation exclusive Journey won eight of its eleven category nominations, including Game of the Year, Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction and Outstanding Innovation in Gaming. The Walking Dead won four of its eight nominations, including Adventure Game of the Year, Downloadable Game of the Year and Outstanding Character Performance of protagonist Lee Everett (voiced by Dave Fennoy). Halo 4 won two of six nominated categories, including Outstanding Achievement in Connectivity and Outstanding Achievement in Visual Engineering. The Academy's Peer Panels evaluated more than 100 games, a peer panel for each category, with 63 nominated for awards. Voting for the awards was online and anonymous. "For the past 16 years, the D.I.C.E. Awards have...

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Sleeping Dogs getting five more add-on content packs before the end of March

By Alexa Ray Corriea on Feb 01, 2013 02.01.13

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Sleeping Dogs Chinese New Year-themed DLC hinted at in leaked trailer

By Alexa Ray Corriea on Jan 30, 2013 01.30.13

A teaser trailer leaked online may point to the next downloadable content pack coming to open-world action title Sleeping Dogs, according to the YouTube user who posted the video. User Laurentiu Badea says the above video clips became available in the game's directory alongside a few other cutscenes after he completed the latest Sleeping Dogs DLC, the Zodiac Tournament fighting tournament add-on mission. The video shows several elements unique to Chinese New Year celebrations, and ends with the title card "Year of the Snake." It is worth nothing that in the Chinese zodiac calendar, 2013 is the Year of the Snake and begins on Sunday, Feb. 10. Additionally, a set of four trophies for a Year of the Snake content pack have appeared on gaming website Exophase. These trophies list rewards...

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Sleeping Dogs and Rage DLC, Karateka remake coming to PSN on Dec. 18

By Samit Sarkar on Dec 14, 2012 12.14.12

Jordan Mechner's Karateka remake, as well as new downloadable content for United Front Games' Sleeping Dogs and id Software's Rage, will launch on PlayStation Network next Tuesday, Dec. 18, according to the most recent episode of Sony's PlayStation Blogcast. The Karateka remake, which Mechner developed with a small team at Liquid Entertainment, launched in November on Xbox Live Arcade for 800 Microsoft Points ($10) and earlier this month on Steam for $9.99. Sleeping Dogs will get its second campaign add-on, the Zodiac Tournament Pack, which publisher Square Enix announced in mid-November. The DLC pack adds a new island to the game's Hong Kong setting, the site of an exclusive invitation-only tournament in which combatants fight to the death. The Zodiac Tournament will feature a...

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Sleeping Dogs Dragon Master add-on bundles five DLC packs in one

By Alexa Ray Corriea on Nov 13, 2012 11.13.12

A bundle of five Sleeping Dogs downloadable content packs, the "Dragon Master Pack" is now available across all platforms, publisher Square Enix announced today on the game's official website. "Dragon Master" costs 640 Microsoft Points on Xbox 360 and $7.99 on PS3 and Steam. All five packs included in the bundle are available separately at 240 Microsoft Points/$2.99 each, and include different sets of stat-boosting costumes and items as well as a handful of new missions: "Triad Enforcer Pack," including two new Triad missions, the Triad Enforcer vehicle, and an additional outfit and weapons including a solid-gold meat cleaver "Police Protection Pack," including a SWAT outfit, cruiser and assault rifle for use in the "High Speed" police mission "Martial Arts Pack," including the...

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Sleeping Dogs costume pack adds Hitman, Deus Ex, Just Cause characters

By Samit Sarkar on Nov 12, 2012 11.12.12

Sleeping Dogs Releases
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  • PlayStation 3
    • Released 08/14/2012
    • Publisher Square Enix
    • Developer United Front Games
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    • Released 08/14/2012
    • Publisher Square Enix
    • Developer United Front Games
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    • Released 08/13/2012
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