Microsoft's Games with Gold program goes all Square Enix-y in January with Sleeping Dogs and Lara Croft. Xbox 360 gamers with a Gold Xbox Live subscription will be able to download Sleeping Dogs for free January 1 through 15, with Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light free from January 16 to the 31.
Get ready to go back to Hong Kong. United Front Games—the dev studio behind last year’s Sleeping Dogs—has announced Triad Wars, another game set in the universe of the open-world undercover cop drama. All right, who wants to lay odds that it’s a mobile tie-in or a free-to-play multiplayer title?
There's an AMA over on Reddit with stunt actor Shaun Piccinino, who has done motion-capture work on Call of Duty, Prototype, UFC, Sleeping Dogs and way, way more. Check it out!
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'Tis better to have bought and saved than never to have bought at all.
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The hero of United Front's hit open-world title spent most of the game undercover, acting more as a gangster and stirring up trouble to win the trust of the Hong Kong underworld. Now, Wei Shen finally gets to be an out-in-the-open law enforcement official in the new Year of the Snake DLC for Sleeping Dogs.
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This leaked trailer could be for a Chinese New Year-themed Sleeping Dogs DLC.
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Some glitches are annoying. Some are downright infuriating. Still, they can (and do!) serve as the foundations of hilarious internet videos.
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Last year was supposed to be the year I got a beast of a PC set up in my tiny apartment. It didn't end up being that year. 2013 will be, though, PC gods willing.
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Sure, 2012 was a year rife with disappointments. But it was also filled with surprises of the best sort. Since we brought everyone down last week with our list of the biggest disappointments of the year, we thought it only proper to also share the best, most welcome surprises.
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In Sleeping Dogs, you could get a outfit that was basically what Bruce Lee wore in Game of Death. And lead character Wei Shen kicked ass in a way that paid homage to the martial arts icon. Now, the next big add-on for Square Enix' open-world hit goes even further into the funky world of 1970s kung-fu cinema with the …
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Sleeping Dogs for $30! Dead Island for $10! Kingdom Hearts 3D for $20!
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Hopefully in the hustle and bustle of the big fall releases, everyone hasn't lost sight of Sleeping Dogs, the little Hong Kong open-world crime game that could. At least, I still play the game off and on while rotating between others.
Just a heads up: Amazon is running Lightning Deals on games all day today. Looks like Sleeping Dogs, Skyrim, and Theatrhythm Final Fantasy are just some of the titles on sale.
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Sleeping Dogs! Kingdom Hearts! Dead Island!
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When you blindly click "agree" on Square Enix's online terms & conditions, you probably didn't notice that you're saying you agree to allow the publisher to record the way you play a game.
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Just in time for Halloween, Sleeping Dogs developer United Front Games will be releasing add-on content for the amazing hands-on, kung fu combat, open world game. And there will be zombies. And vampires. Sort of.
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Earlier today, Square Enix and United Front Games announced that they'll be delivering a horror movie style add-on to the gritty open-world action of Sleeping Dogs. The publisher and developer showed off the trailer and some gameplay from Nightmare in North Point, and talked about the special weapons and abilities…
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Square Enix managed to find a surprising success in Sleeping Dogs, their crime drama that takes place in a engaging open-world Hong Kong. Since the game's summer release, it's gotten DLC offerings that give players new racing or cop missions as well as packs filled with new customization options but nothing in the form …
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Prepare to revisit Hong Kong virtually this October when a whole bunch of DLC drops some time in October.
