Square Enix has finally put a release date on their upcoming open world cop game, Sleeping Dogs. The dates have been set for August 17 and August 14 this year, in the UK and US respectively.<\/p>\n
The True Crime reboot (Sleeping Dogs was previously True Crime: Hong Kong, before getting dropped by Activision), which Square Enix describes as \u201ca gritty open world cop drama set in the vibrant city of Hong Kong,\u201d\u00a0 will also have pre-order editions which include extra content. The downloadable PC version will also be getting some exclusive goodies that are yet to be announced.<\/p>\n
If you have no idea what Sleeping Dogs is, allow Square Enix to get you excited: \u201cFeaturing an intuitive and imaginative combat system, Sleeping Dogs empowers players to perform an extensive set of martial arts moves, single-handedly taking on numerous opponents. Players perform bone-crushing kicks and combos, vicious counters, and a cinematic set of environmental takedowns making use of countless real-world items from circular saws to phone booths, incinerators to refrigerator doors.\u201d<\/p>\n
It would appear to have a similar gameplay style to the GTA games, but with a lot more focus on the combat system. It is Hong Kong, after all.<\/p>\n
If you\u2019re still feeling pretty meh about it, I\u2019ll give it one last shot \u2013 check out the gameplay preview below:<\/p>\n