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New game in Sleeping Dogs universe in the works

United Front Games working on new game called Triad Wars with Square Enix; more information in 2014.

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United Front Games is working on an all-new game set in the Sleeping Dogs universe called Triad Wars, the developer announced on its website today. The news comes after Square Enix filed a trademark application for Triad Wars on September 30. 2013/29/sleeping_dogs_2_86448_screen.jpg 2013/29/sleeping_dogs_2_86448_embed.jpg

"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."

Sleeping Dogs, a resurrection of True Crime: Hong Kong, launched in August 2012 and achieved profitability this summer. Though it is not clear how many copies the game has sold, Sleeping Dogs continues to see more than 500,000 people playing it every month as of August 2013, according to Square Enix.

Square Enix teased previously that in the future it will invest more seriously in games with more persistent online worlds as a means to keep players engaged in the experience.

"We see the opportunity for some of our games continuing beyond a traditional beginning, middle, and end," Square Enix head of product development Darrell Gallagher said in August. "We can have them become extendable and more persistent--with an opportunity to build and grow across games. To design in a way to keep our games alive for years instead of weeks."

For more on Sleeping Dogs, check out GameSpot's review.

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Underrated games, deserves another chance

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@Awesomestinson it "achieved profitability." it wasn't underrated.it was a success.

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Unprofitable and underrated are differnt things.

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Look them up

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@FlavethesonPE1 Only slightly.

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good news

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YEEESSSSS! But please don't be an iOS game. Please.

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I don't want this to become an MMO!


I love Sleeping Dogs, I still play it now, but making an MMO game based on its gameplay would be disastrous. The spirit of Sleeping Dogs is about fast paced martial arts, high speed driving action. Can this sort of gameplay style translate properly as an MMO? I don't think so. There will be lots of issues, mainly lag, that would make the gameplay feel so rubbery and jerky.

Just stick to making single player games, and if they really want an online world, then just add it as an option.

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Great news. SD was a lot of fun.

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WHOOOOO!!!!! This makes me exceptionally happy :3

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The thing i like the most about Sleeping Dogs? It takes place in Hong Kong. Unlike all the GTA games and the majority of sandbox games taking place in the America (new york mostly).

We need more diversity of locations in video games. It keeps things fresh and interesting.

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@LADIES_MAN_2013 and its actually hard to come by guns

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@LADIES_MAN_2013 and less fucking stupid apps for phones instead in game, like that dog training

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Awesome.

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Since it's the stupid Square Enix that publishes it, it'll be a mobile game.

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@the_real_VIP Not necessarily. Square Enix has been pumping some high-quality PC/console games lately. Have faith!

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@LADIES_MAN_2013 @the_real_VIP yes but according to them all of them were failures

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This is AMAZING news. This was one of my favourite games in the genre, I put it above GTA 4 personally. Loved the hand to hand and it beats GTA 5 in things like being able to pause-restart mission (still baffled GTA 5 doesn't have this) and better radio (metal station!) experiences for me.I'll buy this day 1, thanks Square, I was scared it didn't sell enough.

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after hearing about the online legacy of kain game in the works I'm just really hoping this is still a story game and not just an onlne free for all. Absolutely loved the story - even my wife enjoyed watching me play!
I hope it's still set in Hong Kong. They could really bring HK to life on next gen.
lol at people saying to put it in Japan or America when it's a game about Triads.

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I'd rather have a direct sequel. The "universe" means very little without the characters, which for me was the highlight of Sleeping Dogs(not to mention it's only had 1 release in this universe). Sleeping Dogs was fantastic, albeit short. They left themselves open to more storytelling in HK or Wei Shen could always go back to the US for a change of pace.

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all i hope they dont destroy the great satisfaction i get from sleeping dogs...

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Eddie is seriously the cutest games reviewer like... ever! aha

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@jimdove2 I would say it is more less known than underrated.

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I hope you get to play as Wei Shen again. He's like the Chinese version of Nathan Drake.

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@nickyparmar92 Wei Shen is awesome, but him geting another story idk, isnt he supposed to go back to america?

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@krystyla @nickyparmar92 This new game could take place in America. Like the Triads in the Rush Hour movies.

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@krystyla @nickyparmar92 I think you meant "Singapore"?

That would be a boring setting for a game though.

Any of the other major Asian cities would be great though.

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@nickyparmar92 @krystyla No get him to Shanghai, Singapur, Seoul, Maybe even Tokyo. Let it show the next gen ram by doing one of those 1k people walking across the street

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@krystyla @nickyparmar92 But a GTA United Front style. Better combat mechanics and a Triad/ Cop split story progression.

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@nickyparmar92 @krystyla Nah then it would turn out a generic GTA

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hells yeah, hope it comes to ps4

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This is great news! Bring it!

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Oooh, that Dog Eyes! what an asshole!

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This is gonna be a facebook or iOS game right. Because that's one generic ass title.

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@Catz_03 Yeah, the title is pretty unattractive.... Wait, is that an oxymoron?

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@Catz_03 Shh! Don't ruin my hopes =(

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Oh,yeah, Sandra...I liked that piece of ass!

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Good :)

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I only recently started to play it and can say I am honestly surprised by the level of fun to be had. Glad to hear it made some money, hope the next game captures all the good stuff of the first.

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@jimdove2 Yeah, I'll list some of the games i think are very underrated.

Sleeping Dogs

Mafia 2

The Saboteur

Each of them is amazing on it's own. Unfortuately such games get overshadowed by big-budget titles like GTA/COD etc

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@LADIES_MAN_2013 well, Mafia 2 kinda deserved it. I mean, they released shitload of DLCs for it, like 1/4 of the game (that's only what I've heard, I'm not standing by it), and it was little casualised unlike the 1st. Personally, I enjoyed it to some degree, but actually, still to this day, haven't beat it. Too much gears of war shooting. But I liked the plot and voice-acting, to me it was top-notch.

But it's saddening that The Saboteur backfired for Pandemic and EA. It was good too.

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Awesome! Very underrated game.

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First one was great and had responsive controls, the driving and shooting was easy enough.

GTA5 was atrocious in that regard.

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@komuchen Does GTA V cars drive like GTA IV?

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@spartanx169x @komuchen

Nope. GTAV actually give you a reason to break or slow down before every turn.

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@komuchen Yeah, GTA V has poor driving. The fanboys simply refuse to admit it.

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Sweet the first one was fantastic.

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wow this is good news. Hope it gets a bigget budget this time

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please dont be a mobile game.

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@Dshenlong OMG. Anyone remembers GTA: ChinaTown Wars for the iPhone? The name "Triad Wars" kinda sounds very similar...

DAMN! I really hope I'm wrong.

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