Topic: Sleeping Dogs -> Update: United Front Games closes its doors

[MysterD]

NEW -> 10-17-2016:
PC Gamer -> United Front Games (dev's behind Sleeping Dogs) closes its down; and Smash+Grab (which had Free Weekend on Steam + was in Early Access) is removed from purchasing on Steam.

OLD:
Giant Bomb -> Quick Look -- Sleeping Dogs: Nightmare At Northport DLC - 1 hr 33 mins long.
Forbes -> Nightmare in North Point DLC -- Trailer.
Joystiq -> Sleeping Dogs has sold 172,000 across PS3 & XB360 in August according to NPD; PC sales aren't listed yet b/c it's download-only for the PC.
PC Gamer -> PC Demo for Sleeping Dogs is out on Steam.
PC Gamer -> Square Enix pushed for extra PC features in PC port of Sleeping Dogs.
Kotaku -> Darksiders II And Sleeping Dogs: A Tale Of Two Very Different PC Ports.
Rev3 Games -> Comparison of PC and console versions of Sleeping Dogs.
OWNet -> Post w/ REVIEWS compiled together.
Bluesnews -> At least 6 months worth of DLC packs announced.
Sleeping Dogs PC Version requirements revealed.
Joystiq -> Voice-acting cast for Sleeping Dogs...includes Will Yun Lee, Edison Chen, Tom Wilkinson, Emma Stone, Lucy Lui, Kelly Hu, Lindsay Price, etc.
Destructoid -> Sleeping Dogs - Combat Trailer.
GTTV -> True Crime: Hong Kong re-branded to Sleeping Dogs.
Square Enix picks up the rights to True Crime: Hong Kong game from Activision; will re-name it; pass if off to their London studio.
True Crime: Hong Kong pushed back to 2011.
True Crime 3 - Spike TV VGA 2009 Trailer.

[Quemaqua]

Really?  I thought from the subtitle it was going to take place in Saskatchewan.

[Xessive]

Really?  I thought from the subtitle it was going to take place in Saskatchewan.

Haha I was guessing Vancouver

[MysterD]

Really?  I thought from the subtitle it was going to take place in Saskatchewan.

Actually, it ain't called True Crime: China.
It's just called True Crime.

[Quemaqua]

I feel so lied to.

[MysterD]

I feel so lied to.

Thread title better now?

[MysterD]

Square Enix picks up the rights to True Crime: Hong Kong game; will re-name it; pass it off to their London studio.

[MysterD]

GTTV -> True Crime: Hong Kong re-branded to Sleeping Dogs.

[MysterD]

Bluesnews -> At least 6 months worth of DLC packs announced.

[MysterD]

Sleeping Dogs -- REVIEWS

Scored out of a max of 10
EGM -> 9.5.
Destructoid -> 9.0
PlayStation Universe -> 9.0
PlayStation LifeStyle -> 9.0
Official PlayStation Magazine UK -> 9.
IGN -> 8.5
CVG -> 8.4.
GameSpot -> 8.0 -- Video Review; Written Review
Wired -> 8.
TheSixthAxis -> 8.
GameInformer -> 7.75
Eurogamer -> 7.

Scored out of a max of 5
GamesRadar -> 4.5 stars.
GiantBomb -> 4 stars.
GameSpy -> 4 stars.
Joystiq -> 3.5 stars.

[Xessive]

I'm loving it so far!

[Xessive]

The Sleeping Dogs soundtrack is pretty impressive. They did a fantastic job of getting the right music for this game. Check out the playlist.

[MysterD]

PC Gamer -> PC Demo for Sleeping Dogs is out on Steam.

[MysterD]

Just tried the Sleeping Dogs PC Demo. Those 2 missions they have you take on - awesome. I love the combat. It just looks awesome - it looks like an awesome Hong-Kong style martial arts movie. The combat itself feels similar to Batman: Arkham Asylum and Arkham City's combat - so, it's awesome. Throw in environmental kills - too sweet. Nothing like finishing a combat sequence w/ an enemy, grapping them and then slamming a guy's head into a fan or sticking someone's head into a burning furnace. The controls are perfect for melee combat w/ the 360 controller.

One thing sucked - I couldn't move my movement controls from WSAD over to Cursors keys, since I'm left-handed and would prefer to use the cursors. So much for that. So, I stuck w/ the controller - even for shooting. While I'd rather use KB/mouse for shooting, the 360 controller is fine and adequate enough for shooting.  

BTW - the game on my PC looks very nice w/ most stuff pumped-way up. Had to turn down one of the in-game graphics features of High-Quality AA to Normal, but everything else was maxed-out and running around 35-40 frames consistently.

I'm gonna have to keep my eye on this one, when it goes on sale...

[Cobra951]

This is the deal of the week on Xbox.  $15 makes it hard to pass up.  Maybe I'll grab the demo first tomorrow.

[Cobra951]

This game is the king of bad control, particularly driving, which is shockingly bad.  I think it would be about the same if it used the D-pad instead of the analog stick.  There is a huge dead zone, followed by a sudden jerk on the steering.  Rapid modulation (as needed on old D-pad driving games) is the only way to make the car go where you want it to.  Physics are nonexistent, both for you and for the vehicles around you.  There is no sense of mass or momentum.  GTA 4 was not great in this area either, but at least things felt solid and controllable.  Quite a let down.  I am so glad I got this for cheap.  It would have been a real ripoff at full price.

[MysterD]

PC Gamer -> United Front Games (dev's behind Sleeping Dogs) closes its down; and Smash+Grab (which had Free Weekend on Steam + was in Early Access) is removed from purchasing on Steam.

[Xessive]

PC Gamer -> United Front Games (dev's behind Sleeping Dogs) closes its down; and Smash+Grab (which had Free Weekend on Steam + was in Early Access) is removed from purchasing on Steam.

Shit. Smash+Grab looked fun too.

[MysterD]

Shit. Smash+Grab looked fun too.

Tried it for a short-time over the past weekend; it was fun + cool.

I would like to see someone else either buy the IP out so they can support the game.
Or UFG just releases a SDK, releases game to public for FREE, and let the users go crazy with it.

This game going up in flames is a waste. The foundation there is solid + fun.