True Crime: Hong Kong revived as Sleeping Dogs

had no idea this game even got cancelled and then rebooted as sleeping dogs (kind of a weird name if you ask me). but if its good, i might let this dog have its day

I always thought true crime:streets of LA was a good game so I'm happy to hear this news.

Kane and Lynch: Dog Days, Sleeping Dogs. i guess they like dogs a lot.

Awesome, i think Activision made a mistake letting this game go, it has big potential...though im glad they did, its in better hands now.

Me thinks they could have come up with a better name

@FallenOneX It was one of the few GTA clones worth playing at the time, with other clones like Jak2(Amazing), Saints Row(Amazing), SpiderMan2(really good), The Godfather(Pretty decent), and Scarface: The world is yours(Very entertaining and good).

@Eric_Drav3n You were giving them money to begin with?

YES!!!!

Want it to be good, but it'll probably end up being crap...

glad this game is back, now lets just hope its good

That video is actually hands down one of the best videos I've ever seen on this website :| I know it's not gameplay.. but Square Enix has DEFINITELY got me interested!

Good, now I don't have to give Activision my money

@FallenOneX It did have another game: True Crime: New York City which completely killed the chance for it to be a successful series.

I just hope it's at least decent. The other games weren't bad, and hope this one isn't either.

True Crime was a decent GTA clone that should have had another game.

Too bad Luxoflux (guys who created the True Crime series) didn't make it. It doesn't really sit well with me that guys only ever made ModNation Racers before this... Oh well, here's hoping.

I am so glad that they revived this game will buy for sure no matter what.

I'm rooting for Square on this one!

@Dawg9000 Well they are defiantly gaining one sale from me, because it is no longer produced by Activision. Plus, I don't think True Crime was ever a widely known series to begin with so it shouldn't hurt them that much.

MAKE A MOVIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

when this game become a blast, wait for Activision claim its right again. sighh

It'd be sick if the game was like a revamped Rise to Honor from PS2. Remember that game? It starred Jet Li in it, it was awesome.

God, the amount of lost sales just because of the name change.

I'll have to remember the name chage, I've always liked True Cirme.

Is it wrong that I would've instantly disregarded this game if it were still coming from Activision, but am looking forward to it coming from Square?

Looking forward to playing this game :D

always glad to hear a game gets resurrected :)

Well I'm excited to see what is going to happen with this game. I thought it looked really good and Activision was totally lame to completely cancel it.

pure amazement =)

Didn't I see like a billion trailers for this on gamespot like two years ago?

YES

the live action trailer looks extremely promising ...enuff to call it the GTA killer but like many things......its just a taste and no actual footage of the graphics and look and gameplay have been shown so i pray that its as good as this trailer in terms of style cause this is like a jet li version of GTA to say the least but if the game looks better when its actually shown then this will not be just a jet li version of GTA this would pretty much will be the game that heavily and might KILL GTA as the top open world crime type game dethroning the mighty gta my fingers r crossed

i have lots, lots, lots, and lots of respect for Mr. Wai Shen.... he kicks a%% and doesnt ask no names.... my kind of guy..... the trailer had me drowling to the very end and i cant help by saying this but when this game and movie comes out, i am going to be the first one to get both.... Mr. Wai Shen, you really seriously do have my respects

Awesome trailer. I really hope this game ends up being good. I can't wait to see more.

Sweet trailer!

Nice to see this game getting revived, I did have some excitement for it as I've played the previous True Crime games. Kind of disappointed to see this won't actually be a True Crime game though. Hopefully it was still be similar and offer some decent open world gameplay. Still planning on giving this game a chance.

OK, this game looks awesome. I'll be checking it out later this year!

I like the name since they change the name. Would like thx SqaueEnix for picking the creator up. If this sales thats mean Activevision going to bang there head on a brick wall lol. Im going to pick this up full price and gta5 as well. SqaureEnix Wont fell on this game i belive they can make it better .

i also hope they make it more of a cop game where your responding to calls and other things police do cause they do need a police officer game.

@moviequest14 Agreed on your NYC points. That game had so much going for it, but it had some big game breaking bugs. Definitely a deeper experience than what GTA offered at the time. I won't get my expectations too high, but this is a big change for another franchise in the realm of GTA and Saints Row to stand apart from the pack and really make a name for itself. Guess I'm saying it's bloody exciting news, even if taken with a grain of salt.

I am happy someone saw potential in this game. It seems Activision was unable to see it if they were so quick to cancel it.

@fremis : Obviously you haven't played either True Crime or GTA.

That's great news! Not too fond of the name though...just waiting for the inevitable Asian stereotype jokes to come in.

@Ladiesman17 : Almost every open-world game has a replica (or near copy) of New York or Los Angeles and keep it at that.Since True Crime is based in actual cities it would be nice to see even more variety..why stop at Hong Kong? Maybe Atlanta,Chicago,Boston,Paris,London? Maybe even go unconventional and try out a true crime in an area that isn't necessarily urban? What could be more fun than losing the cops or chasing a criminal down when you have forests,backroads,and farms to hide on?

To me the original series always had a step above GTA as not only can you go around on a shooting spree to get the cops on your tail...but go into cop chases of your own,which was great after roaming around got tiring. True Crime NYC is incredibly underrated though...when compared to GTA,Saints Row,etc. it might not be on the top but it did what should be done..made a LOT of changes to improve on top of the original.Not only was the city changed but a TON of interior buildings were added,more complex crimes,extremely superior car models,more weapons,etc.

YES! THANK YOU SQUARE ENIX!!! :D

This is good news! I've seen the gameplay as well (the old ones) and it looks fantastic. I like the title too because I never really was a fan of any of the True Crime games.

@SecularSage This game was in development for a couple of years before it got canned, coming out this year, gives it an extra year of development time. I don't think they will lacking for time to polish the game, they would of had to be WAY behind on development to take over three years and still not be done.

@OrNiGhTZ Obviously that's not possible since Activision owns the franchise name. I hope this game is a huge success and sticks it to Kotick for dumping it.

I saw sum gameplay awhile back and this game looks sick, also I really hope it has a GTA style free roam.