The announcement is an excellent bit of news for fans of the game and the Vancouver-based studio, who warn that very little information will be shared about the project until 2014.
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So, we’re making a new game! We can’t say a lot about it right now, but you might have read about a trademark registration for something called Triad Wars? Well, we’re super-excited that it’s another game based in the Sleeping Dogs universe, 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. Despite overcoming those hurdles and delivering a well-written, well-acted action title, it still looked as if the game would be sunk by unrealistic expectations.īut today, United Front Games took to their official website today to announce that a sequel to Sleeping Dogs is, in fact, being developed:
It's rare that a game is saddled with as many expectations as Sleeping Dogs, both from the game's initial publisher and the one that swooped in to save it from total demise (for those who weren't keeping track, Activision pulled the plug on the game after ruling that it couldn't dominate the open world genre entirely). Developer United Front Games has confirmed that they are hard at work on Triad Wars, a sequel set within the Sleeping Dogs universe.
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Nevertheless, the future of the series remained uncertain - until now. That may not have been the smoothest start, and certainly heaped some skepticism on the game's release, but the Hong Kong-based, open world sleeper persevered, becoming one of the better games of 2012. Then again, Sleeping Dogs as a whole is no stranger to adversity - after all, the original game was even created out of a failed project itself.It began its life as True Crime: Hong Kong, before being found lacking, and sold to Square Enix to become Sleeping Dogs. After the failure of Triad Wars, it seems that it was hard for the developer to bounce back, and even though early access title Smash + Grab garnered interest, it was not enough to save the developer, or save the company's vision of Sleeping Dogs 2. Unfortunately, fans of the original game are unlikely to ever see a sequel get released, at least under the wing of United Front Games. It's worth noting that the ins and outs of this idea were far from fully fledged, but it was an interesting concept nonetheless.
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Those who played both the mobile game and the full version of Sleeping Dogs 2 would have seen their choices in the app then change the main city's dynamics. The title was also due to include an intriguing mobile and tablet tie-in, where the player could take on the role of inspector Jane Teng, and try to manage the police force in the city.
Apparently, the game itself would have 'analyzed' where the player was up to in the Sleeping Dogs 2 narrative, and adjusted the co-op potential accordingly. Apparently, users would have been able to choose whether to play the game solo or take part in certain co-op missions, with options including a variety of procedurally-generated challenges such as fight clubs and vehicle races, but with a difference. United Front Games would also have included full co-op support for Sleeping Dogs 2. The city itself would have been more dynamic than the one found in the first Sleeping Dogs, with the player apparently being given the ability to arrest any NPC in the game world. The title would have followed in the footsteps of the original game, with hero Wei Shen joining up with a corrupt cop partner named Henry Fang in China's Pearl River Megacity. United Front Games initially pitched its idea for Sleeping Dogs 2 back in early 2013, and although the project was cancelled by the end of that year, and never officially entered production, there was a brief period of time where United Front Games was pulling together its plans for the game.
The details of the Sleeping Dogssequel come courtesy of Waypoint, which shared its findings about the mysterious project. United Front Games had once been working on a sequel to the open world title, and now gamers have been given a look at the cancelled project. Although the studio had been hit and miss with its games, its highs were certainly memorable experiences, with particular praise for Sleeping Dogs. When developer United Front Games closed its doors last month, it came as a shock to many video game fans. A number of features from the cancelled Sleeping Dogs 2 surface online, giving fans of the original game a glimpse at what might have been should the game have made it to release.
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