Sleeping Dogs

Sleeping Dogs interview: “People came back from other jobs when Square picked it up”

Leon Hurley at 09:00am April 18 2012

Sleeping Dog’s senior producer Jeff O’Connell talks to OPM about the game’s troubled development. Including being dropped and insulted by Activision, and how the dev team let go as a result left new jobs to come back when Square Enix picked up the game. Official PlayStation Magazine After such a long radio silence how did it feel to finally when you got to show the game off under its new guise? Jeff…

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Official PlayStation Magazine UK: new issue on sale now

Staff at 11:58am March 20 2012

It’s that time of the month again where a new issue of Official PlayStation Magazine UK appears in the shops, and this issue is all about Assassin’s Creed 3. We’ve got a huge feature on the game where we visit Ubisoft Montreal and interview the devs about the big changes underway for the series. We also have a massive guide to the game’s history and past legacy. If you don’t know…

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Access Episode 24 on PSN

robertpearson at 02:56pm March 7 2012

We just looked up Coulrophobia on Wikipedia – it means ‘fear of clowns.’ If you’re a sufferer, then you’re going to want to duck behind the sofa for Access TV s Game of the Week, because it features a clown with a head of fire, a heart of murder, and a face of ‘oh-dear-lord-that’s-horrifying.’ The game is Twisted Metal, so check it out if you’re a fan of unadulterated automotive mayhem.

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Official PlayStation Magazine podcast episode 33

Leon Hurley at 02:55pm February 21 2012

Elena Fisher didn’t turn up at the office to mark February 2012?s Official PlayStation Magazine podcast, but Ben Wilson and the team are still all about love as they talk Joel’s visit to Hong Kong to see Sleeping Dogs, their admiration for the beautiful new PS Vita, and a game character Dave loved so much his death brought him to tears. Also find out whether Prototype 2 really is PS3?s…

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Sleeping Dogs PS3 video preview

Leon Hurley at 03:21pm February 17 2012

Here’s OPM’s Joel and CVG’s James to talk you through a video preview of the new crime game Sleeping Dogs. There are triads who apparently “do bad crime stuff” as well as some violent Arkham City style fighting, smooth traversal mechanics and loads of very satisfying looking slow-mo head shots. There’s plenty of new in game footage in there so fill your boots. We’ve also got a load of Sleeping Dogs screens…

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Sleeping Dogs PS3 screens

Leon Hurley at 09:00am February 17 2012

Here are the latest PS3 screens for Square Enix’s new open world crime game Sleeping Dogs. You know, the one formally known as True Crime: Hong Kong. We’ve got the full info in our Sleeping Dogs PS3 preview if you want to know more but here’s where you get all the shoe-to-face, car go boom money shots.

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Sleeping Dogs PS3 preview: GTA meets Arkham City. With power tools

Joel Gregory at 09:00am February 17 2012

If my flight to Hong Kong to see Sleeping Dogs was anything like as turbulent as the game’s development, I’d have come back with such a fear of anything airborne that even a stray Frisbee would result in tear-soaked hyperventilation. Because while many big games may suffer staff reshuffles or release date delays, this is a game that was dead. Done. Kaput. Sleeping with the poisson. (Click here for Sleeping…

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Sleeping Dogs live action trailer

Leon Hurley at 03:20pm February 8 2012

This looks expensive. It’s also pretty great: a live action take on Sleeping Dog’s open world Honk Kong crime action. There’s shooting, fighting, a man on fire and the hero jumping on to a moving bus from a speeding motorbike. It must have cost a fortune in stuntman insurance alone.

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True Crime: Hong Kong renamed Sleeping Dogs – new screens

Leon Hurley at 03:09pm February 8 2012

Remember Activision’s canned True Crime: Hong Kong game? It would have been the third in the series until they dropped it. Square have picked it up, it Sleeping Dogs and judging by the incredibly expensive looking Sleeping Dog live action trailer, are putting quite a bit of money behind it. Here are the first new screens which show how the game’s visual style has changed. We’ve got a man out in Hong Kong…

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