Developed by United Front Games in collaboration with Square Enix London Studios, the recently released title Sleeping Dogs is planned to be a gritty and visceral open-world cop drama set in the city of Hong Kong. Square Enix today unveiled a highly detailed box artwork for the game, created by US artist Tyler Stout who is “Known for his creative art style“. Tyler has created numerous artworks for groups as varied as Flight of the Conchords and the Alamo Drafthouse cinema in Austin, Texas. Personally… I quite like it myself and evidently lots of thought and planning went into its design.
The game lets you take control of undercover cop Wei Shen who is tasked with taking down some of the worlds most fearsome criminal organizations from the inside. Offering players an island packed with action, every street corner, market stall, harbor dock or city skyscraper can become an opportunity for intense shoot-outs, adrenaline-fuelled street races and intense, brutal martial arts combat. Featuring one of the most intuitive and imaginative combat systems, Sleeping Dogs empowers players to perform an extensive set of martial arts moves, singlehandedly taking on numerous opponents. Players perform bone-crunching kicks and combos, vicious counters and a cinematic set of environmental takedowns making use of countless real-world items from circular saws to phone booths, incinerators to refrigerator doors.
You will be able to pick up this title on the PC, Playstation 3 and XBox360 gaming systems during the second half of 2012.
