Cars, money, fashion and kung-fu about in the latest trailer for Sleeping Dogs, Square Enix's August release for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Windows PC.
Set in Hong Kong with its mix of eastern and western traditions, Sleeping Dogs follows undercover cop Wei Shen, who is sent to join the Triads as part of a police effort to take them down.
As a fighter, Shen is proficient in martial arts, but won't shy away from using the objects around him to great effect, be they spades, blades, or fire extinguishers -- the sort of thing one might find in Splinter Cell: Conviction or the Yakuza series.
Added to that he's got a nifty slow motion trick, recognizable to those familiar with John Woo's films or the Max Payne trilogy.
Fresh threads can confer special benefits to Shen as he makes his way around town, and the trailer shows homages to Reservoir Dogs, Kill Bill, and Bruce Lee among other things.
Clubs, bars, gambling dens and cock fights await as he blends in with his fellow gangsters -- again, the sort of amusements seen in the Yakuza series, whose fifth entry isn't expected outside of Japan until 2013 -- while Sleeping Dogs adds street racing to the mix.
'Sleeping Dogs 101' trailer: youtu.be/vYG8moUy_rM
Official website: sleepingdogs.net
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