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Sleeping Dogs is a 2012 action-adventure game developed by United Front Games and published by Square Enix. The game was released for PlayStation 3, Windows, and Xbox 360 in August 2012. Set in contemporary Hong Kong, the story follows martial artist and undercover police officer Wei Shen, who infiltrates the Sun On Yee Triad organization. The gameplay focuses on Wei Shen's martial arts moves, fighting, shooting, and parkour abilities, and on gadgets that can be used for combat and exploration. Players must complete missions to unlock content and continue the story, but they may instead freely roam the game's open-world environment and engage in legal and criminal activities. The latter may incite a police response, the intensity of which is controlled by a "heat" system. Actions such as fighting, driving, and racing grant Shen statistical rewards and help earn the player's achievements.
Sleeping Dogs' development began in 2008. The game was announced in 2009 as part of the True Crime series but was canceled by Activision Blizzard in 2011 due to the project's delays and budget issues. Six months later, Square Enix purchased the publishing rights and renamed the game Sleeping Dogs, without the True Crime license, but considered a spiritual successor. During development, United Front staff visited Hong Kong to conduct field research on the visual environments and sound. Square Enix London Studios worked with United Front for the development.
Sleeping Dogs received positive reviews from critics for its combat, voice acting, protagonist, experience system, and depiction of the city, but its camera and some animations were criticized. The game had sold over 1.5 million units by September 2012. New outfits, missions, add-ons, and three expansion packs were released as downloadable content six months after the game's debut. A remastered version, subtitled Definitive Edition, was released for Windows, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One in October 2014. Based on community feedback, it features improved gameplay, setting, and audio-visual quality. Feral Interactive released the macOS version of Definitive Edition on March 31, 2016. The game spawned a spin-off multiplayer, Triad Wars, canceled in 2015.
Sleeping Dogs is set in contemporary Hong Kong, split into four districts named after city regions. The game reveals the story of Wei Shen (Will Yun Lee), a former San Francisco Police Department officer who was transferred to the Hong Kong Police Department and assigned the task of infiltrating and destroying a Triad organization known as the Sun On Yee (based on the Sun Yee On). The main storyline features two sub-plots: Shen's balance between completing his police mission whilst committing crimes to prove himself to the Triads and missions assigned by a Triad lieutenant, including the assassinations of Triad members loyal to other lieutenants.
Shen's mission is coordinated by Police Superintendent Thomas Pendrew (Tom Wilkinson), and progress made by Shen is reported to his handler, Raymond Mak (Byron Mann). Shen infiltrates the Sun On Yee via his childhood friend Jackie Ma (Edison Chen), a low-level Triad member, and his loyalty is tested by the Triad boss Winston Chu (Parry Shen). Other characters in the game include the head of the Sun On Yee, David Wai-Lin "Uncle" Po (James Hong); fellow Triad bosses "Broken Nose" Jiang (Elizabeth Sung) and Henry "Big Smile" Lee (Tzi Ma); Shen's love interest Amanda Cartwright (Emma Stone); Winston's right-hand man, Conroy Wu (Robin Shou); singer Vivienne Lu (Lucy Liu); and Shen's girlfriend Not Ping (Celina Jade)