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Below the break is a video featuring United Front Games’ William Ho chatting about LittleBigPlanet Karting’s level editor, how the developer used its experience wit racing titles to bring a true karting experience to the game, and how it all meshed together with the create, play, share aspect designed by Media Molecule. Watch the video for yourself below. Game’s out in October on PS3.

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Some screenshots of United Front Games’ LittleBigPlanet Karting are posted below courtesy of AGB. Also, Polygon has some gameplay details for you: the LBP grappling hook mechanic returns; a hover chassis is implemented on the cars; it contains quests such as finding hidden items, hide n’ go seek, and waypoint races; it has an eight-player battle area; asynchronous multiplayer for user-made tracks is included; and an expanded Pod will allow players to travel between modes and perform various customization options. You can also turn any in-game object into a weapon or paint one into the game as well as reach out and slap other players in order to stun them. Sounds fun. Game’s out in October on PS3.

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In a genre crowded with kitchen sink design, Sleeping Dogs is a rare gem indeed: an open-world game that knows what it is, what’s it doing, and how to present it to you.

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Hit the break to find out how the production crew behind the awesome live action announcement trailer for Sleeping Dogs chained together stunts and clever camera work to achieve a distinctive high-octane look.

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Sleeping Dogs will release on August 17 in the UK, Square Enix has announced.

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VG247 video editor Sam Clay takes on brand new in-game action from Square Enix’s Sleeping Dogs. It’s cops and robbers in Hong Kong: the cops appear to be winning.

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Brenna Hillier skived off this afternoon to go hands-on with United Front Games’ undercover cop adventure, Sleeping Dogs, and had a perfectly scrumptious time.

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Square Enix has signed up for two tracks from heavy metal rockers DevilDriver for the game formerly known as True Crime: Hong Kong.

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Sony has announced LittleBigPlanet Karting, developed by United Front Games, will launch this year on PS3 providing fans a new means to” Play, Create, Share” in competitive and cooperative karting adventures in various 3D environments. A video has also been released and is posted below.

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Square’s put out a new video of Sleeping Dogs, as you’ll see below, showing members of the dev team talking about the inspiration for the Hong Kong crime game. There’s a bit in there about a chap getting “chopped” for being rude about the local triads. Not pleasant.

It’s out later this year for PC, 360 and PS3.

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Square has released a story trailer for Sleeping Dogs, which stars undercover police officer Wei Shen who has been tasked with infiltrating and taking down the Sun Oh Yee triad.

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Square Enix took one look at the game now known as Sleeping Dogs and fell head over heels in love, according to United Front Games.

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Square’s lifted an embargo on impressions from a Hong Kong press trip for the newly reincarnated Sleeping Dogs. GTTV went live with the first footage overnight, which you can get at the link, but Machinima’s added some of it into an interview with UFG producer Stephen Van Der Mescht and Square Enix London head Lee Singleton. Get that and a bunch of other links below.

The game’s out in second-half this year for PS3 and 360.

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Square has confirmed that True Crime: Hong Kong has been rebranded as Sleeping Dogs, releasing a very cool live action trailer in celebration. The game’s new identity was rumoured overnight. Watch it below, and get full details on the announcement here.

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According to a tweet from US retailer Future Shop, Square Enix’s shown Sleeping Dogs for the first time, confirming it for an August release.

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Activision publishing CEO Eric Hirshberg has said that not all studio analysis periods lead to closures, like with Bizarre, as the firm does its best to find buyers for the product like with True Crime developer United Front Games.

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The European Square Enix blog has given a 2012 release window for the game previously known as Truce Crime: Hong Kong.

The publisher’s purchase of the United Front-developed game – but not the rights to its title and IP – from Activision was announced earlier this week, but no launch date was set.

Thanks, Siliconera.

Square Enix has said it has bought the rights to True Crime: Hong Kong from Activision.

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Activision CEO Eric Hirshberg has said one of the reasons True Crime: Hong Kong was canceled, was due to the firm’s belief that the actioner would not reach “the top” of its genre.

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The third game in the True Crime series was planned to hit Hong Kong, focussing on Detective Wei Shen who was assigned to infiltrate the Triad. Unfortunately, the game was axed before it could be released, but this new leaked script gives a hint of just what we missed out on.

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