Sleeping Dogs Arrives in August

Also available for : PC, PS3, Xbox360

Square Enix announced today that Sleeping Dogs will hit stores in North America on August 14th and in Europe on August 17th.<br/><br/>The game will also offer multiple retailer-specific pre-order incentives. Customers who order at Best Buy will receive a character outfit based on MMA champion Georges St. Pierre, unlocking the "flying punch" ability and increasing grappling and throw damage. <br/><br/> <object id="vid_edff5409752d7daf40cce65d5a4b90e1" class="ign-videoplayer" width="468" height="293" data="http://oystatic.ignimgs.com/src/core/js/../swf/IGNPlayer.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"><param name="movie" value="http://oystatic.ignimgs.com/src/core/js/../swf/IGNPlayer.swf"/><param name="" value="true"/><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"/><param name="bgcolor" value="#000000"/><param name="flashvars" value="url=http://www.ign.com/videos/2012/02/17/pre-order-disorder"/><param name="wmode" value="opaque"/></object> <br/><br/>Amazon customers will receive an exclusive mission called Shaolin Showdown, a Shaolin Warrior outfit, bonus Triad XP points and a Wing Chun safehouse decoration. Finally, a GameStop pre-order offers the exclusive "High Speed" mission, plus a Hong Kong SWAT outfit and vehicle along with an exclusive assault rifle. <br/><br/>Sleeping Dogs will be released for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC. Square Enix added that exclusive content for the PC digital download of Sleeping Dogs will be aanounced at a later date. For our impressions of Sleeping Dogs, check out how the game <a target="_blank" href="http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/122/1220937p1.html" target="_blank">combines Assassin's Creed, Batman and Need for Speed</a>.<br/><br/><DIV CLASS="IGNE_divider"></DIV><br/><br/><i>Andrew Goldfarb is IGN's associate news editor. Keep up with pictures of the latest food he's been eating by <a target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/garfep" target="_blank">following him on Twitter</a> or <a target="_blank" href="http://people.ign.com/garfep" target="_blank">IGN</a></i>.<LINK REL="stylesheet" HREF="http://guidesmedia.ign.com/guides/uni/IGNE_style.css" TYPE="text/css"><br><br><br/><br/>&#169;2012-04-13, IGN Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved