Sleeping Dogs

Originally intended to be the third game in the Activision-produced "True Crime" series (after True Crime: Streets of LA (2003) and True Crime: New York City (2005)), but was cancelled after Activision elected not to back the game in a market dominated by other free-roaming games made by other companies, such as Grand Theft Auto IV (2008) and Saints Row: The Third (2011). It had different art direction, level design, character models, slightly different storyline, different cutscenes, clothing, icons, brand, places names, soundtrack, some of the voice over actors were removed, some removed and/or changed places in the city, different weapons, combat animations and more. Eventually picked up by Square Enix, development was left in the hands of both them and United Front and the game was retitled "Sleeping Dogs".

German version was censored a little bit to avoid being banned or indexed and to ensure its USK-18 rating. The two notable changes: -Some brutal finishing moves were removed in favor of toning down the violence a little bit. -A cutscene that shows Lee getting grabbed and thrown into the witcher was censored. Screen fades to black before the witcher part happened. The Definitive Edition remaster on Xbox One and PS4 most likely retains this censorship in Germany.

Featured in Sleeping Dogs: Behind the Scenes (2012)