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Sqaure Enix and United Front Games have put together a new trailer for their upcoming title ‘Sleeping Dogs’. The high-octane video features some of the 65 vehicles that will be at your disposal. 
 
There is plenty to do behind the wheel in ‘Sleeping Dogs’, players will have the opportunity to “participate in illegal street races where money, girls and status are high-stakes rewards”. This according to a press-release sent out earlier today. You can also pursue your enemies in high-speed chases, shoot from the driver’s seat and jump from car to car.
 
The open-world title takes place in the gritty streets of Hong Kong, where undercover Wei Shen will have to take down the Sun Oh Yee triads from the inside. For those of you that are unfamiliar with the title, here is the official description and trailer from the press-release:

Sleeping Dogs is a gritty and visceral open world cop drama set in the vibrant city of Hong Kong. Taking the role of undercover cop Wei Shen, players are tasked with taking down one of the world’s most fearsome criminal organizations from the inside – the Sun Oh Yee triad. Offering players an island packed with action, every street corner, market stall, harbor dock or city skyscraper can become an opportunity for intense shoot-outs, adrenaline-fuelled street races and intense, brutal martial arts combat. Featuring an intuitive and imaginative combat systems, Sleeping Dogs empowers players to perform an extensive set of martial arts moves, single-handedly taking on numerous opponents. Players perform bone-crunching kicks and combos, vicious counters and a cinematic set of environmental takedowns making use of countless real-world items from circular saws to phone booths, incinerators to refrigerator doors.

 

 
Sleeping Dogs is scheduled to be release in the later part of 2012 for PC, PS3 and Xbox 360