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Sleeping Dogs Definitive Edition Receives New Rating

Rating for Sleeping Dogs Definitive Edition has seemingly been updated in Australia, leading to many speculations among the community.

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The Australian Classification Board recently updated the rating for Sleeping Dogs Definitive Edition. The title is now rated 18+ in Australia. Sleeping Dogs’ PlayStation Store product page retains the actual MA15+ rating for Strong Rough Language, Strong Sexual References, and Strong Violence. Sleeping Dogs now harbors an R18+ rating for “High Impact Violence.” The update to the rating was also seemingly done by the IARC, the International Age Rating Coalition, having expertise in mobile titles and games marketed by digital storefronts.

The updated rating has raised outlandish ideas like a possible next-generation remaster of Sleeping Dogs or a new sequel entirely. Unfortunately, there is nothing that suggests such a possibility at the moment. The community has been trying to make sense of the random update in the rating. However, the most rational explanation seems that the Australian Classification Board has updated the rating to keep up with modern guidelines.

 

[adamsapple]

They saw the thread I made

 

[Killer8]

Who would even develop it? United Front Games don't exist any more.

 

[adamsapple]

Who would even develop it? United Front Games don't exist any more.

I'm sure any talented developer can use the source code and work on it. Most remasters are done by external studios, not the same developer that created the game in the first place.

 

[A Most Virtuous Cat]

Ah man this game was amazing; I hope it finds the audience it deserves!

 

[stn]

Maybe a remaster is in the works? I would absolutely love a sequel. There's also a Sleeping Dogs movie coming out this year, so they may be trying to build hype on both fronts.

 

[TGO]

A Remaster of a Remaster?

 

[adamsapple]

A Remaster of a Remaster?

Maybe a re-release with proper 60 FPS support for the new consoles. PS consoles are till stuck at 30 FPS where you can run 60 FPS on Series with FPS boost.

 

[ahtlas7]

Top tier gaming here.
If I remember well, this game went through a rather lengthy development hell but what emerged was fantastic.

 

[ManaByte]

Top tier gaming here.
If I remember well, this game went through a rather lengthy development hell but what emerged was fantastic.

It started out as True Crime: Hong Kong.

 

[dispensergoinup]

I loved Sleepy Dogs, spent a of time with it and it's DLCs. I would actually grab this if they remastered.

 

[The Cockatrice]

It started out as True Crime: Hong Kong.

Oh man, True Crime New York was my guilty pleasure. I would love a complete remake of it or something.

 

[Classicrockfan]

Well embracer group did remaster kingdom’s of amalar I can see them remastering this game also.

 

[Asher17]

"High Impact Violence." That sounds more like a marketing slogan than a warning to me.

 

[TGO]

Maybe a re-release with proper 60 FPS support for the new consoles. PS consoles are till stuck at 30 FPS where you can run 60 FPS on Series with FPS boost.

I was gonna say the game would look nice with Ray-tracing but 60fps would be out of the question

 

[adamsapple]

I was gonna say the game would look nice with Ray-tracing but 60fps would be out of the question

The amount of wet surfaces the game has, RT would look nice, but it might be too much for the consoles at 60 FPS, yeaaah lol.

 

[Mr Hyde]

I would be down for a Switch version.

 

[Rocco Schiavone]

Better be a free update. Already bought It for the PS3 and bought It again for the PS4 with all DLCs. I'm not gonne buy the game for a third time.

 

[wvnative]

Was Sleeping Dogs included in the IP sale?

 

[Brigandier]

Sleepy dawgs was a surprise hit for me... I'd like to play it again.

 

[Bernd Lauert]

My government still prevents me from buying this game. Nanny state gone mad.

 

[Salty Popsicle]

This game deserves a remake and a sequel ASAP. I had absolutely no expectations for the game when I first played it years ago on Xbox 360 but it quickly hooked me with it's strong shooting and mixed-martial arts combat gameplay. Not to mention the story and characters were all very well thought out and engrossing. The people who designed the open-world of Sleeping Dogs could have taught CD Projekt RED a thing or two when making Cyberpunk.

 

[NewYork214]

loved this game. excited to replay it.

 

[theclaw135]

Was Sleeping Dogs included in the IP sale?

The IP sale appears to only be games from the Eidos group. (Crystal Dynamics, Core Design). Excluding Just Cause I think.

No idea about the stragglers. Square Enix rather pointlessly kept Kane & Lynch when IO Interactive spun out.