While I’m bored of sequels and open-world games in general, I’d very much have liked to see a follow up to Sleeping Dogs. Though far from perfect, it was a game that sucked me right in. I believe it’s largely thanks to its excellent not-quite-a-recreation of Hong Kong, the prolific us of my family’s Cantonese and a bad-ass protagonist who wasn’t a gruff white dude with a stubbly beard. It’s a game I could relate to, and the game that had me thinking that maybe a bit more representation in games isn’t, ultimately, such a bad thing.
I’d have loved a sequel. Instead, we got a sort of MMO-esque take on the world, in online spinoff called Triad Wars. It hit a closed beta last year, and if you’ve been aching to get in, well, tough luck. Truth is, you’ve more than likely forgotten it exists – and in a few short weeks, it will cease to.
United Front Games has confirmed that the game will no longer be in beta. In addition to that, it’ll no longer run at all.
“Since the start of the Triad Wars Closed Beta this year, diligent Enforcers have run rampant through the streets of Hong Kong, killing rivals and building Empires. During this time we have gathered immense amounts of feedback, information, and data on the game,” the studio’s statement read (via VG247)
“We’ve loved seeing how you’ve played Triad Wars but we know it wasn’t right for many of you so we’re letting you know today that we are going to close the beta and service on January 20th 2016 at 12 p.m. Pacific Standard Time.
“That’s 4 weeks from today and over this time we’re going to leave the game up and running for you to continue to enjoy but we will not be accepting any more purchases. To help you enjoy these final 4 weeks we’re going to make Gold available free of charge and we’ll shortly be posting news on the forums about how to deal with refunds of unused Gold.”
Hopefully, this means some proper work on a sequel can be done
Last Updated: January 6, 2016
VampyreSquirrel
January 6, 2016 at 11:32
Not surprising to be honest.
Hammersteyn
January 6, 2016 at 11:47
Loved Sleeping Dogs. Combat was so much fun and the map wasn’t as big as other open world games so backtracking never felt like too much of a chore
Captain JJ 4x
January 6, 2016 at 11:47
I just grabbed a cab when it was too far 😀
VampyreSquirrel
January 6, 2016 at 11:51
Loved Sleeping Dogs too, but Triad Wars was just a bad idea.
Hammersteyn
January 6, 2016 at 11:45
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Captain JJ 4x
January 6, 2016 at 11:47
I didn’t even have to scroll down to read the text to know you picked this one.
😀
Hammersteyn
January 6, 2016 at 11:47
XD and it matches my avatar
Captain JJ 4x
January 6, 2016 at 11:49
But we don’t talk about it.
Hammersteyn
January 6, 2016 at 11:50
WE don’t talk about it!
Captain JJ 4x
January 6, 2016 at 12:09
I suggested to someone at work they do what he did in his boss’ office. They didn’t think it was funny.
Hammersteyn
January 6, 2016 at 13:37
What’s wrong with them????
Captain JJ 4x
January 6, 2016 at 11:46
Sleeping Dogs was so awesome
Hammersteyn
January 6, 2016 at 11:47
Bought the complete edition on sale. Immediately equipped the Deus Ex skin
Captain JJ 4x
January 6, 2016 at 11:48
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oVg
January 6, 2016 at 11:47
I nearly bought the so called RE-MASTERED version of sleeping dogs. Then I realised that the frame rate on the XBOX360 is the same. Bollocks to that.
Sleeping Dogs was my RE-MASTERD version of True Crime LA.
Nicholas Kang FTW.
Hammersteyn
January 6, 2016 at 11:50
True Crime LA! Played that on the PS2. Thoroughly enjoyed it. The sequel (True Crime: New York City) was dog shit.
oVg
January 6, 2016 at 11:51
oVg
January 6, 2016 at 11:54
Ya, thank goodness Activision no longer have the IP for True Crime. Square Enix did a good job with True Crime Hong Kong.
Hammersteyn
January 6, 2016 at 12:06
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