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True Crime: Hong Kong Picked Up by Square Enix

Posted on Monday, August 1 @ 14:45:27 Eastern by Josh_Laddin
The future of United Front Games' True Crime: Hong Kong was in doubt for a while this year, as Activision canceled their plans to publish the game. The developers kept trucking along, however, and now Gamasutra reports that it looks like their hard work is still going to come to fruition.



Square Enix announced today that they've picked up the rights to the game and sound very enthusiastic about what they've seen of it. More interesting, however, is the fact that they have not picked up the rights to the series, making it very likely that the name and universe for the game will have to change. Square Enix London Studios general manager Lee Singleton said, "It's too early to say what the name will be" but that "I can honestly say I think this is going to be pretty straightforward." I have no idea what that means, but it will be interesting to see what they come up with.

Activision Publishing CEO Eric Hirshberg stated at the time of cancelation that "to be blunt, it just wasn't going to be good enough." So now, as gamers, we get to sit back and see which of these two companies is going to have egg on their face when the game's sales numbers come in. Someone get me some popcorn!

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  • tinymhg
    tinymhg
    Joined: Jun 2011
    Posted: Aug 1st, 2011 at 2:56 pm
    POP POP POP POP Bing. Fresh hot popcorn.
    0 1
  • acdibble
    acdibble
    Joined: Jul 2007
    Posted: Aug 1st, 2011 at 3:19 pm
    After this game, Activision will pop out a new one every year for 10 years.
    0 0
  • xxmrcyanidexx
    xxmrcyanidexx
    Joined: May 2011
    Posted: Aug 1st, 2011 at 4:39 pm
    That boggles my mind. Activision says this game won't be good enough, yet they shovel out schlock like Guitar Hero when it was still there and they are doing it with Call of Duty. They don't have enough profit from the franchises they are running into the ground to afford this one release? Hmmm.
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  • Diabolus
    Diabolus
    Joined: Nov 2008
    Posted: Aug 1st, 2011 at 4:52 pm
    That dude with the gun isn't metro enough for a Square-Enix game. Soon he will look like a 12 year old boy/girl with white, spiky hair.
    0 1
  • tinymhg
    tinymhg
    Joined: Jun 2011
    Posted: Aug 1st, 2011 at 10:35 pm
    I nominate Diabolus to The People Speak.
    0 1
  • TheJx4
    TheJx4
    Joined: Jun 2011
    Posted: Aug 1st, 2011 at 5:55 pm
    Final Crime: True Fantasy 14
    0 1
  • stylekiller
    stylekiller
    Joined: Jul 2011
    Posted: Aug 1st, 2011 at 5:59 pm
    Square-Enix + True Crime = a complete pile of **** sprinkled with bits of rehashed banality.
    0 1
  • stylekiller
    stylekiller
    Joined: Jul 2011
    Posted: Aug 1st, 2011 at 6:02 pm
    Though I do hope that with the extended development time the game will have a better polish. I'm just still sore from the disappointment of TC: Streets of NY.
    0 0
  • tinymhg
    tinymhg
    Joined: Jun 2011
    Posted: Aug 1st, 2011 at 10:41 pm
    Extended development time does not always mean better polish. Duke Nukem Forever leaps to mind.
    0 1
  • StickyGreenGamer
    StickyGreenGamer
    Joined: Jul 2011
    Posted: Aug 1st, 2011 at 6:35 pm
    When he says "it just wasn't going to be good enough", I don't think he is referring to the actual quality of the game. Three cheers for sales figures!
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