Sleeping Dogs spin-off gets hyperviolent trailer

A trailer for Triad Wars, the online action adventure game set in the Sleeping Dogs universe, has been released. And it’s exactly as action packed and brutal as you would expect.

As the game is set in the same universe as Sleeping Dogs, there are environmental hazards everywhere that you can use to finish the fight. The trailer gives fans a glimpse at a handful of these along with some of the bone-breaking moves that you can use in hand-to-hand combat.There’s also the usual selection of firefights, driving really fast, and leaping from one moving car to another. Yes, it’s definitely a Sleeping Dogs tie-in.Triad Wars will have more traditional MMO elements than Sleeping Dogs. The aim of the game is to "rise to power as a criminal kingpin of the Triad underworld." But of course, other human players will attempt to usurp you at every turn.Currently, it’s listed as a PC title, which will be released sometime this year.