The lights are on
Sleeping Dogs is releasing for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC on August 17 -- but the PC version isn't just an identical port. Publisher Square Enix has revealed the PC version has been enhanced to take advantage state-of-the-art PC hardware.
The Sleeping Dogs for PC will feature a "high-resolution texture pack" as well as support for newer AMD and Nvidia cards.
Okay, let's get to the incomprehensible tech jargon of this article. To quote:
"The high-resolution texture pack updates the game to a new level, bringing eye-watering detail and crisp clear rendering to everything from city skyscrapers to crumbling ancient temples. Another layer of depth is added for gamers running at higher resolutions using increased small object detail to render smaller items of the world from a far greater distance to give an incredible sense of scale and detail. In-game shadows receive a significant upgrade with support for high-resolution shadow textures, high quality shadow filters and support for Screen Space Ambient Occlusion*. Sleeping Dogs features performance enhancements for both dual and quad core PC setups, enhanced performance for Nvidia SLI and AMD Crossfire, support for keyboard and mouse setup (including key mapping) and optimisations for both 3D and multi monitors on both AMD and Nvidia hardware."
[*I'm pretty sure they just made this up. - Ed.]
Here are the minimum requirements and PC specs for Sleeping Dogs.
Minimum:
OS: Windows Vista Service Pack 2 Processor: Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz or Althon X2 2.7 GHz Memory: 2GB Hard Disk Space: 10GB Video Card: DirectX 10 or 11 compatible Nvidia or AMD ATI card, ATI Radeon 3870 or higher, Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT or higher DirectX: 10 Sound: DirectX compatible sound card Recommended: OS: Windows 7 Processor: Quad-core Intel or AMD CPU Memory: 4GB Hard Disk Space: 15GB Video Card: DirectX 11 Nvidia or AMD ATI card, Nvidia GeForce GTX 560 or ATI Radeon 6950 DirectX: 11 Sound: DirectX compatible sound card
As a bonus, if you pre-order the game on Steam, you'll receive access to eight items from the Team Fortress 2 Triad Pack, which includes a King of the Hill map inspired by Sleeping Dog's Hong Kong setting.
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To be honest, I've always been interested in this game but it was far from pretty. However that PC showing looks pretty darn beautiful I must say.
Makes me feel good developers are willing to take advantage of PC's better hardware.
It still looks pretty good regardless... Also, check out those veins on his arms! ;-)
Wish more games would take advantage of my PC. The only games that really work my GTX 580 are Crysis Series, Witcher 2 and Metro Series.
A game that looks better on PC....*GASP* NO WAY.
All joking aside this game looks like a lot of fun, I'm happy to hear when companies push the tech like it should be.
reminds me of the chase scene in beyond good and evil 2.
So much love for PC games. I'm not used to that, stop it! No, don't. I am so excited for this game.
Welp, looks like I'll get it for PC then. Plus, it's only 44$ on Steam right now.