Sleeping Dogs is a game that almost did not come to fruition. Originallyto be published by Activision under their 'True Crime" series, Activision decided to pull the plug on the title as they did not believe it was capable of competing in the open-world action game market (read: Grand Theft Auto IV). Fortunately Square Enix picked up the the rights to the game and, with the help of developer United Front Games, re-tooled it to try to reach and exceed the high standards set by GTA4. In this review I will discuss the story, gameplay, and performance numbers achieved with my AMD HD 7970.