The Sleeping Dogs Year of the Snake DLC had made an appearance recently in the form of a leak, but it has now been official unveiled by Square Enix, as part of a lineup of add-ons planned to be released for the game in Q1 of 2013. This story-driven content is being expected to hit availability status sometime in February or March, whereas a couple of brand new DLC packs have already been made available for the title through PSN, Xbox Live and Steam.
Along with the announcement of the Year of the Snake DLC for Sleeping Dogs, news has also come out that the cop drama has become the UK’s best-selling new game IP of 2012 at retail, as observed by Chart Track. Commenting on this matter, Lee Singleton, who’s the general manager at Square Enix London Studios, asserted that with this game, the developer’s goal was to set new benchmarks in the open world genre with ‘best-in-class’ combat, driving and story-telling. Singleton believes that this objective has been reached by the studio, and hence it will keep dishing out DLC in 2013.
As far as the new story-driven add-on is concerned, it is set immediately after the main title, and has Wei Shen rejoining tackling an ‘end-of-the-world cult’ that is cropping up in the back streets of Hong Kong. The features that will form part of it include fresh weapons such as teargas guns and electroshock pistols, new outfits as well as new abilities. Furthermore, available now is the Movie Masters Pack which contains three outfits, dubbed Vigilante, Unknown Warrior and Bronze Warrior. The Monkey King Pack can also be purchased now with its ability to let players assume the form of mythical Sun Wukong, enabling them to wield a two-handed staff.
Two other add-ons have also been revealed for the game, one of them being the Wheels of Fury Pack which infuses the title with a prototype supercar. And the other one is the Law Enforcer Pack that provides gamers with access to police department gear like two cop outfits, a new weapon and five police vehicles. The release date details of these two add-ons are still unknown.
The Sleeping Dogs Year of the Snake DLC which is the newest campaign-based content for the game has been announced without a launch date.