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True Crime: Hong Kong will be released in 2012

Posted: 05.08.2011 by JonahFalcon

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True Crime: Hong Kong - or whatever the game will be called since Activision retains the rights to the True Crime moniker - will be released next year, according to Square-Enix, who will be publishing the game for developer United Front Games after Activision dropped it.

Square-Enix rescues True Crime: Hong Kong

Posted: 01.08.2011 by JonahFalcon

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Back in February, among the casualties in Activision's massive purge was True Crime: Hong Kong, the third game in the open world series that for a time was Grand Theft Auto's rival, before Saints Row.

True Crime: Hong Kong "would of been" 80+ title, "still might"

Posted: 12.04.2011 by Technet2k

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Dan Winters of Activision reveals they did in fact have confidence in United Front's True Crime: Hong Kong, despite claiming it "wasn't going to be good enough."

The publisher dropped it over 'poor quality' back in January. However Winters says it was "tracking towards a very good game." It was a victim of circumstance.

True Crime "wasn't going to be good"

Posted: 10.02.2011 by Technet2k

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Activision Publishing CEO Eric Hirshberg explained their decision to cancel United Front's True Crime: Hong Kong, an open-world Triad infiltrator.

Essentially their "most optimistic" expectations for the title were bad, real bad. Hirshberg says bluntly that it "just wasn't going to be good enough."

Activision kills Guitar Hero, goes on layoff rampage

Posted: 09.02.2011 by JonahFalcon

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News coming out of San Mateo is that Activision has gone on a budget slashing attack, axing the Guitar Hero series, canceling True Crime: Hong Kong, and severely cutting the DJ Hero 2 development team.

An announcement is expected tonight ahead of the publication of Activision's financial results.
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