At first, it certainly does appear to be inspired by Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto series, with protagonist Wei Shen thrown into a life of crime and asked to do horrendous things to progress the plot.

A classic for many, Sleeping Dogs puts players in the high-kicking shoes of Wei Shen, an undercover cop walking the mean streets of Hong Kong to infiltrate the Sun On Yee Triad organization.

IGN has asked Square Enix for comment. Sleeping Dogs was first released in 2012 on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and PC and tells the story of detective Wei Shen as he infiltrates one of Hong Kong's ...

This week, Marvel Cinematic Universe star Simu Liu got Sleeping Dogs fans excited when he tweeted to say he was working with ...

As one might expect, Simu Liu will play the film's protagonist, Wei Shen. Square Enix has not issued a statement about this ...

The Sleeping Dogs movie starring Simu Liu is happening and will star the Marvel actor as Wei Shen, according to a new report. As of right now, there’s no release date for Sleeping Dogs or even ...

but Liu will take the leading role as Wei Shen. Citing a source close to the project, IGN states that the Sleeping Dogs film is more than just a pipe dream, and is actually in development to some ...

We were streaming Sleeping Dogs (the newly released Definitive Edition), and the topic of protagonist Wei Shen’s attractiveness came up. To be clear — we aren’t far into the game ...