Set in the streets of a fictional version of contemporary Hong Kong Island, players control Wei Shen, a Chinese-American police officer sent to infiltrate the ranks of a notorious Triad organization known as the 'Sun On Yee'. Sleeping Dogs (known in Japan as SLEEPING DOGS: Hong Kong Secret Police) is a crime-themed open-world third-person action-adventure game developed by United Front (in conjunction with Square Enix London) and published by Square Enix for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC on August 14, 2012.
Recreating the thrill of Hong Kong action movies, Sleeping Dogs is an open-world crime adventure that tells the story of undercover officer Wei Shen as he infiltrates a notorious Triad organization in the streets of a fictional Hong Kong.