After a simple job goes wrong, Kane and Lynch find themselves wanted by the entire Shanghai underworld. Lynch is living the good life as a henchman in Shanghai, where he has settled down with his girlfriend. He's involved in a big arms deal but needs help to make it happen. Kane is a wanderer, an ex-mercenary with family problems who needs to get away. Despite their differences, Lynch calls him for help. Once together, they set-off a chain of events over two days, as the deal falls apart and Kane and Lynch face the consequences the hard way.
Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days is a raw and brutal crime shooter designed to take players on an even more intense story experience, following two of gaming's most disturbed criminals, through the gritty Shanghai underworld. Introducing a new visual experience, Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days is inspired by documentary filmmakers and the user-generated era. Every aspect of the game has been designed to deliver a fresh perspective to the words 'intensity' and 'realism' in videogames.
Tips on Fragile Alliance and the Story Mode.
Kane and Lynch are back this August in Dog Days, and fans of the not-so-dynamic duo should know what to expect from the game's single-player campaign: an unrelenting crime shooter. But IO Interactive is hoping to surprise a few fans with Dog Days' multiplayer modes -- a mix of old and new the developer promises will crank the intensity dial up to 11. Read More »
Get greedy, betray your friends, and seek revenge on August 24 when Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days launches for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and Windows PC. Developer IO Interactive announced the release date today, describing the upcoming crime shooter as "relentless." Details after the jump. Read More »
IO Interactive's Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days is now official, as the Square Enix Europe studio has declared it a 2010 release. The new game takes place in Shanghai, China where IO will introduce a new "visual experience" to the franchise. Apparently in line with the two pieces of grainy security-cam footage that've been released of the game so far, IO's new approach was inspired by documentary filmmaking and YouTube-era user-generated video.
IO's general manager Niels Jorgensen says fans should look forward to having their feedback from the first game addressed in the sequel, and to be prepared for a "shock" when the actual game is shown. Read More »
Kane and Lynch's first outing was marred by controversy and mediocre reception. Eidos needs to turn the duo's image around in the sequel, so what better way than to start it off with a zany viral video? MTV's German gaming website GameOne.de has posted a video that looks to be associated with Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days. In the video, two naked men are being chased into a Chinese restaurant, but after getting shot, one of the two men falls to the ground, and a dog attacks him. Given the recent outing of the Dog Days trademark, all signs point to this video being legit. Read More »
Let's put aside the ugly memories of Kane & Lynch's first outing, the drama surrounding review score fiddling, etc. and concentrate on today's news that a new title in the series has been officially trademarked by Square Enix Europe. Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days is the title of the new project, which confirms that development of the game will take place.
All the deets are after the jump. Read More »
Also known as: Kane and Lynch 2, Kane & Lynch: Dead Men 2
Release Region: United States
Release Date: August 17, 2010
Publisher: Square Enix
Release Region: United Kingdom
Release Date: August 20, 2010
Publisher: Square Enix
Release Region: Japan
Release Date: August 26, 2010
Publisher: Square Enix
Release Region: Australia
Release Date: August 19, 2010
Publisher: Square Enix
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