Stranglehold placed on Xbox 360 and PC Aug. 27

by Ludwig Kietzmann { Jul 27th 2007 at 11:00PM }

Guy plus two guns news now, with Gamespot conveying the long-awaited release date for Midway's bullet-time bonanza, Stranglehold. The destructive action title, labeled as the interactive sequel to John Woo's classic Hong Kong film, Hard Boiled, starts its commercial shootout on Xbox 360 and PC on August 27th. Slow-mo effects seem to be a little more pronounced in the PlayStation 3 version, however, as it's scheduled to arrive three weeks later on September 17th.

One might speculate that Stranglehold is yet another title to be sucked into the increasingly epic Unreal situation, though a three-week delay is certainly preferable to indefinite postponement (and help is on the way!). PS3 owners can take solace in the fact that an HD version of Hard Boiled awaits them on that special edition Blu-ray disc -- well, except for the ones that actually had to click on that IMDB link.

Tags: JohnWoo, Midway, Stranglehold, UnrealEngine3

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Bulbaz0r @ Jul 27th 2007 11:20PM

I thought this was listed everywhere as coming August 6th. I was looking forward to playing this, but now it's coming out right after Bioshock and on the same day as Blue Dragon and Metroid Prime 3, so to the back-burner it will go!

d3m0narchang3l @ Jul 27th 2007 11:33PM

ive been waiting for another game like this since i beat max payne. the matrix games sucked ass and bullet time is something that i feel can be mastered in a game. this game looks like it might deliver, im eagerly awaiting this one

Hikaru @ Jul 27th 2007 11:29PM

Off Topic:
Nintendo!! can you upgrade the firmware of Wii to let me use the classic controller on GameCube games? Thanks!
On Topic:
I think this game is gonna be a sleeper hit.

Nintendo @ Jul 27th 2007 11:48PM

Nope.

Hikaru @ Jul 27th 2007 11:51PM

@Nintendo
Well...you could at least explain why not!

Nintendo 2 @ Jul 28th 2007 12:14AM

We are Nintendo you will be a simulated resistance is futile..

hvnlysoldr @ Jul 28th 2007 12:43AM

Quick call Capt Picard... Or is Janeway the Borg expert?

mike @ Jul 28th 2007 12:06AM

this game looks good. The type of game ill pick up for $20 off some guy used in 3-4 months. I dont pay full price for single player games.

nieminen @ Jul 29th 2007 7:27PM

She bangs, she bangs
Oh baby when she moves, she moves
I go crazy

Ska Oreo @ Jul 28th 2007 12:54AM

Defiantly buying this.

zebwinz @ Jul 28th 2007 12:36PM

Have any of you seen Hard Boiled? It's a poorly filmed piece of crap, and putting it in HD is not going to make it any better. 92? Looks more like '72. Add some 70's porn music and the movie would be perfect. I rented it from Netflix in order to get a feel of what this game would be like, and while the game looks fun, the movie is a stinker. Bow chicka bow wow.

Triforceowner @ Jul 28th 2007 1:24PM

I watched some clips of other movies from John Woo on YouTube and i will agree that the movie probably won't look that good in HD, just because of the fast camera angles used in his films.

Ben Hobbs @ Jul 28th 2007 1:54AM

"Slow-mo effects seem to be a little more pronounced in the PlayStation 3 version"

lol, that will be the PS3 struggling.

BarelyFitz @ Jul 28th 2007 11:32AM

That picture looks more like William Hung than Chow Yun Fat...

Kyouryuu @ Jul 28th 2007 1:45PM

As someone familiar with Unreal Engine 3, I can practically guarantee that PlayStation 3 support is the reason why that version is coming out later. XD

UE3 is not especially kind to Sony's architecture, in part because Epic hasn't gone through a complete development cycle with it yet - at least not until Unreal Tournament 3.