We've placed the two K&L2 viral videos after the break. The game will release in 2010 under the Eidos brand for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC.
Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days officially announced for 2010
by Alexander Sliwinski 
on Nov 18th 2009 10:15AM
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We've placed the two K&L2 viral videos after the break. The game will release in 2010 under the Eidos brand for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC.
Reader Comments (51)
Posted: Nov 18th 2009 10:26AM Spike Spiegel Humble Bounty Hun said
It's because of the movie. When you have Bruce Willis and Billy Bob Thornton behind a film, you can't not bring out a sequel to the game too!
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Posted: Nov 18th 2009 10:27AM Johnny Locke said
In unrelated news, Justin McElroy has just been fired from joystiq.com
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Posted: Nov 18th 2009 12:44PM (Unverified) said
Apparently everyone forgot Gertsmann-gate already.
Either that, or I too am missing something :O
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Either that, or I too am missing something :O
Posted: Nov 18th 2009 10:31AM Spike Spiegel Humble Bounty Hun said
I agree. It was nothing ground breaking but there's much worse out there *coughtwoworldscough*
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Posted: Nov 18th 2009 3:32PM (Unverified) said
Jeff getting fired was probably the best thing that could have happened to him. Giantbomb is 100 times better than Gamespot ever was. And, you gotta love the GiantBombcast.
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Posted: Nov 18th 2009 4:02PM Cyrs said
When this game hits market, I wonder if it gets a review at Giantbomb. If so, I dare say, a dude named Jeff has a date with a 2 out of 5 review and little overdue payback. Or he can continue to be the dignified journalist that he is, and give it a 3 out 5, either way someone ani't gonna be too happy bout it.
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Posted: Nov 18th 2009 5:05PM DonaldMick said
GiantBomb may review it, but I'll bet a profile ban from Joystiq that Jeff doesn't touch this game with a 39 1/2 foot pole.
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Posted: Nov 18th 2009 10:39AM VirtualMachine said
I actually dug the first one more than most. It was a competent third-person shooter that tried something a little different with narrative, and while not impressive at first glance, the visuals had an underlying subtlety that really pulled me in. The first time i caught paint flaking from cop cars in the rapid fire trail, or the view across the street in LA of a plane landing as i sat under cover in a diner doorway, or even the crowd reactions in the nightclub level. It all felt like a Michael Mann flick in video game form.
I'm excited.
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I'm excited.
Posted: Nov 18th 2009 10:45AM Chris DPSN AggieCEO XBLThe Aggi said
I never played the first one.....was it any good?
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Posted: Nov 18th 2009 10:48AM WiNGSPANTT from TopTierTacticsco said
I'd tell you what I think but my sponsors would get me fired over it.
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Posted: Nov 18th 2009 10:50AM Spike Spiegel Humble Bounty Hun said
@Chris
It was an average game. Had some solid elements and gameplay, but has it's faults. Worth a rental I think.
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It was an average game. Had some solid elements and gameplay, but has it's faults. Worth a rental I think.
Posted: Nov 18th 2009 11:06AM Chris DPSN AggieCEO XBLThe Aggi said
thanks guys, I'm going to go ahead and throw it in my gamefly Q....it will be something to play in between "The Sabotuer" which comes out 12/8 and "Army of Two: The 40th Day" which comes out 1/12
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Posted: Nov 18th 2009 10:50AM Toop said
This game was alright, but had one of the least satisfying stories ever. There literally was no good reason to finish the game in terms of the storyline. My main motivation for playing the game was the cooperative play, but with more games providing coop modes this game would have to get mighty good reviews for me to want to try the series again.
I'd go deeper into it here, but I already got all of my complaints out in a recent blog post of my own. http://spencercongdon.com/2009/11/poor-game-endings/
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I'd go deeper into it here, but I already got all of my complaints out in a recent blog post of my own. http://spencercongdon.com/2009/11/poor-game-endings/
Posted: Nov 18th 2009 10:58AM Spike Spiegel Humble Bounty Hun said
Actually Dog Days has been used since Aristotle's times. It simply means the hottest of summer days.
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Posted: Nov 18th 2009 11:11AM Spike Spiegel Humble Bounty Hun said
It's been used by the romans, through the egyptians, and all the way up to Dicken's "A Christmas Carol". The star Sirius is even nick named after it. They didn't steal the name..
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Posted: Nov 18th 2009 11:00AM mdo7 said
Dog days, I wonder if they're making a reference to dog Day Afternoon (the one with Al Pacino amd John Cazale). Does that mean kane & Lynch will yell "Attica! Attica!".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog_Day_Afternoon
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog_Day_Afternoon
Posted: Nov 18th 2009 11:22AM devwild said
I just finished the first one with a friend recently, and when all was said and done, we were breathing a sigh of relief that we wouldn't feel the need to play the game again. There's a fair amount of decent gameplay, particularly in coop, but the horrible story (*minor spoiler* the whole thing is contrived, but then you tack on not one bad ending, but two, making the whole thing pointless?), inconsistent cover mechanic, contrived scripted sequences (the truck obviously, but others too), and moronic AI (especially your "friendlies", who decide to walk over and stand at that corner you're shooting around, or run out in front of a mounted gun when you just told them to guard a doorway), really turned the majority of the game into more of a chore than a fun experience.
Unless the second is a massive improvement, right now, just seeing the game title alone makes my stomach hurt.
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Unless the second is a massive improvement, right now, just seeing the game title alone makes my stomach hurt.
Posted: Nov 18th 2009 12:39PM (Unverified) said
wow, someone call jeff gerstmann!
no, really, meh.
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no, really, meh.
Posted: Nov 18th 2009 1:53PM (Unverified) said
This game needs, no, must have online co-op, period! Plus better AI & tighter aim. Otherwise not even sure if it's worth renting.
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Posted: Nov 18th 2009 3:21PM (Unverified) said
So Kane and Lynch 2 gets approved, and everyone that was waiting for Freedom Fighters 2 gets shunned? Good luck making a sequel to a game that failed critically and commercially IO. Let me know when you start making games I'm interested in again.
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Posted: Nov 18th 2009 4:18PM (Unverified) said
How is this game getting a sequel? First one was the "Manos Hands of Fate" of PS3 games :(
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Posted: Nov 18th 2009 4:33PM JoshMilewski said
What do those kanji say?
Is that second one even correct, or is it supposed to be 天?
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Is that second one even correct, or is it supposed to be 天?
Posted: Nov 18th 2009 4:58PM RagingStormX said
It means this version comes with an egg roll and meso soup. lmao...who in the blue hell is suppose to tell you what that means, that you can be sure on the answer? Honestly....
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Posted: Nov 18th 2009 5:01PM JoshMilewski said
People who know Japanese or Chinese or whatever that is.
Did you honestly not know that?
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Did you honestly not know that?
Posted: Nov 19th 2009 1:47AM ahleung said
hm...... The Chinese characters are wrong, or do they make it like this on purpose?
伏 = lie down
犬 = dog
The two characters look similar, but the meanings are totally different.
For the character 天, although it can mean "day", it can also mean "sky", especially when you use it without any other characters related to "day".
so, 伏天 = lie-down sky
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伏 = lie down
犬 = dog
The two characters look similar, but the meanings are totally different.
For the character 天, although it can mean "day", it can also mean "sky", especially when you use it without any other characters related to "day".
so, 伏天 = lie-down sky
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