- Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days Review - 21 August 2010
Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days is a rather straightforward third-person shooter, taking players on a linear roller-coaster ride through the seedy underbelly of Shanghai. The game begins with a get-rich-quick scheme gone wrong, and the titular duo of anti-heroes soon find themselves on the run from masses of armed thugs and cops alike as they try to protect the ones they love, exact high-caliber vengeance, and escape Shanghai intact. The rapid-fire nature of Kane & Lynch 2's campaign does a good job of moving the action forward, with a pervasive "out of the frying pan, into the fire" motif. Each of the game's eleven chapters conclude by presenting the player with a new, pressing objective, which undoubtedly involves shooting tons of dudes along the way. Newcomers to the series may feel a little left out when it comes to understanding both Kane and Lynch as characters Read More
- Kane & Lynch 2 DLC Kicks-off on August 31 - 19 August 2010
On August 31, three DLC packs for IO Interactive's Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days will go on sale worldwide across all three platforms. The three packs are listed, but not detailed, by publisher Square-Enix as including "more 'tools of the trade' and all-new heist locations." * Multiplayer Mask Pack; * Alliance Weapon Pack; * Doggie Bag Pack; "We are proud to be able to extend the experience in the coming weeks with more maps, weapons and toys to heighten the tension and pressure of pulling-off a high profile heist," said said Niels Jorgensen, general manager of IO Interactive in a press release. Shacknews has contacted Square Enix for more details about these DLC packs--chiefly, what they include and what they will cost. Read More
- Kane & Lynch 2 PC Confirmed to Use Steamworks; 10% Discount Available on Pre-Orders - 26 July 2010
Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days will use Valve's Steamworks for PC DRM, the publisher announced today. A 10% discount is also available through Steam for pre-order customers bringing the price down to $44.99. As promised , the PC demo for the game has also been released through Steam. Previous Square Enix/EIDOS published PC games like Just Cause 2 and Supreme Commander 2 have utilized Steamworks DRM and have been digitally exclusive to Steam. Steamworks is becoming more prevalent for big releases on the PC, though other digital retailers are choosing to sell some of them despite requiring Steam to be installed. Kane & Lynch 2 has not been listed for pre-order on any of Steam's competitors, but other Steamworks titles like Mafia II will be sold elsewhere. Stardock remains committed to keeping Steamworks titles off of its Impulse digital distribution platform. Stardock has its own client, DRM so…
- Kane & Lynch 2 Demo Dated - 23 July 2010
After faffing around with a limited invitation-only Xbox 360 demo for Kane & Lynch 2 and releasing the PlayStation 3 demo earlier for PlayStation Plus subscribers , developer IO Interactive has finally announced when everyone will definitely get to play the demo. Proper PC and Xbox 360 demos will be released for all and sundry on July 26, while the PlayStation 3 demo is apparently now available to non-subscribers too. The downloadable demo contains a slice of the singleplayer campaign--which Brian got to preview at E3 2010--as well as a smattering of multiplayer modes. Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days is due to be released for PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 on August 17 in North America, having been bumped forward a week by publisher Eidos. Read More
- Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days Gets Earlier Release Date - 13 July 2010
It would seem as though gun-toting malcontents Kane & Lynch are getting paroled a bit earlier than expected for their next game. IO Interactive has revealed that Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days has gone gold, and will hit retail stores one week earlier than previously announced. The duo now begins their escape from the Shanghai underworld on August 17 in North America, and throughout Europe on August 20. Japan retains it's original launch date of August 26. "The team has worked hard to deliver a game that's different from the current trend of third-person shooters and we're so pleased to be able to share it with the world ahead of schedule," said Niels Jörgensen, general manager of IO Interactive. "With development now complete, why keep people waiting any longer? We want to let gamers experience the game we've created and get them online betraying their friends in Fragile Alliance, so we…
- Kane & Lynch 2 Screenshots Celebrate Gun Fights - 12 July 2010
An Xbox 360 demo for Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days is currently running with players experiencing a short section of the campaign and multiplayer action. The demo requires a code to access, which has limited the amount of players able to get a taste of the sequel. New screenshots for Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days Additionally, IO has revealed an interesting piece of data revolving around the game's Fragile Alliance multiplayer mode, in which crooks work together to pull off a heist before eventually turning on each other in a greedy attempt to get as much money as possible. Kane & Lynch 2 adds an undercover cop to the mix to spice the mode up. More than 116,000 players were killed in the act of pulling-off a heist. More staggering is the fact that only 8,000 of those kills were made by undercover cops. This means the vast majority of players share a common characteristic with gaming's two most no…
- Kane & Lynch 2 Demo Hits Xbox 360, Requires Code - 1 July 2010
A demo for IO Interactive's Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days is now available on the Xbox 360... for some. See, this demo is so "exclusive" that it requires a code to access. Codes can potentially be snagged in a variety of ways, as collected by Joystiq . * Register at KaneandLynch.com ; * Watch the Xbox 360 Dashboard on your console, you might get a chance "soon"; * Check 1UP for a chance at 1 of 1,000 codes. The demo includes some singleplayer from mission #4, which takes place in and around a restaurant in Shanghai along with some multiplayer action. I got a chance to play a bit of this mission at E3 along with learning about the game's multiplayer modes. Then, I wrote a preview . Read that preview ! Read More
- Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days E3 2010 Preview - 16 June 2010
QUICKTAKE: Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days is packing a lot of improvements over its predecessor. The story, straight out of a Michael Mann film, finds our anti-heroes in Shanghai with 48 hours to set things right after a heist goes horribly wrong. The team at IO Interactive focused on improving aiming & shooting, the cover system, and the enemy AI. At the same time, IO added online co-op and expanded the multiplayer offering. While I had seen Kane & Lynch 2 earlier in its development, it's showing more polish at E3 2010 and I finally got my hands on the game for the first time. The shooting is definitely much crisper and the button-based cover mechanic goes a long way to helping the game's playability. On the multiplayer side, the first game's "Fragile Alliance" mode will return Read More
- Kane & Lynch 2 E3 Trailer: It Must Be Love - 8 June 2010
The E3 trailer train continues to gain momentum as IO Interactive's shooter sequel Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days hops aboard with a touching declaration of Lynch's love for his gal and shooting faces. "She'd better be fucking worth it," sneers that cad Kane. With a visual style influenced by "documentary filmmakers and the user-generated era," Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days is scheduled for a PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 release on August 24, 2010, in North America. The European release will follow on August 27. Watch the video on Shackvideo . Read More
- Kane & Lynch 2 'Cops & Robbers' Mode Revealed - 27 May 2010
The 'Cops & Robbers' multiplayer mode in Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days is the subject of the latest trailer and round of screenshot's for Hitman developer IO Interactive's criminal sequel. The twelve-player team-based mode sees the thieves attempting to steal a big bag o' cash and escape within four minutes, while the rozzers must stop them by shooting their faces--like Fragile Alliance mode, with less betrayal. Kane & Lynch 2 hits PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 on August 24, published by Eidos. Watch the video on Shackvideo . Read More
- Kane & Lynch 2 Media Reveals 'Fragile Alliance' Mode - 13 May 2010
New Kane & Lynch 2 screenshots and a trailer from developer IO Interactive detail the shooter sequel's Fragile Alliance mode, the multiplayer equivalent of its recently-revealed Arcade mode . Up to eight players come together in Fragile Alliance mode to pull off a heist within four minutes, though there's a twist certain to try many a friendship--thieves can turn on each other to steal more of the loot for themselves. Betrayed or killed or players will respawn as a cop to help foil the robbers. Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days is headed to PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 on August 24. A Read More
- Kane & Lynch 2 Media Details 'Arcade Mode' - 7 May 2010
Further pulling back the curtain on Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days, publisher Square Enix has issued some new media and details on the "Arcade Mode" of IO Interactive's "crime shooter." Described as a "a single player version of the innovative Fragile Alliance mode," , Arcade Mode sees players "continue through increasingly challenging levels as long as you survive and escape" and paid only if they survive. Watch the HD video on Shackvideo . Coming to PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, Kane & Lynch 2 hits August 24, 2010 . Read More
