The Sleeping Dogs demo was a highlight of E3 this year, coming from well under the radar to steal the show in the view of many in the industry. Most surprising of all was the release date: August 2012. Well, August is finally upon us and a week before the release date (the 17th) Square Enix have detailed the PC system requirements and additional features which will be coming exclusively to the platform.

Already known is the Team Fortress 2 pre-order bonus: hats! Okay, not just hats: the TF2 Triad Pack brings perks such as new weapons and items for fun and frolics in the free-to-play FPS, just for pre-ordering the title. In terms of Sleeping Dogs itself, a PC purchase will include:



If all this can be brought to the table Sleeping Dogs would represent one of the most well supported multi-platform releases (from a PC perspective) for some time, and a cut above the usual fare.



Recommended specs are quite substantial as you might expect, though the minimums are modest enough to encompass most gaming PCs built in the past few years. A Quad-core CPU is almost a given these days, but a recommended spec of a GTX560 or AMD HD6950 /w 1GB video memory is higher than most - especially on the AMD end.

The game is available on pre-order for £29.99 via the Steam Store, and presently has an additional 10% reduction bringing it down to £26.99.