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Kane & Lynch Busting In Your Door One Week Early

Game's done, and now you'll be able to get it in mid-August instead of late-August.

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Lock your doors and board up your windows. The Kane & Lynch whirlwind is heading our way earlier than we originally thought. The game is finished, and IO Interactive's third-person shooter is moving up a week, putting it on North American shelves on August 17 and European stores on August 20.

Sounds like the game will also have some kind of pre-order bonus that'll get those of you who are already on-board an extra map and a set of masks that can be worn in multiplayer. Considering one of the issues with the first game's multiplayer was a lack of variety, it seems a little weird to hold maps back like that.

Speaking of holding back, there's a K&L2 demo out there, but it's been tightly controlled via text message contests and other, similar giveaways. We've got a copy of it and we'll have some video of it later this week, but considering that the demo is, like, more enjoyable than the entire first game was, you'd think that Square Enix would be trying to get this thing in as many hands as possible.
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Lock your doors and board up your windows. The Kane & Lynch whirlwind is heading our way earlier than we originally thought. The game is finished, and IO Interactive's third-person shooter is moving up a week, putting it on North American shelves on August 17 and European stores on August 20.

Sounds like the game will also have some kind of pre-order bonus that'll get those of you who are already on-board an extra map and a set of masks that can be worn in multiplayer. Considering one of the issues with the first game's multiplayer was a lack of variety, it seems a little weird to hold maps back like that.

Speaking of holding back, there's a K&L2 demo out there, but it's been tightly controlled via text message contests and other, similar giveaways. We've got a copy of it and we'll have some video of it later this week, but considering that the demo is, like, more enjoyable than the entire first game was, you'd think that Square Enix would be trying to get this thing in as many hands as possible.
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cool
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Missed out on the demo, guess I'll wait for the reviews.

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@Jeff said:
"...but considering that the demo is, like, more enjoyable than the entire first game was, you'd think that Square Enix would be trying to get this thing in as many hands as possible. "
Yeah, what? Now I'm curious about this demo... weird that they are aren't getting it out there.
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Man, I really hope those maniacs don't bust in my door :/

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1/5 star review. Calling it.

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@fillmoejoe said:
" Missed out on the demo, guess I'll wait for the reviews. "
The demo will go public eventually.
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Sound like this is gonna be a worthwhile game. I don't think I have ever seen a developer put this much effort to purposefully make their game look ugly (in a good way).

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Kane and Lynch 2's characters are almost impossible to get behind, you just don't like any of them to care about the story, and not even in a anti hero sort of way.

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is the demo coming out on PSN at any time?  I wanna try it.  I played through most of the first game COOP...was okay at best.  This one looks to be better. 

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Nice! I may just preorder it too knowing that it doesn't share the same date as Mafia 2's release.

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Meh, dislike the first K&L and care little about the sequel, the game looks sort of good but I'll pass.
 
Also the movie maybe going to suck too.

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Holy fuck it's nearly August. Seems like only yesterday I was putting up my Christmas tree.

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@Darkstar614 said:
" @Jeff said:
"...but considering that the demo is, like, more enjoyable than the entire first game was, you'd think that Square Enix would be trying to get this thing in as many hands as possible. "
Yeah, what? Now I'm curious about this demo... weird that they are aren't getting it out there. "
Man, I'd totally give it a download based on this short article if it were available on the PC.
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@jmrwacko said:
" 1/5 star review. Calling it. "
They're better than that.
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I'm unreasonably excited for this game.  
I also love the first game, which is pretty damn unreasonable too.

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*waits for comments concerning the game + Jeff + a review, from all the internet kids*

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JEFF DON'T YOU DARE REVIEW THIS GAME 
  
 

I don't wanna lose you.

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Kane & Lynch 1 was such a disappointment, but this one looks really interesting though. cant wait until the demo goes public.
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Got my pre-order in a week ago. 
 
New trailer out today too.
 

 
 

@DriveupLife

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" Kane and Lynch 2's characters are almost impossible to get behind, you just don't like any of them to care about the story, and not even in a anti hero sort of way. "

I always thought Kane and Lynch were the most original, real protagonists this generation (spot-on voice over too). Trying something different, especially for the adult crowd who facepalms at 80% of the videogame plot out there, but of course I didn't play the first since the demo for the first was absolute shit while the demo for the second fixed my gameplay and graphical complaints.
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@jmrwacko said:
" 1/5 star review. Calling it. "
I'm saying a 4/5. Demo is a hell of a lot of fun. Even better with friends too.
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Maybe they'll finally do a Kane and Claude game.
 

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I got my preorder already.  Very psyched about the move-up date, I don't remember a time when that has happened before with another game.

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Awesome. Always good to hear games coming out early. Hopefully it's better than the first one.

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@Claude said:
" Maybe they'll finally do a Kane and Claude game.
 

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Why? Because Lynch dies in this one? SPOILERS MAN!!!
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I really hope this doesn't suck.

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One week closer to Jeff being fired D:

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@demontium said:
" One week closer to Jeff being fired D: "
-_-'....we were doing so well too.
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The demo was amazing, Day 1 for me. When the demo goes public, I can see a lot of people getting won over. 

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@Abyssfull:  It's more of a reimagining of the first game. No Spoilers here.
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@Claude said:
" @Abyssfull:  It's more of a reimagining of the first game. No Spoilers here. "
Ohh roight. Would you voice yourself in this reimagining? Or get Jamie Foxx to do it?
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@Abyssfull said:
" @Claude said:
" @Abyssfull:  It's more of a reimagining of the first game. No Spoilers here. "
Ohh roight. Would you voice yourself in this reimagining? Or get Jamie Foxx to do it? "
Are you kidding? Think low budget, I'm doing Jamie Foxx's voice while playing me.
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@Abyssfull said:
" @demontium said:
" One week closer to Jeff being fired D: "
-_-'....we were doing so well too. "
Were we?
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Hell to the fuck yess, can't wait till the demo is out on PSN.

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@DriveupLife said:
" Kane and Lynch 2's characters are almost impossible to get behind, you just don't like any of them to care about the story, and not even in a anti hero sort of way. "
People say the same about Kratos, and a shit ton of people bought GOW III.
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@Gabriel said:

" @DriveupLife said:

" Kane and Lynch 2's characters are almost impossible to get behind, you just don't like any of them to care about the story, and not even in a anti hero sort of way. "

People say the same about Kratos, and a shit ton of people bought GOW III. "
I knew this sounded familiar... 
Jeff Gerstmann: "Characters that are almost impossible to like. But it's impossible to care about anything going on in the story because every single character is almost completely unlikeable. There's no one here to root for, not even in a cool anti-hero sort of way."   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FuJ81sDR2o
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Can't wait for the Quick Look.

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I'm really hoping Jeff reviews this game.