Square Enix's 'Sleeping Dogs' to launch in August 2012, looks True Crime-esque [update]
Update : Square Enix has confirmed Sleeping Dogs , the reincarnation of True Crime: Hong Kong . The publisher sent out a new live-action trailer and notes the game will be available "in the second half of 2012." It's still being developed by United Front Games. Original : " Sleeping Dogs " isn't lying down, shifting from trademark to passively announced title. Canadian retailer Future Shop's ...

Sudan: Juba Has Khartoum Over a Barrel
[Af Conf] Few outside the Juba government had expected it to start shutting down oil production on 22 January. Warnings from the Government of South Sudan had been widely seen as brinkmanship.

Strangers in a Familiar Land
Nelson Lee and Matt Dellapina in Outside People. Photo by Carol Rosegg. Anyone with a tight budget and a hankering to see Chinglish , David Henry Hwang’s Broadway comedy about how radically—and hilariously—different American and Chinese cultures are, should head to the Off-Broadway Vineyard Theatre, where a scaled-down version of Chinglish called Outside People is being performed.

Court Report: Kenyon Martin, J.R. Smith soon for the NBA?
The Clippers have signed Kenyon Martin to a one-year deal, but how soon he actually joins the team has yet to be determined . The Chinese Basketball Association's regular season ends on February 16, and Martin may still have to wait until after his former team's final game. In any case, he'll be the third big for the Clips when he is activated, seeing a sizable portion of the playing time that ...

Sketchy, but it’s drawing in woes
The current animation market in China is in a state of disorder and confusion due to lack of clear guidelines for development and blind investment in expectation of huge returns.