You have to admit, United Front Games has some pretty big balls. You wouldn’t be able to pay me enough money to walk the streets of Hong Kong and openly try to find members of the Triad to talk with, however these developers have put it all on the line when it comes to making Sleeping Dogs as you can see in the below developer diary.
In this developer diary the developers at United Front Games discuss the game’s setting of Hong Kong and explained how they researched various members of society including members of the Triad. Though if you listen closely it is easy to see that this probably was the most uncomfortable and life-threatening experience they had ever had.