Despite average reviews and its very own scandal, Kane & Lynch: Dead Men has managed to sell one million copies. As you might expect, the announcement of the milestone also included the very important keyword "franchise." Yup, it looks like a sequel to the game is a certainty now. Furthermore, the game has outperformed the same period of 2006 sales for the previous IO Interactive title Hitman: Blood Money. SCi expects sales to remain high for the rest of its fiscal year. That's good news for SCi, especially in light of their recent troubles. Now all we can do is wait for the sequel: Kane & Lynch 2: Even More Deader Men.
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1-11-2008 @ 1:06PM
Zurich said...
Great news. I'm probably in the minority in thinking this, but the presentation was really strong and the characters had a great dynamic (at least early in the game). Hopefully Io will listen to all of the due criticism of the gameplay and build on the quality work they put into the music, story, and presentation.
And you know they'll have online co-op this time.
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1-11-2008 @ 1:09PM
dunnypop said...
i really wanted this game (for the fragile alliance thing)even with the horrid reviews... and then I played the demo, and decided never to buy the game :(
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1-11-2008 @ 1:10PM
dunnypop said...
I wonder how many of the sales were ps3 vs 360... no one on my friends list has kane and lynch...
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1-11-2008 @ 1:18PM
DjDATZ said...
The only reason it sold 1 million is BECAUSE of the scandal. Duh.
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1-11-2008 @ 1:18PM
DjDATZ said...
The only reason it sold 1 million is BECAUSE of the scandal. Duh.
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1-11-2008 @ 2:43PM
xenocidic said...
negative publicity = win ?
1-11-2008 @ 3:00PM
Homer 918 said...
That's a possibility, I know I personally have the moral fortitude to continue to boycott this game and any that come from Eidos.
1-11-2008 @ 1:21PM
x silence x said...
This game is awesome. Say what you want but it seems that people forgot about a little thing called gameplay. Just because the graphics are not as good as some AAA titles does not mean the game is bad.
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1-11-2008 @ 1:35PM
pandlcg said...
Personally the graphics didn't bother me at all, but i felt that the controls were atrocious for a game that is priced at $60.
1-11-2008 @ 2:04PM
Guy4 said...
Agreed. The controls for this game are effing horrible.
1-11-2008 @ 1:23PM
Jonah Falcon said...
I loved the story and the dialogue. The problem with the game is that it wants to be a 3rd person shooter and it just doesn't work. Should be a 1st person.
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1-11-2008 @ 1:24PM
Jonah Falcon said...
Uh huh. Yeah, sure, people will pay $60 because a game was bad.
RENTALS, maybe. But not SALES. Think before you drink.
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1-11-2008 @ 1:24PM
baby sea tuna said...
I loved Hitman: Blood Money and I really really wanted this game to be fun. It was not. I'm glad I rented it instead of buying. I suppose the good news here is that they'll take all the poor reviews into consideration when they design the sequel (and, with any luck, will never make another level like that dumptruck one).
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1-11-2008 @ 1:27PM
Chester said...
This is amazing, because this game is absolutely TERRIBLE!! Story was ok, but the controls are the worst.
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1-11-2008 @ 1:31PM
Benjamin09 said...
Okay, where is a link to send in a HOT tip to xbox360fanboy....
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1-11-2008 @ 1:44PM
Knight Marquise said...
www.xbox360fanboy/tips
1-11-2008 @ 1:44PM
Knight Marquise said...
www.xbox360fanboy/tips
1-11-2008 @ 8:30PM
refinedsugar said...
Don't bother, it's really a waste of time.
1-11-2008 @ 1:36PM
SadisticHam said...
Gameplay? Lol? The gameplay was a joke.
Guns where terrible, aiming terrible, AI terrible, everything about it was bad. The multiplayer, while a good idea cannot be put in the hands of the average XBL user cause their retards.
In short it was a bad game that sold due to hype, i can see this trend picking up soon lots of craptacula games that look good till you buy them.
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1-11-2008 @ 1:41PM
MrMuggs said...
Even if the game is terrible in terms of mechanics I think they have the right pieces of the puzzle for a franchise. If they can take more time to refine the mechanics and make a second game then I think the next game will be what everyone expected in the first game.
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