A movie adaptation of John Woo's Stranglehold is very likely in the cards, if comments from Woo's production partner Terrence Chang are anything to go by. "We would definitely bring Stranglehold to the big screen," Chang told Reuters in a report focusing on John Woo's collaboration with Warren Spector on Ninja Gold, a videogame which is also being adapted for the silver screen. Chang explained that John Woo and crew want to take a "very selective" approach when it comes to producing games, ... » Read More

18 May 2007

New Stranglehold screens

PC News | Stranglehold

Fresh from Sony's American Gamers' Day come new Stranglehold screens, sadly showing a level that we've already seen but from different ... » Read More

18 May 2007

Stranglehold gets Hard Boiled

PC News | Stranglehold

Midway has given details of a $70 collector's edition of its upcoming PS3 title Stranglehold that includes the Hard Boiled movie. John Woo's Stranglehold will also feature a full-length remastered high-def version of the 1992 film Hard Boiled, the Hong Kong action film directed by ... » Read More

1 Apr 2007

Stranglehold Hurtling Towards Alpha

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PC - Stranglehold - Stranglehold Hurtling Towards Alpha

The last week or so has been a bit of a blur in the Stranglehall. We're all super busy getting ready for alpha. Alpha is a mythical time in a game's life where everything is done, it's just not done all the way quite yet. You can play the entire game from front to back, and it's especially satisfying to take down a boss, bask in the glory of your victory, and then arrive at the next level full of baddies and stuff ready to get blown up.

-Patrick Curry
Senior Game Designer
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1 Feb 2007

Stranglehold features, PC screens, and some packshots

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PC - Stranglehold - Stranglehold features, PC screens, and some packshots

We have here some packshots, screens and more info about the multi-platform, third person game from Midway Games, Strangleholdfor the PC, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360.
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26 Jan 2007

Tequila gets out of the kitchen

PC News | Stranglehold

Saturday 27 January 2007 We've seen plenty of Inspector Tequila leaping about, both barrels blazing in Stranglehold's made-for-a-shootout Hong Kong restaurant and kitchen level, but now we've managed to prise some new shots from publisher Midway's grip that give us a glimpse of the John Woo directed game's museum location. Move your mouse in dramatic slo-mo style to the images tab above (release some white doves while you're at it for the full effect) to see the entire priceless collection and ... » Read More

22 Jan 2007

Stranglehold trailer blazer

PC News | Stranglehold

The 40-cigarettes-a-day voiceover man says about Stranglehold: "One hard boiled cop is caught between upholding the law and doing what's right..." and, as this spanking new trailer for the game shows, that means blasting seven bells of sweet and sour out of anything within a 30 foot radius of Inspector Tequila. Kung-fu slap the Movies tab, launch the video player and select the film enititled "Stranglehold - trailer 01-22-07" to revel in the ballet of ... » Read More

16 Oct 2006

Stranglehold tea party

PC News | Stranglehold

Monday 16 October 2006 Arriving fashionably late from August's Leipzig Game Convention, there's a whole seven minutes of Stranglehold gameplay waiting for you in the movies tab above - demonstrating a run-and-gun-through of the Tea House level. While the developer commentary is a little dry - we ask you, how can a man sound so unenthused when he's just slow-mo shot some poor thug in the family jewels? - the action speaks for itself, with the restaurant left looking like a war zone by the time ... » Read More

29 Sep 2006

Stranglehold unloads new trailer

PC News | Stranglehold

Our latest trailer spot for Stranglehold focuses on shooting up the environments as much as the baddies, with all the game's levels waiting to explode in a shower of sparks and plaster dust when riddled with bullets. As we'd expected from the developer of the physics-crazy Psi-Ops, it's not all for effect. Instead of applying force to objects with telekinetic power, Inspector Tequila (Chow Yun-Fat) can do it the old-fashioned way with both barrels of a shotgun, toppling scenery on to ... » Read More

28 Aug 2006

Stranglehold tightens its grip

PC News | Stranglehold

If there was a way to deliver the latest trailer for next-gen and PC shooter Stranglehold to you by somersaulting over a table in slow motion through a flock of doves, we would, but thankfully you need only click the Movies tab above. Showing off new areas - including a natural history museum (with scaleable dinosaur skeleton!), a Chinese food market stocked with fruit just waiting to erupt in gunfire and a rapidly disintegrating casino floor - it's not hard to see how this game carries John ... » Read More

4 Aug 2006

Stranglehold delayed until 2007

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PC - Stranglehold - Stranglehold delayed until 2007

Midway has today announced that Stranglehold will now launch in 2007. The game was due to arrive at the launch of the PS3 as-well as the Xbox 360 and PC.
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3 Aug 2006

Three shots to the head

PC News | Stranglehold

Ever since our tantalizing encounter with Stranglehold at E3, we've been hounding publisher Midway for more details on John Woo's shooter. Midway finally responded with three new screens that you can view by clicking that Images tab above. The best estimate for when we can expect this game to hit stores is still Spring 2007, so it'll be awhile before we actually get to touch it, ... » Read More

24 May 2006

Straight-shootin' Stranglehold trailer

PC News | Stranglehold

We came away from E3 more impressed with John Woo Presents Stranglehold than we expected to be. This fresh trailer (just click the Movies tab above) should give you a pretty good indication as to why we were so giddy. An interactive sequel to John Woo's classic action film Hard Boiled, Stranglehold picks up the story of Inspector Tequila; Chow-Yun Fat reprises his role as the twin-pistol firing, banister-running, chandelier-swinging cop declaring war on the criminal underworld. Woo's moves ... » Read More

19 May 2006

New Stranglehold trailer

PC News | Stranglehold

• Stranglehold (WMV, 17.4MB) Friday 19 May 2006 As his cinematic style has influenced so many action games from Max Payne to Hitman, it seems only right that movie director John Woo should take the lead in taking action games into the next generation with the Midway-developed game for PS3, Xbox 360 and PC, Stranglehold. The third-person blaster is based on the world and characters that first appeared in Woo's Hard Boiled which saw Chow Yun-Fat star as all-action cop Inspector ... » Read More

12 May 2006

E3 06: Stranglehold

PC News | Stranglehold

We got to play a short level in John Woo Presents Stranglehold and we can't remember another game that made it so easy to feel like an action hero. While plenty of other games have complex controls and twin-gun, slow-mo shooter action, but film director John Woo literally invented the trick - and to slide across a table while firing two pistols non-stop in his game, all you need to do is bump into it and glide. Swinging from lanterns and running up staircase railings requires little more ... » Read More

2 Mar 2006

Stranglehold screens grab our attention

PC News | Stranglehold

We've been hit by a salvo of eye-burstingly good images from Stranglehold, Midway's John Woo-inspired bullet festival for PS3, PC and Xbox 360. The game stars a digital version of Hong Kong cinema hero Chow Yun-Fat, and features the sort of high-action gun battles that he's famous for - complete with twin pistols, restaurant shootouts and dodging acrobatics. As a bonus, we've also got some footage of the game in full flow - just click the movie tab on the right to treat your eyes to the ... » Read More