When the international gaming press are invited to various events around the world it sometimes happens that the publisher have more elaborate plans than just letting us sample the game and talk to the developers. The reveal event for Sleeping Dogs (formerly known as True Crime: Hong Kong) was one such occasion, where the press were divided into teams and sent on a treasure hunt meant to mimic the initiation rites of a crime syndicate. It was all done with actors, and no real money exchanged hands. The strippers wore shirts and the spirits, well, maybe some of it was real.
Anyway, take it for what it was... a strange day in the life of a video games journalist.