Stranglehold (video game)
Stranglehold is a third-person shooter video game developed by Midway Studios – Chicago and Tiger Hill Entertainment and published by Midway Games. It was released in late 2007 for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. It is Midway's first game to use Unreal Engine 3. Stranglehold is a sequel to John Woo's 1992 Hong Kong action film Hard Boiled and stars Chow Yun-fat in a reprisal of his role as hard-boiled cop Inspector "Tequila" Yuen. Stranglehold is the first project on which Woo and Chow have collaborated since Hard Boiled. The game received generally positive reviews from critics and sold more than one million units worldwide.
| Stranglehold | |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Midway Studios – Chicago Tiger Hill Entertainment |
| Publisher(s) | Midway Games |
| Director(s) | Brian Eddy |
| Producer(s) | John Woo Terence Chang |
| Designer(s) | Neill Glancy |
| Programmer(s) | Steve Ellmore |
| Artist(s) | Jason Kaehler |
| Writer(s) | Tony Peterson |
| Composer(s) | Jim Bonney Sascha Dikiciyan Cris Velasco Jamie Christopherson |
| Engine | Unreal Engine 3.0 |
| Platform(s) | Xbox 360 Windows PlayStation 3 |
| Release | Xbox 360 Windows PlayStation 3 |
| Genre(s) | Third-person shooter |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
A sequel to Stranglehold, entitled Gun Runner, was in the works prior to Midway's financial demise but was ultimately cancelled.