Gangs of London
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| Developer(s) | Team Soho |
| Publisher(s) | Sony Computer Entertainment |
| Platform(s) | PlayStation Portable |
| Release date | NA October 3, 2006 EU September 1, 2006 AUS September 7, 2006 |
| Genre(s) | Action |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
| Rating(s) | ESRB: Mature OFLC: M PEGI: 18+ |
| Media | UMD |
Gangs of London is a video game released on the September 1, 2006 it was developed by Team SOHO and published by Sony Computer Entertainment. It was released for Sony's PlayStation Portable. Despite having the same developers and setting as The Getaway series, it has nothing in common story-wise with the aforementioned series.
The player has the choice to play as 5 different gangs in London, all with different ethnicites and colours. These are the Chinese Water Dragon Triads (red), the Russian Zakharov Organization (green), the Pakistani Talwar Brothers (purple), the Cockney Morris Kane Firm (orange), and the Yardie EC2 Crew (yellow). There is also the Andy Steele Associates (blue), who exist as a non-playable gang.
During the course of story mode, you will be given a wide variety of objectives. One objective may have you entering a nightclub armed with nothing but a jack hammer. Another may have you trying to run you off the road, or them trying to run you off the road. There's also kidnapping, stealth missions (where your armed with a knife while trying to sneak in a hideout), and even a race mission. Once story mode is complete, a cutscene will pop up and a cliff hanger ending ensues. We are assuming this is in case the game did well, and they wanted to make a sequel.
As well as the story mode, there are also mini-games under the "Free-Roaming" heading, including "Free Drive" (just driving and exploring London while watching for gangs), "London Tourist" (player, who appears as an American tourist, has to take pictures of various landmarks in London), "Cause Havoc" (player, a gang member with various weapons, has to earn points by killing pedestrians and blowing up vehicles), "Speed Trap" (player has to drive at a certain speed to prevent a bomb inside the vehicle from exploding), "Riot Control" (player, as a London police officer, has to "neutralise" (kill or handcuff) rioters on the street), "Get Away" (player has to survive from police pursuit for a certain time), "Four Weeks Later" (player has to defend himself or his gang boss from zombies rising from the ground) and "The Knowledge" (taxi driver mission).
This game also has "bar" style mini-games, which you can visit in the pub. Once you access the main menu, the bar icon will show, and from there you may select from one of 5 "pub" games. These include Darts, Skittles (a British version of Bowling), 8-ball (both the England and US version), and an Arcade Game. This arcade is similar to Snake. Except, as the levels get harder, things will change. Sometimes you must control two snakes, have the snakes change speed on their own, etc.
The game was met with mixed, generally negative reviews, with a 57% at Game Rankings [1]. Despite its reviews it came to be one of two of the best selling PSP titles of 2006, alongside the game Lemmings. Both were certified as platinum titles.
