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Gangs of London (video game)

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Indian-British gangster Asif Rashid, who leads the Talwar Brothers, learns that his brother has been set up and arrested by armed police (SCO19). Determined to bail his brother, Rashid assembles his gang to take over London.
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gangster and leader of his own firm, breeds pigeons in preparation for an upcoming competition. The next morning, he is horrified to find out that all the pigeons have been slaughtered. Kane soon vows to take over the city.
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gang EC2 Crew, is out on a date with his girlfriend Chantel. She is later assassinated by an unseen sniper while at a cafe with Grant. He vows revenge in response to her death.
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to add to his collection. Returning home, Zakharov finds that his mansion is torched. Enraged by the loss of his paintings and silver, he vows to make London suffer.
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such as taking photos of London landmarks or running over pedestrians. The game also has "bar" style mini-games, accessed from a
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s story mode, the player is given a wide variety of objectives. One objective may require entering a nightclub armed with a
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Inside a gambling den, two Water Dragon Triads are intimidated by another who will do whatever it takes to win a game of
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in April 2020, with Dirisu portraying Elliot Carter / Finch, a character loosely based on Frank Carter, and
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in April 2020, Evans stated that while initially hired to "make a film franchise" of
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and Rowan Athale and illustrated by Ferenc Nothof, was released digitally to the
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was inspired by an old PSP game? Here's all about the action-packed adventure"
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Comic Book Tells the Story of Elliot's Year. Read it Exclusively Here"
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portraying Finn Wallace, a character loosely based on Andy Steele.
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is actually based on a video game – here's what it was like"
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Developer(s)
London Studio
Publisher(s)
Sony Computer Entertainment
Platform(s)
PlayStation Portable
EU
AU
NA
Genre(s)
Action-adventure
Single-player
action-adventure
open world
video game
London Studio
Sony Computer Entertainment
PlayStation Portable
The Getaway
Black Monday
London
Gareth Evans
television adaptation of the game
Joe Cole
Sope Dirisu
ensemble cast
Sky Atlantic
AMC
spin-off

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