Are you the Kingpin?

CalBear:
Not since SiN and Half Life has there been a first person shooter released amid so much hype as Kingpin. The initial demo release took the fps community by storm with its in your face violence, criminal themes, and vulgarity. Naturally, this caused quite a stir among gamers. Many embraced all the cussing, while others (like this site) questioned it as being somewhat gratuitous. In the wake of all the school violence incidents, Xatrix actually added in a low violence/vulgarity version. That's fine and all but what disappointed me a lot is that people are actually being carded when they buy this game. When I bought our copy at EB, the clerk was actually tempted to card me which would have irritated me to no end. I haven't even been carded for alcohol since I turned 21 in April.

At any rate, there were a few things that were obvious about the new demo from Xatrix and Interplay. For one thing, it was a gorgeous looking game, but at the same time, it had some seriously high system requirements (100MB download for the demo!). Also, the extreme violence and adult themes made it stand out from a crowd of "me-too" shooters. So how have things changed since then, and what is the story here?