L.A. Noire preorder bonuses ready in Asia

With L.A. Noire gearing up for its release next week, it's only fitting that Rockstar Games announce preorder bonuses for the Asia region. All stores in Asia will offer the downloadable content case called The Naked City and a DLC bonus mission called The Badge Pursuit Challenge as preorder incentives. The former is an investigation of a supposed suicide of a fashion model, while the latter is a scavenger hunt for all 20 police badges that, upon discovering all of them, unlocks the button man suit that provides extra ammo for all weapons. Even if gamers choose not to preorder the game, all early copies will contain both DLC content while stock lasts.

Another preorder bonus is up on tap: the DLC case called A Slip of the Tongue. This mission starts off as a car theft mission that escalates into a large auto-fraud racket that Cole needs to stop. Players in Singapore can get the bonus case (along with The Naked City case and The Badge Pursuit Challenge) if they preorder L.A Noire from any HMV and Comics Connection outlet, and at Funzcentre and Gamescore. Gamers in Hong Kong will have to go to HK Records, Fung Tat Shop, Perfect Denki, and Satif Electronic Games Ltd., while those in Taiwan will have to go onto buy.gamer.com.tw.

Lastly, the rest of the partner stores across Singapore (specifically in Funan centre), HMV outlets in Hong Kong, and various stores in Korea and Taiwan will offer the Broderick Detective Suit preorder bonus. This suit will boost Cole Phelp's fist-fighting skills and offers extra resistance to damage. Gamers who preorder in stores offering the suit will also receive The Naked City case and Badge Pursuit Challenge mission.

Preorders will close on May 15. L.A. Noire will be out on May 17. For more coverage on the game from GameSpot, head here.