Rockstar gets L.A. Noire

By Brendan Sinclair, GameSpotPosted Sep 25, 2006 12:21 pm PT

Team Bondi's hard-boiled detective story gets picked up by a publisher unafraid of getting its hands dirty.

L.A. Noire

See it »
Screenshot Index »

Los Angeles is apparently fertile ground for those paying tribute to film noir. Whether they strike it rich commercially and critically (Chinatown and L.A. Confidential) or not (Mulholland Falls and Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang), dark-edged detective yarns of all stripes seem right at home in the City of Angels.

Now the city is going to play host to a different kind of noir tribute--an interactive one--as Rockstar Games has announced that it will be publishing the debut title from Australian studio Team Bondi, L.A. Noire. While the game was originally revealed last year as a PlayStation 3 game to be published by Sony, today's announcement only refers to it as a "next-generation crime thriller," with no platforms specified.

L.A. Noire is set in "a perfectly re-created Los Angeles" of the late 1940s, with players being given an "open-ended challenge" to solve a series of murders. The postwar setting will include the noir necessity of corruption with optional accoutrements drugs and jazz thrown in for good measure.

Rockstar Games founder Sam Houser will serve as executive producer of the game, with Team Bondi founder Brendan McNamara (writer and director of The Getaway on the PlayStation 2) serving as director of development. A teaser trailer has already been released, but Rockstar will release a full trailer of the game on its official Web site October 5.

78 Comments

  • black-master

    Posted Dec 25, 2008 2:46 pm PT

    I hope this game is an playstation 3 exclusive so they can use the playstation 3's cell proccer to its full potential

  • RandomBeast

    Posted May 13, 2008 12:18 am PT

    This is gonna be awesome!

  • crave4more

    Posted Feb 7, 2008 8:22 pm PT

    @Goez3000 = dumba$$

    i think you should stop listening to the rumours in your head and read the information on the screen, which is fact.

  • oli_burt

    Posted Dec 20, 2007 8:41 am PT

    @Goez3000
    You are making up a load of crap! Can't you read?
    It says that this game was developed by Team Bondi and Rockstar will distribute it, Rockstar have had very little to do with it, but the fact that they like it means I'm going to buy it.
    This game has nothing to do with GTA 4, it's nothing like GTA 4!
    Go to the GTA 4 website and watch the trailers!

  • tron563

    Posted Dec 17, 2007 10:02 pm PT

    well well well this gonna kik some ass on this game first is gta series,warriors,bully,table tennis, and tis one is gonna be BIG one

  • Torio795

    Posted Aug 7, 2007 6:42 am PT

    This game is gonna be BIG!

  • jackfatal

    Posted Jul 30, 2007 11:06 am PT

    @goez3000

    dumb head.... it says the trailer will be released in October not the launch!!!

  • goez3000

    Posted Jan 7, 2007 4:58 pm PT

    as a rumor... that i've heard... and quote me that i said rumor but this game is suppose to be gta4.... the reason behind it is because the launch date is october....gta4 come out in october, and rockstare is going to be using the rage graphics engine to make the game (the first use of the rage engine was "table tennis" which by the way was only a test game to test out character models) but if u look at the characters used in the trailer you will see the use of the rage engine and the exact faces from table tennis.


    p.s.
    it's a rumor... but there are too many truths behind the rumors

  • Diduseeasign

    Posted Nov 4, 2006 6:26 am PT

    "Anyone that knows their Noir, knows that jazz music is not a characteristic of the genre. Very few Films Noir featured it. It is a misconception, and the biggest majority of them used brass heavy scores or none at all."

    Although it may not be a characteristic of the Noir genre, jazz, swing and big band were very popular in this time period. The main misconception here is that this is a Rockstar game. Rockstar have simply slapped their name on it and possibly tweaked the game slightly. and thank god they have, because there is no way in hell i'm forking out five hundred quid solely to own this game, or anything Rockstar release for that matter. P.S i also appreciate what they have done aesthetically. using a dull, faded look instead of going for the obvious black n white.

  • azoooze

    Posted Oct 16, 2006 3:40 am PT

    @@

  • wenbin09

    Posted Oct 15, 2006 12:00 am PT

    a ps3 exclusive?

  • madrunner

    Posted Oct 9, 2006 6:22 am PT

    this game looks awsome and with rockstar games we always expect a great game..rockstar just doesnt want to stop

  • shadowcon4

    Posted Oct 6, 2006 1:14 pm PT

    Rockstar Games just keeps on doing it, first the GTA series then manhunt then warriors and now this game and bully... this is a whole new direction for rockstar games and i hope it is just as good as the previous games, infact i hope it better ! rockstar rules

  • Shiftus

    Posted Oct 6, 2006 12:06 pm PT

    IGN stated it was PS3 exclusive. But my guess is it will be ported to at least xbox 360. Still, this game could be another big hit from Rockstar.

  • supermario-2000

    Posted Oct 6, 2006 10:01 am PT

    What a great idea! Sign me up!

  • Humorguy_basic

    Posted Oct 6, 2006 4:57 am PT

    About time. A detective game. Not bland Sci-Fi, not another WWII game, but a detective game! Now all we need are cowboy games and romance games and ......Anyway, all we need are more subjects and we might actually end up with a mainstream market, rather than the neash it is now!

  • nicklech16

    Posted Oct 6, 2006 2:08 am PT

    honestly this game looks so great, I can wait for GTA IV !

  • Killer4DaBizkit

    Posted Oct 2, 2006 6:12 am PT

    Probably not a PS3 exclusive, since it was mentioned during Nintendo's visit at Rockstar games.

  • HXCDEW

    Posted Sep 28, 2006 6:39 pm PT

    Cool!... so is this a PS3 exclusive?

  • Rsx900

    Posted Sep 28, 2006 12:15 pm PT

    LA Noire? What about GTA IV??

L.A. Noire Quick Links

Summary | News | Videos | Answers | Forum

advertisement

Images

  • L.A. Noire Image 1
L.A. Noire Boxshot
L.A. Noire

Game Stats

Full Game Details »Close

Games you may like…

Users who looked at content for this game also looked at these games.

See More Similar Games
advertisement
Click Here