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Rockstar Games' L.A. Noire Hitting May 17

Hey, that sounds like a perfect time for an open-world crime thriller.

By Brad Nicholson  |  Jan. 24, 2011

Doing anything this summer? No? Great, because here’s a game you can check out: L.A. Noire, Rockstar Games’ open-world crime thriller, hits North American store shelves on May 17, 2011 for the Xbox 360 and PS3. A European release on both consoles will follow three days later on May 20, 2011. 

Rockstar confirmed these dates earlier this morning after a leaked trailer let the US release date slip in advance of its marketing department’s wishes. You can view it now in all its “official” glory just below.
  
Evil Lurks in L.A. Noire

Here's more from Rockstar's sinister crime thriller, due out in May.

   
L.A. Noire is a Team Bondi-developed game, and an ambitious one at that. According to reports, the title has a 300-page script and focuses as much on character and narrative as your typical, loosey-goosey Rockstar Games open-world joint. Team Bondi has put a lot of effort into the facial motion capture for the game, which theoretically should make for some interesting conversations and such.

The game's story revolves around a cop named Cole Phelps, a do-gooder with a secret who's fresh out of World War II. As Phelps, you’ll investigate and solve crimes and also deal with a police department steeped in scandals during the 1940s. L.A. Noire is the second May release in a row for Rockstar, who also shipped Red Dead Redemption around the same time last year.
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62 Comments
jaffazon Jan. 24, 2011 at 12:47 p.m.
Cannot wait for this game xD
 
also - first
GetEveryoneon Jan. 24, 2011 at 12:48 p.m.
Dammit. I really want this game, too.
Cheminon Jan. 24, 2011 at 12:50 p.m.
I love the theme and the era. Let's just hope it's as good as it has the potential to be.
SSullyon Jan. 24, 2011 at 12:53 p.m.
So you post the video by itself, and then and article about the video? That makes perfect sense, top notch work. 
SomeJerkon Jan. 24, 2011 at 12:57 p.m.
No PC version, no way to care about anything outside of the great technical achievements who deserve many rewards by themselves, putting a game this beautiful on these old clunker consoles. May the PS3 version be decent :|
drumpsycho89on Jan. 24, 2011 at 12:58 p.m.
THATS MA BIRTHDAY!!! BOOM!! iknow what i want!! lol
Grissefaron Jan. 24, 2011 at 12:58 p.m.
Using the old x-number of pages script argument. Oh noes, the last game I remember bragging about script size was Haze. At least the game looks good.
yyZigguraton Jan. 24, 2011 at 1 p.m.
Awesome.  Thats about the same time RDR came out.
MikkaQon Jan. 24, 2011 at 1:03 p.m.
This is shaping up to be a more interesting Heavy Rain or something, with Mafia II elements. I'm just super excited about this. 
 
@Grissefar said:
" Using the old x-number of pages script argument. Oh noes, the last game I remember bragging about script size was Haze. At least the game looks good. "
I wrote a 500 page fanfiction script for Haze, they'll totally use it for the sequel. 
kerseon Jan. 24, 2011 at 1:07 p.m.
looking good
pwnasauruson Jan. 24, 2011 at 1:07 p.m.
hey its on my birthday cool. looking forwards to this.
Box3ru13on Jan. 24, 2011 at 1:10 p.m.
considered me interested. 
MrKloroxon Jan. 24, 2011 at 1:11 p.m.
May 17? Damn that's almost a month later than I expected. Oh well.
Surkovon Jan. 24, 2011 at 1:14 p.m.
I want this so bad it hurts. 
crusader8463on Jan. 24, 2011 at 1:15 p.m.
Makes me sad to see Rockstar abandon the PC. Was looking forward to this game, but now I'm going to wait for the bargain bin since I hate playing these kind of games with controllers.
Vinny_Sayson Jan. 24, 2011 at 1:26 p.m.
May of last year is when I picked up another Rockstar game I knew nothing about. And that ended up being my favorite game of the year. 
 
Could this do it again? Only Rockstar....
nwr123on Jan. 24, 2011 at 1:28 p.m.
My first ever comment, and yes... it's a negative one (sorry)
 
" Hey, that sounds like a perfect time for an open-world crime thriller."
 
Is the tagline for this article... But the game actually isn't open-world. Rockstar have said that themselves.
bolognarockon Jan. 24, 2011 at 1:30 p.m.
I could of sworn Rockstar was developing this
amir90on Jan. 24, 2011 at 1:33 p.m.
On Norway's Nation Day, awesome
 
btw, same date as Witcher 2 :)
Whitetiger13on Jan. 24, 2011 at 1:33 p.m.
This looks very cool, I love the unique era.

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