Crime adventure L.A. Noire (opens in new tab) is perhaps best remembered for its interrogation sequences, and the extreme ways the protagonist, Cole Phelps, can fly off the handle when you press the ‘doubt’ button during an interview. These muddled questioning sequences aside, though, L.A. Noire deserves to be hailed …
Read More »Rockstar Games and OnLive make L.A. Noire mobile
The most impressive thing about OnLive is that it works. The most exciting thing about OnLive is that it could change everything in terms of how we play games. The cloud gaming service streams titles directly to your TV (via the OnLive console) or PC. For those who’ve embraced the …
Read More »AIAS 2011 nominees revealed, Uncharted 3 and Portal 2 lead the pack
The Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences has revealed its list of contenders for the 15th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards, naming the Nolan North, Cole Phelps, and GLaDOS vehicles as this year’s biggest nominees. Leading the pack is Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception (Naughty Dog), which earned a total of 12 …
Read More »Raptr Report pits Skyrim against MW3 for players love
Ever-ready to cut through critical bias and drummed-up presale data, Raptr has released its Raptr Report for 2011, with data on which games commanded the most player attention. The report breaks the year’s releases down into categories, calculating total playtime by Raptr’s 10+ million users over launch month, per-player launch-week …
Read More »Team Bondi to shut its doors
(opens in new tab) Only months after the release of the critically and financially successful LA Noire, its developer Team Bondi is reportedly shutting its doors for good. After filing paperwork with the Australian Securities And Investments Commission, Bondi has been assigned a liquidator, who is to see that its …
Read More »LA Noire: just like being a real detective!
For all its realism, LA Noire still has to bow to traditional videogame logic in order to be fun. So while Rockstar and Team Bondi trumpeted their achievements in city detail and gritty detective work, I couldn’t help but laugh each time something decidedly “gamey” happened to these otherwise straight-laced …
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TalkRadar UK Fan Art Do you want to win a GamesRadar branded 1GBUSB stick that contains behind the scenes snaps of the GR UK team? Of course you do! Create some fan art, put ithereand for your first appearance we’ll give you the prize. Just e-mail gamesradar@futurenet.com with your name …
Read More »Rockstar spills the beans on L.A Noire DLC and Rockstar Pass
Prepare to spend more time reading faces and poking corpses this summer. Rockstar and Team Bondi have released a rundown of their L.A. Noire DLC plans for the next couple of months, and it looks like detective Cole Phelps won’t be catching a break anytime soon. The overtime begins today …
Read More »Rockstar offers online preview of L.A. Noires remixed soundtrack
Rockstar has posteda selection of tunes (opens in new tab)from the remixed edition of the L.A. Noire soundtrack to online listening-post Soundcloud, allowing players to preview cuts by period-appropriate artists such as Gene Krupa and Ella Fitzgerald as remixed by contemporary knob-twiddlers like DJ Premier. The selection also includes original …
Read More »L.A. Noire to feature pubic hair, marijuana, excessive gore and PS3 exclusive content
Team Bondi and Rockstar have talked at length about the fancy schmancy facial animation technology used for L.A Noire, but they’ve been suspiciously silent about the game’s depiction of pubic hair, blood spurts and marijuana packets. Thankfully, we have the detectives at ESRB who are more than willing to expose …
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