Game Informer’s Blake Hester published a detailed report all about the Bully 2 that might have been and what led to the studio developing the sequel’s downfall. In short, Rockstar New England was pulled in multiple directions to the point where Bully 2 was no longer the focus of the developers who worked there.
]]>Rockstar has been doing some work behind the scenes on some of its most beloved games.
]]>Rockstar may not be done with VR just yet, according to one of its partner studios.
]]>Another report on crunch time and general working conditions at Rockstar Games has been published.
]]>A brand new Humble Bundle is ready for you, and it's chock full of Rockstar titles.
]]>More than four years after it first dropped at the end of 2013, GTA 5 continues to be one of the most played games on the planet.
]]>Team Bondi’s game is at its best when the player's messing up.
]]>Rockstar is holding a big sale for Thanksgiving, cutting prices across a range of games and gear.
]]>Rockstar has announced L.A. Noire for PlayStation 4, Switch and Xbox One. Those who own a HTC Vive will see self-contained cases from the game released.
]]>Rumours are afoot that L.A. Noire is getting a remaster, and that it'll come to the Switch.
]]>The latest round-up of player-made GTA Online Jobs features creations inspired by Max Payne 3, L.A. Noire and Red Dead Redemption.
]]>There's a Rockstar Games sale taking place on the Humble Store, and all but two offerings are 80% off including the Grand Theft Auto Complete Pack.
]]>Amazon is hosting a Rockstar Games and 2K Games sale with discounts Max Payne titles, Bully and more.
]]>GTA V has passed $1 billion in sales and developer Rockstar is gearing up to reveal a new game for next-gen consoles. What's next from the creators of Grand Theft Auto?
]]>The latest Xbox Games Store deals are available, and like Steam and PSN before it, the savings are on Rockstar titles.
]]>Rockstar Games are on sale through PlayStation Network, and it's a doozy. You can pick up Red Dead Redemption and L.A. Noire for $7.50 each, the Max Payne 3 Ultimate Edition for $6, Bully for a mere $2.49 and various Midnight Club offerings for $5 or less. Hit up the link for the complete list of savings.
]]>Rockstar games are on sale through Steam this weekend.
]]>The Xbox Live Spring Sale has kicked off today, and right now you can pick up a whole bunch of stuff for less than you would have paid for it yesterday. Highlights include Skyrim DLC for half off, LA Noire for $15 and all its DLC half off, The Walking Dead episodes 2-5 at half off and the first one free, Hitman: Absolution for $20 and FIFA 13 for $40. You can see the full list on this spreadsheet here.
]]>Take-Two has hinted at its "Extensive pipeline of unannounced titles" at this week's Wedbush Transformational Technologies Conference, name-dropping a list of key IP the publisher feels is important to the company.
]]>L.A. Noire developer Team Bondi used state-of-the-art facial tech provided by Australian company Depth Analysis. The firm has released a blooper reel feature many scenes from the game. It's really odd to see in-game characters sneezing and messing up their lines. Watch it below.
]]>Filmmaker Frank Darabont has claimed he had to change the title of a new noir series set in Los Angeles after LA Noire publisher Rockstar threatened legal action. However, Take-Two has responded to the allegation, stating there's no truth to it.
]]>The Rockstar Games Collection: Edition 1 box set is now available in North America. For $59.99, consumers can pick the disc up for either PS3 or Xbox 360 and receive the following games: Red Dead Redemption, Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City, L.A. Noire, and Midnight Club: Los Angeles Complete Edition.
]]>The Rockstar Games Collection: Edition 1 box set has been confirmed by Take-Two.
]]>The title says it all really. Hit up the break for a look.
]]>Steam's currently holding a deal where if you pre-order Max Payne 3, you can get a copy of LA Noire for free. Be quick, though, as the offer ends at 9am PST (5pm BST). Get it here.
]]>Rockstar has finally made good on the promised touch control update for L.A. Noire, allowing you to play comfortably on your tablet.
]]>The usual midweek Steam bargain is a pretty sweet deal this time; grab Team Bondi's detective epic for just $15.
]]>Rockstar's released an update for LA Noire: The Complete Edition on PC, enabling DirectX 11 support. Players who want to stay with DirectX 9, or just want to switch between the two, can do so in the game launcher.
]]>Batman: Arkham City and LA Noire lead the way for the 2012 BAFTA Game Awards with eight nominations each.
]]>Rockstar has said it won't rule out the possibility of making a new L.A. Noire, despite the closure of IP creator Team Bondi last year.
]]>Major Nelson has posted a look at upcoming content scheduled for Xbox Live Marketplace, starting with today's release of the Assassin’s Creed: Revelations Mediterranean Traveler pack.
]]>Team Bondi founder Brendan McNamara said L.A. Noire's ambitious scale and proprietary tech blew development out to seven years.
]]>"It was a long, painful process, but making games is like making films in that it’s a marathon, not a sprint – and some people come into the process not knowing that - I’d love to spend more time at home with my family and kids. We run things differently now – we have flexi-hours, for example. But everybody has their view on who’s the worst boss in the world, and maybe that’s me. I’ve read some amazing things about Steve Jobs in his biography, and I’ve never seen him get as vilified any way as much as I have. Sam Peckinpah [’70s film director] fired [plenty of] people off one movie, and nobody said a thing. Werner Herzog pulled a gun on Klaus Kinski to get him to finish a movie! Obviously I don’t compare myself to any of those people…” - Team Bondi boss Brendan McNamara to OPM.
]]>Sony's confirmed a download version of LA Noire will release this week. The Team Bondi investigative thriller, which launched in May this year at retail from Rockstar, will release as part of the PS Store's content drop in the US tomorrow and in Europe on Wednesday.
]]>Rockstar's maturation this generation has dumped parachutes and defined the modern console market, pushing the company from Mail-bait and Jack Thompson's favoured target to a creative giant focused on seriousness and emotion. Johnny Cullen explains.
]]>Streaming games service OnLive has expanded its hardware horizons to support mobile devices, complete with a wireless controller and custom touchscreen controls.
]]>Just a friendly reminder to those planning on picking up The Complete Edition of LA Noire on PC, that it is now available for purchase in stores, on Steam and through OnLive. In addition to the original full game, the crime-noire comes with a multi-use code to access all downloadable add-ons and cases. This includes all previously released DLC from the console versions, including: the Nicholson Electroplating Arson case, Reefer Madness Vice case, The Consul's Car Traffic case, The Naked City Vice case and A Slip of the Tongue Traffic case. The game also features support for NVIDIA 3D Vision. In case you missed the PC specs when the collection was announced, you can view those below. The console version will release on November 15. Watch the launch trailer below as well.
]]>The cost of the PC version of LA Noire on the Australian Steam portal has suddenly inflated.
]]>Jeronimo Barrera, VP of product development at Rockstar, has said that during L.A. Noire's development, the team played around with allowing Cole Phelps to beat the truth out of a suspect.
]]>Rockstar has announced the L.A. Noire: The Complete Edition will launch for consoles in North America on November 15 and internationally on November 18. It comes with a multi-use code to access all downloadable add-ons and cases. This includes all previously released DLC from the console versions, including the Nicholson Electroplating Arson case, the Reefer Madness Vice case, the Consul’s Car Traffic case, the Naked City Vice case, A Slip of the Tongue Traffic case, and all weapons and outfits released to date. It will run you $49.99/€49.99/£39.99. The PC version lands in stores November 8 in NA and November 11 in Europe on PC, Steam and OnLive.
]]>According to an Edge report, staff at Team Bondi were owed as much as $1 million.
]]>A few little bits and bobs from here and there, lovingly condensed just for you. No really - you.
]]>Earlier this month we reported that a GOTY edition of L.A. Noire had been spotted on the distribution schedules of retailers in the Nordic region - and now more news from mainland Europe has emerged that seems to back up that initial story.
]]>Distributor listings suggest a Game of the Year edition of L.A. Noire may drop sooner than expected.
]]>Team Bondi head Brendan McNamara has said that when it came to publishing L.A. Noire, no other studio was willing to take a risk on the game other than Take Two's Rockstar.
]]>Team Bondi boss Brendan McNamara has said that cut content from LA Noire wouldn't have been able to fit on a single Blu-ray.
]]>Dave Heironymus, lead gameplay programmer at Team Bondi, has posted an open letter regarding the development of L.A. Noire over on Gamasutra where he states that some of the comments and stories regarding the slave-drive mentality at the firm which have come out lately, are from people who want "to see Team Bondi destroyed."
]]>More shorts for your hump day. Try not to get rug burns.
]]>Despite all the Team Bondi drama from earlier this week, Rockstar's released the first trailer for Reefer Madness, the final DLC for LA Noire. The content, a Vice mission, sees Phelps and Earle in "one of the city's biggest narcotics rings." You can get the video below. It'll cost you 320 MS points/£3.19 on PSN if buying separately on Wednesday. For those with the Rockstar Pass, it's free.
]]>"I'm very interested in [LA Noire], and I'm waiting for it to be released in Japanese. I haven't played it yet but I was able to go to the studio where they were [performing the facial capture]. The technology is absolutely fantastic. Nevertheless, for the next game I want to make, it isn't necessarily the technology I need, so I don't think it goes along with the next game I would like to create. This technology, regarding facial expressions - that affect the outcome of the game - I think that's a huge element that from now on will change the direction of adventure games." - Hideo Kojima during the Gamelab conference in Barcelona via Edge.
]]>On holiday weekends, those with post quotas to meet spend a lot of time weeping quietly over their empty inboxes, RSS feeds and IM contact lists. To save you time, I've rounded up the barrel-scrapings which result.
]]>The International Game Developers Association has said it'll investigate claims over LA Noire developer Team Bondi's crunch work policy.
]]>IGN has an excellent feature posted on the trials and tribulations Team Bondi went through to get L.A Noire out the door, and it also brings more to light regarding the reported issues surrounding the departure of frustrated staff.
]]>Rockstar's announced a PC version of LA Noire, confirming it'll release this fall after the console versions shipped 4 million units to date.
]]>Team Bondi's technical director, Franta Fulin, has said development on L.A. Noire took quite a while because when the team first started on it, PS3 "wan't really something that existed," yet.
]]>Rockstar has released the L.A. Noire DLC case Nicholson Electroplating for PSN and XBL.
]]>Further to claims of over 100 missing staff credits for L.A. Noire, an alleged inside source has described crunched conditions at Team Bondi which led to the departure of frustrated staff.
]]>It's Friday. Read these shorts before you go out on the town.
]]>Rockstar has released a new trailer for the upcoming L.A. Noire DLC case, “Nicholson Electroplating”, along with some interesting facts on it.
]]>Sterne Agee analyst Arvind Bhatia has revealed that L.A. Noire sold around 900,000 units in the US during May, and according to the cited NPD figued, the game is trailing behind Red Dead Redemption by 40 percent.
]]>Rockstar's announced that it's extended the discount for its Rockstar Pass into next week. The deal will enable users who haven't done so to buy the pass, which will allow you to download DLC of LA Noire for free instead of buying them separately without the pass, for a discounted price of $9.99 or 800 MS points. After this week, it'll cost $12/960 MS points.
]]>Rockstar's put out some new LA Noire DLC shots, showing a glimpse of the Nicholson Electroplating Arson case before it releases on June 21. It's the cost $3.99 on PSN and 320 MS Points on 360. This is the third bit of DLC for the game, the first two being pre-order incentives. Reefer Madness is the final one, which will follow Nicholson Electroplating.
]]>UK games retail went into a YoY decrease tailspin for the month of May despite the launch of Rockstar's LA Noire, a report from MCV is claiming.
]]>LA Noire's stayed top of the UK charts for three weeks running, its been confirmed this morning.
]]>A group of ex-Team Bondi staffers have produced an updated list of credits for L.A. Noire, concerned that those shipped with the game overlook some contributors.
]]>Rockstar has released a video for its Rockstar Pass initiative where players can pre-order DLC, and get access to all seven of L.A. Noire's paid DLC.
]]>Rockstar's quietly launched the Rockstar Pass onto Xbox Live Marketplace, but has dropped more details on it and upcoming DLC for the Team Bondi thriller as promised.
]]>Codemasters rally-racer DiRT 3 surges into the top ten of the UK charts, but is barely kept from the top spot by Rockstar's LA Noire.
]]>It's Memorial Day weekend in US and a bank holiday in the UK. Whether you are honoring those who have passed, served your country, or just using it as an excuse to eat BBQ and get sloshed, it doesn't matter. It's all good in our book. Let's get you caught up on the small stuff you can get to the more important, aforementioned festivities.
]]>Duke Nukem's finished, but the apocalypse didn't happen. If that won't end the world, nothing will. Bask in security after the break with the rest of the week's biggest news.
]]>Rockstar has announced that next week, more information regarding the release of the retail exclusive pre-order cases and content, along with details on new cases for L.A. Noire along with information pertaining to the mysterious Rockstar Pass will be revealed. Yeah, it's an "announcement of an announcement", but it should give you something to look forward to, at least.
]]>It looks as though L.A. Noire helped out the UK games retail market with its release, as £24 million was taken in by stores last week.
]]>Rockstar's confirmed that news on DLC for LA Noire will arrive as early as next week.
]]>Another round of shorts for your hump day is below.
]]>LA Noire has overtaken Brink to become number one in the UK charts, becoming Britain's fastest-selling new IP ever in the process.
]]>Team Bondi head Brendan McNamara has said that development on future studio projects won't take as long as it did with LA Noire.
]]>Rockstar has released an automatic title update, version 1.00, for L.A. Noire for both PS3 and Xbox 360.
]]>It's finally Friday for you folks. To celebrate, have some more shorts.
]]>"We think [L.A. Noire] appeals to a really broad church, and one of the phenomenons we've seen a lot when we watch people play the game is that they'll play it, or their wife or their girlfriend will play it, and two or three people will play it together like they're watching TV. Three people can be entertained playing the same game and that's a bit of a phenomenon. So far it's been very appealing to women too, which is great. I think women are pretty good at reading whether people are lying or not." - Team Bondi's Brendan McNamara. (via Gamespot, Gamerzines.)
]]>Rockstar's issued a statement saying that recent lockups during LA Noire and the Xbox 360 version are not down to either the game or the hardware itself.
]]>LA Noire will sell within the region of 3-4 million units, according to one analyst's prediction.
]]>Here's a video of the first ten minutes of gameplay of L.A. Noire, for those who simply can't wait.
]]>Sony and Rockstar have issued a joint statement regarding the claim by some L.A. Niore users that the game is causing their PS3 to overheat or shut down.
]]>Rockstar's set to launch the Nichlson Electroplating arson case on June 21, if a redeeming page its set up is correct.
]]>Rockstar's released a new short story for LA Noire as it prepares to launch in the UK tomorrow. Known as "Naked Story," it's been written by Joe R. Lansdale. The story, which is part of a fuller collection of short stories that will release on June 6, is available to read for free at Complex. LA Noire releases tomorrow for PS3 and 360 in the UK following a US launch earlier this week. Protip: you should probably buy it.
]]>Looks like the old, fat PlayStation 3 may need a bit of a run up to handle L.A. Noire's furious power.
]]>Back in the 1920s, a gentleman named Robert Spence flew a biplane over Los Angeles and photographed the city from above, using a 46-pound camera. Now, nearly 90 years later, his images have inspired a new generation of entertainment.
]]>Following the release of L.A. Noire in the United States, Rockstar Games' parent company Take-Two Interactive has seen its shares skyrocket to a new three-year high.
]]>Team Bondi boss Brendan McNamara has said that LA Noire was originally going to feature more than three discs on Xbox 360.
]]>LA Noire's reviews embargo has lifted. It is scoring big? Seems to be: nothing's gone below eight anyway.
]]>Rockstar has refused to comment over the mention of an unannounced DLC pack for LA Noire in a leaflet of a US retailer.
]]>HMV's told MCV it isn't selling LA Noire for a fiver when it launches in the UK on Friday.
]]>The L.A. Noire marketing blitz continues unabated, with a piece of short fiction and more details of the game's upcoming soundtrack and Verve Remixed Project releases.
]]>Rockstar's released a new TV ad for LA Noire. Not much else to say, but it's a tiny morsel of something that should keep the hype going until next week. Game's out on PS3 and 360 on Tuesday in the US and next Friday in the UK. Now, back to Murder She Wrote.
]]>Cracks are starting to appear around the carefully guarded fortress that is L.A. Noire. First, reviews popped up online and in early-edition magazines, and now we've gotten our hands on a video claiming to show the first fifteen minutes of the game.
It goes without saying that there are indeed spoilers in this post, so if you want to avoid any hint of what you might be in for, look away now.
]]>With the worldwide release of L.A. Noire less than a week away, gamers are waiting with bated breath to see if Rockstar Games' new crime thriller can live up to the hype. Wait no longer, a UK paper has gone ahead and published its review of the game a little ahead of schedule.
]]>IGN's gone live with a video preview of LA Noire, detailing how events outside the game's main story works. You'll be free to roam Los Angeles, with 40 unassigned cases around LA that you'll be able to attend to. Ongoing robberies, gunfights, car chases and more are all part of the CV. You can get the video below. LA Noire launches next week for PS3 and 360.
]]>L.A. Noire was developed in Australia, so it's only fitting that a venue Down Under has been chosen to showcase the game with a hands-on party the night before the game's official launch.
]]>LA Noire's so close we can almost taste it (it tastes like snazzy hats and unnervingly realistic faces that are always watching, in case you're wondering), but the mystery thriller is still - by and large - a giant question mark. Even so, that hasn't stopped Team Bondi from discussing what's next.
]]>It's hump day. Lucky you. Not much left of the week, or today for that matter, so, no need in trying to escape. Have some short stuff to close it out with instead.
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