In Real Life

Report: LA Noire’s Development Was Hell. Rockstar No Longer Working With Team Bondi.

Andrew McMillen, who published the original report on IGN claiming poor work conditions at LA Noire developer Team Bondi, has now published on GI.biz what’s claimed to be a series of leaked internal emails that don’t exactly paint Bondi’s boss, Brendan McNamara, in a good light.


June 27, 2011
PC

Inside The Seven-Year Labor Pains Of L.A. Noire

It took seven years. It spanned two console generations. It was the biggest undertaking in Australian games development. And the seven years it took to bring L.A. Noire to store shelves was consistently an unhappy time for many who worked on the game, reports IGN.


June 15, 2011
News

Does The Supporting Cast Of L.A. Noire Look Familiar?

Those actors should! Many of them have appeared in big-name TV programs and feature films. You might not know their names, but maybe you’ve seen their faces. They are character actors.


June 10, 2011
In Real Life

A Tour Of LA Noire’s Biggest, Still Standing Stars

LA Noire takes place in…LA. The guys from Machinima Respawn go on a tour of the landmarks that appear in the game—and in LA—providing fun facts along the way.


June 7, 2011
News

The L.A. Noire Book Is Now Available Online

From now until June 12th, L.A. Noire: The Collected Stories will be available for free through all major ebook retailers. [< a href="http://www.rockstargames.com/lanoire/news/16611/la-noire-the-collected-stories-is-now-available-in-full-as-a-fre.html">Rockstar]


May 29, 2011
In Real Life

L.A. Noire, In Five Seconds

This is true. Another way to handle it is the roommate going apeshit at an innocent response to a procedural question. [5 Second Films, thanks Carlos L.]


May 26, 2011
In Real Life

Parkour Pioneer Cole Phelps Wants His Damn Hat Back

I forget at what point exactly but in L.A. Noire Cole Phelps remarks that his hat cost $US12. How much is that worth in 2011 money? Dunno, but it’s worth falling off a house a dozen times in 1947.


May 24, 2011
PlayStation

Which Console Does L.A. Noire Better?

Multi-platform video game lovers sometimes face hard choices. But it appears that the decision to play Rockstar Games and Team Bondi’s L.A. Noire is a relatively easy one, based on a side-by-side analysis of the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 game.


PlayStation

How To Kill A Pedestrian In L.A. Noire

The citizens of Los Angeles, as rendered in Team Bondi and Rockstar Games’ L.A. Noire are fleet of fun. It is hard to run them down, as we’ve made clear in video before. But it can be done.


May 23, 2011
In Real Life

Reconsidering Mafia II In The Lights Of L.A.

In the runup to the game’s release last year, Mafia II‘s development studio and publicity team tried, with limited success, to set reasonable expectations of the game. “It isn’t Grand Theft Auto,” I was told, more than once, in emails and in the game’s review notes.