The Penny Arcade Expo, otherwise known as PAX, will be in Boston this weekend (March 11th - 13th) at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center. Rockstar Games will have a booth present where they'll be hosting exclusive sneak previews of L.A. Noire. There will be a theater presentation of a case from the Homicide desk, as well as limited-edition L.A. Noire and Rockstar Games merchandise up for grabs.
Be sure to stop by and check out the Expo and Rockstar's booth if you live in the Boston area - I know I would.
The next video in the L.A. Noire gameplay series titled “Investigation and Interrogation” will be released on Wednesday, March 9th at noon eastern.
Rockstar has announced the coming announcement of a date for the announcement for the release date of a new L.A. Noire gameplay trailer titled "Investigation and Interrogation" which will be rekeased sometime next week.
Source: Rockstar
Rockstar has released a short video featuring one of the pre-order exclusives for L.A. Noire, "The Naked City". This case will be available to players who pre-order from GameStop or Game. Not pre-ordering from those two retailers? Don't fret as Rockstar will be releasing all the pre-order exclusives as DLC sometime after the game's release. (Note that Rockstar will also be doing the same for Red Dead Redemption's pre-order bonuses soon)
Rockstar has announced the incentives you'll receive if you pre-order L.A. Noire at certain retailers.
Pre-Order with GameStop to get 'The Naked City' Vice Case & Badge Pursuit Challenge
(Also available via Game in the UK)
‘The Naked City’ Vice Case
In this bonus case from L.A. Noire’s Vice Desk, detective Cole Phelps investigates the supposed suicide of a stunning fashion model. Can you help Cole unravel the truth in a city blighted by drugs, corruption and greed, where the death of a beautiful woman is never as straightforward as it seems?
The Badge Pursuit Challenge
Hidden around L.A. Noire’s beautiful recreation of 1947 Los Angeles are 20 police badges to find and collect. If you can find all 20 of these badges, the dapper Button Man suit will be unlocked which provides extra ammo for all weapons. Each badge also provides 5 additional XP which will help further unlock Intuition Points – special credits that can be used to give Phelps a key investigative insight when you need it most.
Pre-Order with Amazon to get 'The Broderick' Detective Suit
(Also available via Amazon in the UK)
This unlockable detective suit boosts your fist-fighting capabilities and resilience to damage. Throughout L.A. Noire while working cases, you’ll encounter quite a few suspects and persons of interest who prove to be resistant to arrest. Your hand-to-hand fighting skills will be called into action on these cases – the Broderick suit with its enhanced fighting abilities may be that edge in helping make that collar.
Pre-Order or purchase at launch (while supplies last) with Wal-Mart to get the ‘A Slip of the Tongue’ Traffic Case
(Also available via Play in the UK)
“A Slip of the Tongue” is a bonus case from the Traffic Desk in which a seemingly run of the mill car theft ends up sparking an explosive investigation into the largest auto fraud racket the city has ever seen. With the stolen cars piling up and questionable characters at every turn, can you help Cole Phelps crack the biggest case so far in his career?
Pre-Order or purchase at launch (while supplies last) with Best Buy to get 'The Sharpshooter' Detective Suit
(Also available via Zavvi in the UK)
The Sharpshooter unlockable detective suit enhances your aim with rifles and pistols. Always a worst case scenario for any detective working a case, there are of course those occasions for Cole Phelps when pursuing a suspect escalates to gunfire. In these tense shootouts, the Sharpshooter suit provides that extra aiming precision to take the criminal down.
Rockstar Game has just released via their site the official cover art for L.A. Noire.
'Introducing the official cover art for our upcoming thriller L.A. Noire, featuring Detective Cole Phelps against the backdrop of a crime-plagued 1947 Los Angeles.'
Also be on the lookout tomorrow for news on exclusive content bonuses from US and UK retailers.
Today marks the release of the first video in the gameplay series of L.A. Noire. The video is titled "Orientation" and gives you a look at the game's core mechanics such as interrogation, shootouts and brawling.
As they did for Red Dead Redemption, Rockstar will be releasing the first gameplay video for L.A. Noire titled "Orientation" tomorrow at noon eastern time.
Today marks the launch of the official site for L.A. Noire. One of the features of the new site is dossiers on people who you will meet throughout the game and included with today's launch is a dossier on Coroner Malcolm Carruthers. According to the dossier, Carruthers will prove to be a very valuable asset to you as he often provides information that could break a case. Along with the new dossier is several new screenshots and a section titled crime desk homicide.
Site: L.A. Noire
As promised, Rockstar has released trailer two for L.A. Noire which is available for viewing below. In addition to releasing the trailer, Rockstar has also confirmed a May 17, 2011 release date in North America and a May 20th release date for Europe.
