 "L.A. Noire Delayed")
From developing to publishing, Rockstar’s seen it all. But their latest attempt at publishing has yet to see the light of day; in fact their project’s been pushed to 2009. The game I’m talking about is L.A. Noire, developer Team Bondi’s take on the free roaming genre… only it’ll be set in the 40s in Los Angeles and will be a PS3 exclusive.
L.A. Noire blends action, detection and complex storytelling and draws players into an open-ended challenge to solve a series of gruesome murders. Set in a perfectly recreated Los Angeles before the age of freeways, with a post-war backdrop of corruption, drugs and jazz, L.A. Noire will truly blend cinema and gaming.
Nash, as he prefers being called, woke up to the wonders of gaming rather late but don't bring that up around him. It's a touchy subject. A self confessed Battlefield veteran, Nash spent a good part of 2010 on the Steam Battlefield - with Bad Company (see what we did there?). He has a zero tolerance policy towards RTS games but is currently showing an interest by picking up and moving people - who he refers to as units - in the office. Thank God he's not that enthusiastic about Angry Birds or we'd be seeing women flying all over the place. Bali... Bali, put the receptionist down now.