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L.A. Forensic: Brendan McNamara on L.A. Noire
Interrogations, open worlds and that ending.
Brendan McNamara: "I'd rather people just ring me up and tell me to f*** off"
The controversial L.A. Noire developer faces the music in this frank new interview.
VideoLA Noire unearths PC launch trailer
Complete Edition available this week.
VideoLA Noire DLC Reefer Madness video
Spliffing.
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LA Noire coming to Switch, PS4, Xbox One, and a spin-off to VR
With 4K Pro and Xbox One X support too.
Rockstar Games has announced 1940s detective game LA Noire for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, and a spin-off virtual reality experience for HTC Vive. All three console games are coming 14th November. There's no date on the VR game.
This is the LA Noire blooper reel
Black humour.
The company behind L.A. Noire's uncanny face technology has released a gag reel for the game.
From the archive: Chris Donlan plays through L.A. Noire with his dad, who grew up in the city in the 1940s.
Editor's note: This week sees the re-release of L.A. Noire on PS4, Xbox One and Switch, and to mark the occasion we thought we'd return to Chris Donlan's piece on playing through the game - still one of the very best things ever published on Eurogamer, he'll hate me for saying - which first went live back in 2012. Enjoy!
LA Noire: Complete Edition gets DirectX 11 support
Now criminally good looking.
L.A. Noire PC version The Complete Edition now supports DirectX 11, courtesy of a fresh title update from publisher Rockstar.
OnLive "can't predict" when iPad app will launch
You can't buy games from within iOS app.
OnLive has no idea when its iPad app will launch.
Following this morning's announcement that the cloud gaming service had begun rolling out on tablet devices, users noticed only the Android version was available.
Now, over 14 hours later, the iOS app is yet to materialise.
OnLive app rolling out for iPad, Android tablets
Free Lego Batman to all who download client.
OnLive, the streaming gaming service, is rolling out on tablet devices from today.
L.A. Forensic: Brendan McNamara on L.A. Noire
Interrogations, open worlds and that ending.
L.A. Noire promised much: an authentic recreation of 1940s Los Angeles, a detective story in the L.A. Confidential mould and faces so good you could tell when the characters were lying. Its launch was met with millions of sales and impressive review scores - but at what cost to publisher Rockstar, developer Team Bondi, and its controversial creator Brendan McNamara?
Brendan McNamara: "I'd rather people just ring me up and tell me to f*** off"
The controversial L.A. Noire developer faces the music in this frank new interview.
Brendan McNamara begins his Bradford Animation Festival 2011 presentation with a story. His first visit to Yorkshire was to Huddersfield as a much younger man, playing for a north London cricket team. He batted first - not McNamara's speciality, as he's more of a bowling man. As the bowler ran in, he put his foot forward to the pitch of the ball and tried to whack it as hard as he could, just as he'd been taught as a schoolboy.
Brendan McNamara is making the video game of "one of the great untold stories of the 20th Century"
"Hopefully I'll have something to announce pretty soon."
Brendan McNamara, founder of now shuttered developer Team Bondi and writer and director of L.A. Noire, is making the video game of what he describes as "one of the great untold stories of the 20th Century".
McNamara: why you thought LA Noire's characters were "dead from the neck down"
Plus, why Cole Phelps is sometimes a bit of a psycho.
L.A. Noire main man Brendan McNamara has discussed criticism of the body animation in open world detective game L.A. Noire, specifically why some thought they were "dead from the neck down".
VideoLA Noire unearths PC launch trailer
Complete Edition available this week.
LA Noire: Complete Edition for consoles
Out in the UK next month.
L.A. Noire's Complete Edition will arrive on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 on 18th November, Rockstar has announced.
Why LA Noire PC edition is late
Dev not started until console DLC done.
Development on the PC L.A. Noire: Complete Edition did not start until all work on the game's console brothers was complete, Rockstar has said.
LA Noire dev staff owed nearly £900k
Even the poor intern.
Developers who worked on L.A. Noire are owed nearly £900,000, legal documents have revealed.
Liquidators to close Team Bondi
Administration at an end.
Administrators have decided to close acclaimed but beleaguered Australian developer Team Bondi, the creator of L.A. Noire.
L.A. Noire Complete Edition PC screens
How does Cole Phelps look on PC?
How does Cole Phelps look on PC?
LA Noire: Complete Edition confirmed
Rockstar names date, system specs, pricing.
L.A. Noire: The Complete Edition launches on 11th November in Europe for PC, Steam and OnLive for £39.99 / €49.99, Rockstar has announced.
North American gamers get it three days earlier on 8th November for $49.99.
The Complete Edition was previously spotted in a listing by Czech publisher Cenega, which spilled the beans last week.
LA Noire Complete Edition spotted
November. Bundles DLC. On PC.
An L.A. Noire Complete Edition has been spotted in the Czech Republic.
Uncharted 3's Nolan North on LA Noire
Does the motion capture shape up?
Uncharted 3 developer Naughty Dog, and the actor that portrays Nathan Drake, Nolan North, have given their opinions on the lauded facial animation system used by Team Bondi to create L.A. Noire.
LA Noire dev in administration - report
Team Bondi nears the end.
L.A. Noire developer Team Bondi has entered administration, according to a new report.
With a little help from ex-L.A. Noire devs?
Movie tie-in Happy Feet Two, the game made by the company rumoured to have rescued L.A. Noire developer Team Bondi from bankruptcy, hits the UK this autumn.
L.A. Noire dev Team Bondi selling up
To Mad Max maker George Miller.
The rumour is apparently true: Team Bondi all assets and IP and be folded into KMM productions, the company owned by Mad Max maker George Miller.
Take-Two: Duke Nukem will be profitable
L.A. Noire, Red Dead Redemption sales.
Critically mauled shooter Duke Nukem Forever will be profitable for publisher 2K Games and parent company Take-Two.
Embattled Team Bondi seeking buyer?
Mad Max creator George Miller interested.
Rumour has it that Team Bondi is struggling to find a new publisher following allegations of unfair working practises levelled at the Australian studio.
Rockstar's Housers in MediaGuardian 100
L.A. Noire helps brothers to 27th.
Brothers Sam and Dan Houser, the founders of Grand Theft Auto maker Rockstar, have climbed The Guardian's annual list of the 100 "most powerful people in television, radio, newspapers, magazines, digital media, media business, advertising, marketing and PR".
Bondi cut LA Noire desks to fit Blu-ray
"There might have been a better arc."
Controversial Team Bondi co-founder Brendan McNamara has blamed Blu-ray's disc size for L.A. Noire shipping without its planned Bunko and Burglary cases.
inFamous 2 also makes strong debut.
It's been a good week for Western developers on the notoriously parochial Japanese software chart, with LA Noire and inFamous 2 taking the top two spots.
The Team Bondi revelations shock few in the industry and that is a shameful thing.
Published as part of our sister-site GamesIndustry.biz's widely-read weekly newsletter, the GamesIndustry.biz Editorial, is a weekly dissection of an issue weighing on the minds of the people at the top of the games business. It appears on Eurogamer after it goes out to GI.biz newsletter subscribers.
VideoLA Noire DLC Reefer Madness video
Spliffing.
Spliffing.
L.A. Noire: The Team Bondi Emails
Documents and testimony expose the developer's broken relationship with Rockstar.
This article originally appeared on our sister site GamesIndustry.biz.
Rockstar's "disdain" for LA Noire dev
"Will not publish Team Bondi's next game."
Two former Bondi staffers, speaking to Eurogamer sister site Gamesindustry.biz under condition of anonymity, claim Rockstar's relationship with Team Bondi reached such a low point during the course of the creation of 1940s crime adventure L.A. Noire that it now has "disdain" for the Australian developer.
LA Noire developer investigated by IGDA
Brutal working conditions looked into.
The International Game Developers Association is investigating L.A. Noire developer Team Bondi following reports of brutal working conditions at the Australian studio.
Rockstar announces LA Noire for PC
Autumn launch clued up with 3D support.
Rockstar has announced a PC version of dark detective drama L.A. Noire for release this autumn.
In development at Rockstar Leeds, the PC version of Team Bondi's thriller promises 3D support, improved graphical capabilities and gamepad functionality.
Retail and digital versions will be available.
