May 27, 2011

Format: 360 (version reviewed), PS3 Unleashed: Out Now Publisher: Rockstar Games Developer: Team Bondi Players: 1 Site: http://www.rockstargames.com/lanoire/ With the backing of Rockstar, Australian developer Team Bondi set out to make a different kind of game. Drawing from stylistic detective and gangster movies of yesteryear and boasting revolutionary...

May 20, 2011

The most impressive thing about L.A. Noire when you watch or play it for the first time is undoubtedly the remarkable facial animation. An unspecified number of people have been pulling some interesting faces themselves, as they find that their PS3 or Xbox 360 experiences problems when trying to run Rockstar’s latest title. In all fairness, the response to...

Feb 9, 2011

With the release of Rockstar’s L.A. Noire getting closer, it seems it’s time for awkward trailer-voice guy to make his return. Much like the trailers that led up to the release of Red Dead Redemption, this new gameplay trailer plays like a stiff business presentation – though the footage speaks for itself. The trailer shows the basic gameplay...

Jan 12, 2011

I’m in the mood for a bit of a moan and in the process I am likely to make a number of sweeping statements about games, gamers, the mainstream media, and the public in general and do not intend on offering any solutions. This is merely an act of catharsis. Already slightly annoyed? I know I certainly am. I consider myself tolerant and patient, relatively...

Nov 11, 2010

The first L.A. Noire trailer has finally shown its face and gives us plenty of good cop, bad cop detective work in Rockstar’s latest and relatively unknown project. The game, set in a 1940s re-created Los Angeles, gives players the challenge of solving murders, old school style. It certainly looks to take a slightly less glamorous approach than CSI...