MULTI L.A. Noire

Das Action/Adventure L.A. Noire soll im Herbst 2010 in Europa und den USA erscheinen. Das teilt Rockstar via Twitter mit.

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Take-Two has revealed that titles L.A. Noire, Mafia II, Max Payne 3 and Sid Meier’s Civilization V are all planned for release in the fourth fiscal quarter, the three months ending October 31, 2010.
That’s a slip for Mafia II: it was supposed to be out in the first half of 2010.

The company also said that one of the game may slip into the next fiscal year.
Not citing which one, the press release stated: “The Company’s fiscal year 2010 guidance reflects the potential movement of one of these titles into fiscal 2011.”
Keep your fingers crossed for your favorite not getting delayed.
The call to investors goes off any moment, so hopefully we will know more then.

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LA Noire's Future on Xbox 360 Again in Question Because of DVD

It looks like there may be some issues with Rockstar Games’ highly anticipated and very ambitious LA Noire for the PS3 and Xbox 360. In particular it appears the Xbox 360 version is the one with issues. While many have questioned the DVD media format on the 360 since 2006, it seems the antiquated format is causing enough problems to be frustrating the team at Team Bondi, the developer behind LA Noire.

Apparently the frustration at Team Bondi is enough that Jeronimo Barrera of Rockstar has been tasked by the heads at Take-Two, Rockstar Games’ parent company, to calm the situation at Team Bondi over the size limitations by being stationed at the developer. While information is still limited on exactly how bad the limitations are, one would assume that some form of compression would allow for a HDD install on the Xbox 360.

The biggest concern is of course whether LA Noire could possibly go back to being PS3 exclusive as it was initially announced. The good news for Xbox 360 fans of course is that if T2 is involved directly and dragging Rockstar Execs into the mix for quality assurance, then chances are everything will go fine. We’ll just have to wait and see at this point. But one thing to note is that with Team Bondi using a completely new form of motion-capturing and video, compression may be a big issue. Stay tuned on this one.

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