L.A. Noire no longer PS3 exclusive, also on Xbox 360, Game Informer says

by Griffin McElroy on Feb 5th 2010 11:45AM

At long last, the never-ending mystery of whether Rockstar's "gritty detective tale," L.A. Noire, will be a multiplatform release has ... well, ended. And in a pretty unspectacular way, to boot -- in the comments section of a Game Informer post teasing the magazine's in-depth print preview of L.A. Noire, editor Matthew Kato explained, "It's not a PS3-exclusive," later adding, "it was at one point, but it's coming out for the PS3 and 360." (We've contacted Rockstar to verify this apparent reveal.)

Now, we won't know whether this news is worth getting excited about until Game Informer's preview hits newsstands. We're getting tentatively pumped, though -- but that's only because of our pure, unswerving love of fedoras. Seriously, we can't get enough of 'em.

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Uh-oh..... Here we go.

Time for a coffee break.

I'll join you! ;) *goes to grab a couple biscotti's first* this should be entertaining.

*Sits back, pours a cup of coffee, and grabs a biscotti...from 53rd street...best in the City!

* Hears the announcer from Soul Calibur announce "Round 2,500,489...FIGHT!"

I say Old Man have you heard about the turn this market is taking? Quite troublesome. *puff pipe while reading stock ticker tape*

i'm glad. as a ps3 only owner, i like seeing multiplatform games. they are good for us, the consumer. i like seeing games from 360 come to ps3 and i like seeing games from ps3 go to 360 as well. YAY TOGETHERNESS!!!

I'm glad too. This was one of those games that I'd be sad to miss out on (if it turns out to be good). Looking forward to it now.

@ Marty: Have Rockstar put out a bad game yet?

Every studio has the potential to put out a bad game, especially when a new property is involved.

For the record, I didn't feel like GTA2 was all that great back in the day. I liked Bully, but it had quality control issues. Manhunt wasn't impressive.

I think L.A. Noire looks alright, but like I said, I'm not entirely interested unless it turns out to be good or not.

Um, why? I didn't think that this was ever a PS3 exclusive. Rockstar said MANY moons ago that LA Noire was NOT the PS3 exclusive they were making. THAT game is called Agent. Did everyone not get the memo?

Oh man...this could get ugly.

*backs slowly out of comment section*

its gonna get worse before it gets better.

Indeed, that's a very 'accurate' comparison. How did you come up with it?

FANBOYS AAAASSEEMMBBLLLLLLE!

We all agree that 3rd party exclusives are a thing from the past (Except from a couple of titles), good thing more people will enjoy this game.

I guess this is why SONY this generation has put much more effort in bringing quality 1st party titles.

Anyway good thing is Friday too!

This thread outta be good...

:sits back, cracks open a beer:

I would drink one wit you, but I'm at work....

... Shit pass me one anyway!

Is that frowned upon at your place of business? Don't worry, I'll drink one for you.

Cap! Over here.

*Raises hand in anticipation of thrown beer*

Pass me one, Cap.

Is that a PBR in your pants or are you just happy to see me?

What is it with LA Noire threads?

You can't see it but this is what I'm doing to all of you:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0erY1Wk_YvU#t=3m33s

I'm not much for beer, but if you have anything with a little Vodka in it I'll gladly accept it and join you in the festivities.

Besides, I've been looking for an excuse to get a little drunk lately.

*burrrrp! hiccup*

Shhhony holds onto exxxclushives like washed up shelebrities do sobriety.

*hiccup*

Jim Ross: Captain Planet just gave the Joystiq thread a beer bath! My God, the carnage!

Jerry Lawler: AAAAAAH!

oh man....thats when WWF was the BEST!!

Says, Wiizer, the guy who started the last L.A. Noir flamewar.

Says Captain Planet, shut the hell up the three of you idiots and have a bloody drink.

Pretty sure this has been known for a while

i agree. i'll try and find a link- but i'm pretty sure that the change to a Multi-platform release was made last summer. around the time that Sony announced that "Agent" was their exclusive Rockstar title.

Now if "Agent" goes multi-platform, then i fully understand if the internet goes nuts...

They said last E3 that LA Noir was NOT the exclusive being made for PS3. Very, very old news.

The character models look a bit cartoony?

And everyone expected this once Agent was revealed.

the face! go for the face! yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhh

The 360 losing exclusivity to the GTA4 episodic content and PS3 losing exclusivity to LA Noire, both with Rockstar involved?

REVENGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The GTA IV content was never full exclusive, it was always labled a timed exclusive.

Don't worry, Nerdy, it's not coming to the PC :P

Pretty well any DLC exclusives are timed anyway.

Sprinkles?

dude....it was a timed Exclusive....like Netflix...and plenty of other things....

yea sprinkles I was talking about the GTA4 DLC....

I KNOW that LA Noire was suppose to exclusive.....but the game cost over $100 million to make....them keeping it exclusive to one console was not cost effective.....

What did I say to get downvoted? I didn't know the GTA4 episodes would be timed exclusives.

Meh, LA Noire was annouced before Ken Kutaragi left Sony. I'm usually expecting all PS3 exclusives before Kutaragi left to go multiplatform.

PS3 exclusives *annouced* before Kutaragi left.

That guy just screwed up the PS3 bad until Kaz Hirai fixed it.

Yeah... Speaking of Krazy Kaz, I haven't heard much new from him recently...

I thought we already knew this? Isn't LA Noire going multiplat the reason why Agent is a PS3 exclusive, because Sony were miffed that despite the money they sunk into LA Noire it was going to the 360 also?

Also, in before comments get turned off.

yeah thats why I thought as well.

Agent is the one that matters now in this fud

I remember reading on the PlayStation Blog a few years back that LA Noire was one of two Rockstar games exclusive to the PS3 (the other being Agent announced last year). Either Sony lost one, or they have a back up.

Sniff... sniff... Do I smell the sweet scent of an approaching fanboy war? Let the feud begin!

Hooboy...this will go well.

As long as one port isn't gimped because of the other (I'm looking at YOU, FFXIII) I'm fine. This game probably cost so much to develop it's too expensive to be exclusive.

Though it does seem wrong, since Sony sunk 20+ million into the game...

XIII is gimped because it's in HD, not because it's multiplat.

Which actually just makes me sad. I *really* hate to say it ... but it might have been better off on the Wii.

(I'm preparing to be downvoted right now.)

I

I meant the PS3 features like dual voice tracks that were removed to be 'fair' to the 360 version.

Is it true that they removed Japenese audio from the U.S. game?

Japanese audio with sub-titles FTW!

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