LA Noire DLC 'Nicholson Electroplating Arson Case' outed by Best Buy

by Ben Gilbert on May 16th 2011 9:15AM

LA Noire's first downloadable content pack has been announced unceremoniously in Best Buy's latest ad circular. As seen above, the ad promises that the first 16 customers to purchase the game at any Best Buy midnight launch event will receive a code that will unlock "the first DLC pack," known as the 'Nicholson Electroplating' Arson Case, as soon as it becomes available for download.

The fine print notes that every midnight launch location will have a "minimum of 16 Xbox 360 and PS3 codes per store" -- if you're number 17, don't despair. Rockstar has yet to release info on the first DLC pack, and the developer could not be reached for comment as of publishing.

[Thanks, Steven]

Tags: best-buy, dlc, LA-Noire, microsoft, nicholson-electroplating, nicholson-electroplating-arson-case, playstation, ps3, rockstar, rockstar-games, team-bondi, xbox

Reader Comments (43)

I dunno, "The Naked City" case has more oomph to it then "Nicholson Electroplating Arson Case". I'm sure there's some good story in it, though.

what the hell how much exclusive content does this game have split up all over the place? I feel like I'm gonna miss out on a ton no matter where I buy.

@McWilly

until contracts are up and they are available in the respective marketplaces.

@McWilly Hate effin DLC... I mean ADC (Already on Disc Content). And the game is not even relesed yet.

@TheTorch Their explanation was that the full blu ray disc is already used (and multiple for Xbox 360), so this is a way of not having to dump the extra content that didn't fit on discs.

@McWilly

I have a feeling it's going to be like the Red Dead DLC (but obviously only single player). It will likely all be released on a disc and on PSN/XBLA in a package once everything settles down.

Its not exclusive, its premium DLC released after the game comes out, thats why its limited to 16. Its probably valued at around $10 (which still makes Amazon's deal better since you get $15 back + preorder dlc).

@TheTorch exactly why i really really want this game, but won't buy it until the GOTY version with all DLC included. Such a waste.

@Prax Yeah, as much as I like the look of this game, I won't bother buying it until the inevitable all-in-one edition a year or two from now. Not willing to buy an incomplete game, and this one is designed to be incomplete right from the start. Multiple DLCs only available at certain retailers? Another one only for people standing in a line at midnight? And no way for anyone else to play these stories unless they pay extra? No dice, and if I support it now, I'm encouraging game companies to keep doing it in the future.

@SirBucket

I'll believe that when the DLC downloads are over or close to a gig.

I get weary of buying video games at Best Buy, the staff never seem to really know what they're doing. I pre-ordered Brink there for the Fallout pack, and when I asked where the code was, no one knew what I was referring to, or that it's actually located inside the game on an insert.

@Slight of Ham

With the exception of Fable 3, every game I've bought from BB in the past few years had the content already shrinkwrapped into the case.

Haha, the first 16 people? What, are they going to run out of letter/number combinations? Or cardboard? Right.

The practice of artificially and arbitrarily limiting digital content is hilarious.

@baby sea tuna
this

Shame that this is one of my most anticipated titles of 2011, because it is clearly the worst offender of how not to do DLC in a long time.

this game is my most highly anticipated game but with all of these cases spread all over the place I decided against pre-ordering. I think I'm just going to sit this one out until the price drops and maybe I can buy the DLC later on, hopefully.

@eat it

Smart. You know they'll release a Game of the Year or Platinum edition w/all DLC included for like half the price of the game sans DLC by next spring. They always do.

It just rolls off the tongue doesn't it...

snitches get stitches best buy

@PedoJokerBear

snitches and talkers get stitches and walkers

@PedoJokerBear

Now, the Star-Belly Sneetches had bellies with stars.
The Plain-Belly Sneetches had none upon thars.

As much as it pains me to say it, so much DLC means I might just have to wait for the "Ultimate" edition, or whatever it'll be called, with all DLC included. This is the problem when you announce so much DLC at launch; maybe most consumers are too impulse driven, but 4+ DLC's already do nothing but drive the TCO (total cost of ownership) skyward in my mind.

I gladly would've picked it up at launch, but now it's looking more and more like I'll be play the waiting game instead (oh, and that huge backlog of games I have as well).

@aristokrat

You could get it with the Red Dead Redemption ultimate pack... That still doesn't exist. You realize how long it took GTA4's to come out right?

@Cleric What does it matter how long it takes?
It won't change the fact that when it finally releases that it will be a new experience for him.

Why do so many people get so hung up that others must get a game "DAY 1!!!!" ?

Some people do have a funny little thing called patience.

First, Can PSN users enter dlc codes eventhough the store is not up. Second, I'm impressed by best buy midnight release incentive this time.

nope, ps3 players cant get any of the preorder dlc until the end of the month. Assuming they actually make that deadline and dont do "further testing" for another week or 2 in June.

I was going to change my preorder to PS3 but with all this PSN crap I would be done with the game before the store goes back online so Im keeping the 360 version.

@aughscreennames They could even get the store back earlier than the end of the month. You never know.

FYI The Guardian in the UK accidentally put out an early review of this and then pulled it. Luckily a quick few were able to get a copy of the full article saved before it was pulled and a few sites have it up.

@esbeekay And their score was?

@HazyCloud

5 out of 5 I believe

just google it and then go to the cached link to read the review

Guess what? I predict LA Noire will get a Metacritic average of a 7.

@JakeAuditore

7 out of 5 maybe

@JakeAuditore Oh thank god, I was waiting to hear what you thought all weekend.

is that a Chinatown reference? I think that's a Chinatown reference.

Can't wait for the parody game DLC ala Undead Nightmare, "From the files of Police Squad!"

Did my pre order on amazon. Oh well no DLC for me but I did get a $15 gift card.

Unfortunately no midnight launch at either of my local Best Buys so I will just wait on my Amazon copy. The last BB midnight launch I atteneded was for Gears of War 2 and it was pretty nice...I got a 6 pack of Cokes, Gears of War 2 hat, gears of war 2 long sleeved shirt, the remote controlled tank, and my copy of the game.

I would like to know how much all of this stuff is going to cost when it hits PSN and XBL? I'm going to guess each case is going to be $5 and that is ridiculous.

So basically it's like the MK9 preorders where retailers rope you into choosing between them for early access to "content" they will later release at a premium anyway.

The practice of preorder DLC is getting repulsive.

well now, there's a best buy right across the street, I'm headed there now.

@Pennegan

It looks like you're gonna be about 12 hours too early...

@baby sea tuna

I pitched a camp site :-)... its never bad to be to early, like when a girl says yes to a date, showing up 12 hours early shows how much you really care ;-)

It's just easier to pay the freaken $2 instead of trying to line up for this way in advance, esp. if one does not know how early to start.

Time = money

L.A Noire Nicholson Electroplating arson case release is 21 june everybody : )

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LA Noire DLC 'Nicholson Electroplating Arson Case' outed by Best Buy

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