[PS3, X360] Rockstar announces DLC plans for L.A. Noire

[PS3, X360] Rockstar announces DLC plans for L.A. Noire

Managed to finish L.A. Noire? After some new things to do? Well get ready, because Rockstar have made an announcement regarding further DLC releases.

First of all, Rockstar have announced a special L.A. Noire Rockstar Pass, which will allow gamers to pre-order future DLC. The pass will be available for a limited time special price of $10.00 / 800 MSP (roughly 50% off). Once purchased, it will grant players access to all the downloadable content for free.

Four new cases will be coming as well as additional collectibles and challenges to test players skill. These new cases are standalone cases but sit perfectly alongside the main game. The are the two cases that were original DLC exclusive to certain outlets, they are "The Naked City" (a Vice case) and "A Slip of the Tongue" (a Traffic case) both of which will be available for download on the 31st of May for $4.00 / 320 MSP each. The other two are new cases, they are "Nicholson Electroplating" (an Arson case) to be released on the 21st of June and "Reefer Madness" (a Vice case) to be released on the 12th of July for $4.00 / 320 MSP.

There'll also be a range of collectibles available for download, including the DLC bonuses that were once again retail specific. The Badge Pursuit Challenge and the Sharpshooter / Broderick detective suits for $2.00 / 160 MSP and $1.00 / 80 MSP respectively.

To thank fans for their support, Rockstar will be giving members of the Rockstar Social Club some free gifts. These include a free download for he Chicago Lightning Detective Suit and unlock for the Chicago Piano machine gun for all players. If you aren't a member yet, be sure to jump over to the page and join up.

Written by: Kyran Morrison

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Take-Two renews employment agreement with Rockstar bosses

by Richard Mitchell on May 24th 2011 5:04PM

As part of its latest financial report, Take-Two announced that it has renewed its employment agreement with "key members of the creative team of Rockstar Games." Namely, both Sam and Dan Houser, along with Leslie Benzies, have renewed their agreements on "substantially similar economic terms."

Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick spoke highly of the Rockstar team, alluding to it as "the best creative talent in the industry." He added that Take-Two looks forward to working with Rockstar for "many years to come." In other words, it looks like Take-Two is holding on tightly to what is undoubtedly its biggest gun.

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Rumor: Nintendo courting Rockstar for Wii 2 development

by James Ransom-Wiley on Apr 19th 2011 3:00PM

The "Wii 2" rumors are raging again, for sure, but now they're in danger of burning out of control -- so let's backtrack. After delivering some spot-on NGP specs days before Sony's official unveiling ceremony, French tech site 01net earned its web cred. That's why the games media took notice (and some even corroborated) when the wonder site reignited the Wii successor rumors last Thursday, and then tossed in some more fuel the following day.

This week, 01net has come out with another intriguing report about Nintendo's supposed next console: Rockstar's on board. The site's sources claim that the Grand Theft Auto creator is the first confirmed company to secure a developer unit of the new Nintendo hardware. The sources add that the system, said to be codenamed "Project Cafe," is expected to be released in June 2012. And here's where the rumor starts to grow more wild.

Gamekyo somewhat carelessly throws out there that Grand Theft Auto 5 is also rumored for 2012 -- is it? (There's at least been some recent evidence that the next GTA is in the works.) And then, GoNintendo fits it all together: "Rockstar has a dev kit [...] working on GTA V (which is sure to hit PS3/360 as well) [...] hoping to have it available at launch." Eureka? Not quite.

But, boy, if Nintendo is on the verge of announcing the one console to rule them all and has a Rockstar logo to flaunt during the presentation? Talk about printing money ...

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