Joystiq writes:

"When last we heard anything on the Team Bondi and Rockstar's titled film noire adventure, L.A. Noire, the game was rumored to be at least a year away (and, possibly, no longer exclusive to PS3). That was last September. Now its developer is staffing up for what might be a push to the finish.

Team Bondi's hiring page lists openings in multiple disciplines, including 3D modelers, game designers and a senior programming post. We're excited to see any sign of life coming from the project; we'll be even more excited if Rockstar makes a fall 2009 release announcement at E3."
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20 Mar 2009

LA Noire Absent from Take 2's 2009 Release Schedule

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PS3 - LA Noire - LA Noire Absent from Take 2's 2009 Release Schedule

PlayStation LifeStyle writes:

"L.A. Noire the retro mystery open world game has been slated for a 2009 release since it was first revealed. Oddly enough, Take 2 has not included L.A. Noire in it's 2009 release schedule."
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24 Jan 2009

L.A. Noire Developer Hiring Some Folks To Help Actually Finish The Thing

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PS3 - LA Noire - L.A. Noire Developer Hiring Some Folks To Help Actually Finish The Thing

Kotaku: "Remember L.A. Noire, the "interactive detective story" set in the late 1940s, set to be published by Rockstar Games? Apparently, so does the developer, Team Bondi, who are staffing up to maybe actually finish it.

The Sydney, Australia area dev - headed by Brendan McNamara, former Director of Development for Sony's Team Soho Studio which made The Getaway - has opened up the human resources floodgates, looking for animators, artists and programmers for L.A. Noire."
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23 Dec 2008

Take Two 2009 Line-Up: Where's L.A. Noire?

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PS3 - LA Noire - Take Two 2009 Line-Up: Where's L.A. Noire?

There's still no sign of the once PS3 exclusive L.A. Noire. It's hiding somewhere, but we might have to wait one more year. And then there's that secret Rockstar game...maybe Take Two don't even know about that one.
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22 Sep 2008

L.A. Noire the Most Expensive Game in Development?

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PS3 - LA Noire - L.A. Noire the Most Expensive Game in Development?

Edge writes: "Rockstar's crime thriller L.A. Noire "could be the biggest budget videogame in development anywhere in the world", according to Tom Crago, the CEO of Tantalus and the president of the Game Developers' Association of Australia.

"It would certainly... in terms of console titles, be in the top ten... L.A. Noire is a massive, massive project," Crago said at GC Asia 2008.

Earlier this year Rockstar producer Leslie Benzies estimated that GTA IV cost the company approximately $100 million to create, a figure which, if correct, would currently make it the most expensive game ever, topping the $70 million plus development budget for Sega's Dreamcast title Shenmue."
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19 Sep 2008

L.A. Noire: A Year Off and No Longer PS3 Exclusive?

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PS3 - LA Noire - L.A. Noire: A Year Off and No Longer PS3 Exclusive?

Crago confirmed that "it's got - I'd suggest - another year or so to go". He also mentioned that it "could be the biggest budget videogame in development anywhere in the world. It would certainly... in terms of console titles, be in the top ten... LA Noire is a massive massive project."

And last, but by no means least, he mentioned that the game is coming to PS3 and 360 - up until now the title has only been confirmed for PS3. We'll let you know as soon as we can get independent confirmation from either Team Bondi or Rockstar.
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23 Jul 2008

L.A.Noire in "final production phase"?

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PS3 - LA Noire - L.A.Noire in "final production phase"?

The Team Bondi site has been dead since 2006 when the trailers for L.A.Noire were first aired, until 2 months ago when this was posted:

"We're looking to expand our Animation Team to cope with the final production phase of L.A. Noire. "

Clearly the game, although claimed vapourware by Take Two at their E3 press conference last week is well on it's way to being finished.

Hit the link to read the full post.
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16 Jul 2008

Take Two's Conference Over

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PS3 - LA Noire - Take Two's Conference Over

So Take Two's conference has to come to an end and a few of Rockstar's titles made appearences including a brief montage of GTA IV, Bully and L.A. Noire, a new trailer of Midnight Club: LA and a brief teaser of the new Red Dead Revolver 2 game.
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14 Jul 2008

Rumor: L.A. Noire trailer to be shown tomorrow

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PS3 - LA Noire - Rumor: L.A. Noire trailer to be shown tomorrow

Rockstar Games has disclosed little information about its upcoming title, which has been announced for the PlayStation 3. However, a new trailer and details may be released at Sony's E3 press conference Tuesday.
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