After shipping last fall's blockbusting Halo 3, revered developer Bungie stunned the world by announcing plans to liberate itself from Microsoft's ownership. Allegedly, that path to freedom requires that they develop a few more titles for Microsoft, and 1UP has heard rumblings that the first one will be a Halo spin-off due in late 2009. 1UP's spies tell to expect a third-person action/adventure shooter hybrid that takes place before the original Halo, chronicling early skirmishes between the ODST troops and the Covenant. This may or may not be the oft-mentioned "Peter Jackson Halo Project" -- though apparently Microsoft is hiring a seperate team for that -- but WETA is definitely involved in some capacity. Look for a massive reveal around the time Gears of War 2 ships this fall...

Max Payne 3 and Red Dead Revolver 2 are headed to both Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, as is the previously PS3-only gumshoe adventure L.A. Noire. Also, a massively multiplayer extension of the GTA universe is in the early stages of development.
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New information regarding Rockstar's L.A Noire has emerged, hinting that the PS3-exclusive title could come to the Xbox 360 after all. According to rumours, since the title is no longer being funded by Sony there is every possibility of the detective game coming to Microsoft's console. Previous reports hinted that the game was simply too big to fit on a DVD, but they were quickly debunked. The rumours went to claim a number of other details ...
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Surfer Girl says that The Godfather II will feature a deep online component somewhat akin to Grand Theft Auto IV. According to her, up until sometime last year, Mass Media was working on ports of Saint's Row and The Outfit, for Wii and PSP, respectively. She states that L.A. Noire is not being funded by Sony, who dropped the title and there is nothing stopping a 360 release.
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* Obsidian is NOT making Baldur's Gate 3.
* Crysis is NOT a PS3 exclusive.
* L.A. Noire is still NOT coming to the 360.
* A Wii Star Fox IS under development.
* Something called Gears of War 2 IS going to be at something called GDC.
* Guitar Hero DS IS one of the four Guitar Hero games that EGM mentioned and IS coming out this fall.
* Black Rock Studio's first game under its new moniker IS a PS360 off-road title coming in the fall.
* Grasshopper Manufacturer's next game, a PS360 title, IS delightfully polarizing.
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Team Bondi's new game L.A. Noire is a 1940's detective thriller, published by Rockstar Games. When GTA IV was delayed, LA Noire was also moved back to 2009 and was listed only for Playstation 3. However, a job listing over at Gamasutra reveals that L.A. Noire might not only be a Playstation 3 game, but also a Xbox 360 game.

Team Bondi is looking for a talented Lead Animator to manage the Animation pipeline, team and motion capture for the project. At the bottom of the page however, we find that this 'project' is on both Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 platforms. So is L.A. Noire really a Playstation 3 exclusive, or will it go multi-platform?
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Welcome to the Rumour mill, VideoGamer.com's run-down of the big rumours currently doing the rounds in the video game industry. VideoGamer.com give their opinion on the following rumors: Gears of War 2 on November 15, God of War 3 only a year away, Mass Effect coming to PS3 and LA Noire not until 09.

LA Noire not until 09

The Rumour: Take Two released its results for the fourth quarter of its financial year. Missing on a forecast for titles for 2008 is Rockstar's LA Noire, causing people to believe that the secretive title won't be out until 2009.

Verdict: While it's true that the game is missing from the forecast, Rockstar's financial year runs from November 1st to October 31st, meaning LA Noire could still see a release in November or December 2008.

Plausibility rating: 3/5
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Oct 9, 2007 We know what you're going to say. "I've not forgotten about Rockstar's Team Bondi-developed film noire detective adventure that was revealed in confusingly vague terms as long ago as October 2006, no doubt promising to surprise us with an unpredictable gameplay dynamic," before you frown and wonder, actually, what that unpredictable gameplay dynamic might be. Well, it turns out it might not be so unpredictable after all. Because, in fact, LA Noire will be a free-roaming action ...
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Team Bondi must have at least a few people working in their Ultimo, Sydney office, according to a tip Kotaku received over the weekend pointing to a blog with "exclusive" information on the title.
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Sept 11, 2007 Following its extremely positive reception, BioShock is being eyed as a major new franchise by 2K Games parent Take-Two - which is already talking sequels. The publisher's recently spoke of the possibility of hitting "roughly" a new BioShock release every two years. "I would say, probably, roughly an every-two-year schedule would be optimal. And if you look historically, that has been largely the case with GTA, and I'd expect we'd apply roughly the same strategy to BioShock ...
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Sept 11, 2007 Rockstar and Team Bondi's detective thriller L.A. Noire has slipped out of the fiscal 2008 release schedule, meaning it won't be out until at least 2009. The slip was announced today during a Take Two conference call - an event that seems to commonly bring bad news these days. The game, of which we've hardly seen anything other than a few teaser trailers, is being developed by ex-Team Soho developers of The Getaway fame. It's looking like a PlayStation 3 exclusive at the ...
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