Developed by Team Bondi LA Noire is an interactive detective story set in the classic noir period of the late 1940s LA Noire blends action detection & complex storytelling & draws players into an open-ended challenge to solve a series of gruesome murders Set in a perfectly recreated Los Angeles before freeways with a post-war backdrop of corruption drugs & jazz LA Noire will truly blend cinema & gaming Using groundbreaking new animation technology that captures every nuance of an actor&s facial performance in astonishing detail LA Noire is a violent crime thriller that blends breathtaking action with true detective work to deliver an unprecedented interactive experience Search for clues chase down suspects & interrogate witnesses as you struggle to find the truth in a city where everyone has something to hide Storyline Amid the post-war boom of Hollywood&s Golden Age Cole Phelps an LAPD detective is thrown headfirst into a city drowning in its own success Corruption is rampant the drug trade is exploding & murder rates are at an all-time high In his fight to climb the ranks & do what&s right Phelps must unravel the truth behind a string of arson attacks racketeering conspiracies & brutal murders battling the LA underworld & even members of his own department to uncover a secret that could shake the city to its rotten core Solve a variety of cases across the crime desks of Patrol Traffic Homicide Vice & Arson Search crime scenes for clues question witnesses & interrogate suspects as you search for the truth in each case Use your wits to analyse suspect&s behavior & separate the truth from the lies Experience a stunningly accurate block-by-block recreation of 8sq miles of 1947 Los Angeles Rise up through the ranks of the LAPD from a beat cop to other positions as LAPD detective Cole Phelps Solve brutal crimes plots & conspiracies inspired by famous crimes from 1947 Los Angeles one of the most corrupt & violent times in the City of Angels& history Multiple difficulty settings give players of all abilities the chance to step into the shoes of a detective in postwar LA