LA Noire: Gameplay Video Trailer

[MUSIC PLAYING]

With La Noire, Team
Bondi and Rockstar Games

set out to create a
unique crime thriller that

explores what it means to be
a detective in Hollywood's

golden age, one of the most
glamorous and most violent

periods in the city's history.

LAPD.

Could you stand clear
of the body, please?

Inspired by real-world
cases, players

must solve crimes,
plots, and conspiracies,

all set within the meticulously
recreated city of Los Angeles.

It's 1947, a time
before freeways,

in a glamorous city soaked in
alcohol, jazz, and corruption.

The game blends classic action
gameplay, such as shootouts--

Put down your weapons!

The bank is surrounded.

[GUNFIRE]

--with clue finding
and interrogations.

Is this yours, Ferdinand?

No, I found it near her purse.

Critical thinking
skills are just

as important as surviving
skirmishes or chasing

criminals.

Hold it right there!

You play as Cole Phelps, a
World War II hero and rookie

cop looking to right the wrongs
committed during his time

in the war.

You look spooked, Phelps.

It never gets any
easier, Bukowski.

Phelps works to rise through
the ranks of the LAPD,

starting in patrol
as a beat cop,

and working his way through
traffic, homicide, vice,

and arson.

Instead of missions
or levels, each desk

is comprised of
self-contained cases.

A successfully solved
case brings new challenges

and leads Cole
closer to unveiling

the dark heart of the Los
Angeles criminal underworld.

Go on, tough guy.

You should learn to take a hint?

Every case is comprised
of several parts--

examining a crime scene for
clues, questioning witnesses--

The wallet by the car--

was there anything in it?

--tracking persons of
interest, and interrogation.

Keep lying to me, and
I'll have you charged

and in front of a grand
jury before your feet

touch the ground.

When questioning
suspects and witnesses,

players analyze their
behavior to separate the truth

from the lies.

You're lying, Miss Galletta.

He threw the gun in a bin.

By knowing when to doubt
or believe a suspect

or when to use evidence
to accuse him of a crime,

players reveal new clues or
open up new lines of inquiry.

You deny owning a pistol.

I owned a gun, yes,
but-- but-- but it

was stolen in a burglary
a couple of years ago.

The foundation is
a technology called

MotionScan, a new
performance scanning system.

Do I have any choice?

No, you don't.

MotionScan utilizes 32
high definition cameras

to capture the actors'
faces, transferring

every aspect of their
performance into the game,

from a telltale blink to a
smirk or a flash of anger.

Leroy Sabo, you're under arrest.

In La Noire, your
powers of reason

and emotional
intelligence can make--

Jesus.

We got him.

--or break--

Get out of my sight!

--each case.

Its intense blend of action
and real detective work defies

genre conventions to create a
unique and captivating thriller

that immerses the player in
the world of 1940s Los Angeles.

This is how a good
detective operates.

You keep digging
and asking questions

until you get to the truth.