L.A. Noire Retail-Exclusive Pre-Order Bonuses Detailed

They are going to make you an offer you can’t refuse…

Rockstar Games, in associated with a whole host of retailers across North America and the UK, have today announced the range of exclusive content bonuses which will be available for L.A. Noire via specific retail partners. These range from special unlockable crime cases, to racing challenges, wearable detective outfits which come with unique gameplay abilities and more extra items.

Details of each pre-order bonus and how & where to obtain them are listed below:

Pre-Order with Gamestop (U.S & Canada) or GAME (UK) to get ‘The Naked City’ additional Vice Case & Badge Pursuit Challenge

‘The Naked City’ Vice Case:
In this bonus case from L.A. Noire’s Vice Desk, detective Cole Phelps investigates the supposed suicide of a stunning fashion model. Can you help Cole unravel the truth in a city blighted by drugs, corruption and greed, where the death of a beautiful woman is never as straightforward as it seems?

The Badge Pursuit Challenge:
Hidden around L.A. Noire’s beautiful recreation of 1947 Los Angeles are 20 police badges to find and collect. If you can find all 20 of these badges, the dapper Button Man suit will be unlocked which provides extra ammo for all weapons. Each badge also provides 5 additional XP which will help further unlock Intuition Points – special credits that can be used to give Phelps a key investigative insight when you need it most.

This unlockable detective suit boosts your fist-fighting capabilities and resilience to damage. Throughout L.A. Noire while working cases, you’ll encounter quite a few suspects and persons of interest who prove to be resistant to arrest. Your hand-to-hand fighting skills will be called into action on these cases – the Broderick suit with its enhanced fighting abilities may be that edge in helping make that collar.

“A Slip of the Tongue” is a bonus case from the Traffic Desk in which a seemingly run of the mill car theft ends up sparking an explosive investigation into the largest auto fraud racket the city has ever seen. With the stolen cars piling up and questionable characters at every turn, can you help Cole Phelps crack the biggest case so far in his career?

The Sharpshooter unlockable detective suit enhances your aim with rifles and pistols. Always a worst case scenario for any detective working a case, there are of course those occasions for Cole Phelps when pursuing a suspect escalates to gunfire. In these tense shootouts, the Sharpshooter suit provides that extra aiming precision to take the criminal down.

So players will need to choose carefully what extra content they would like to receive for free, and pre-order accordingly. Extra missions or extra abilities – which would you choose?

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L.A. Noire is due for release on 17th May in North America and 20th May in Europe. It is being developed for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. Stay tuned to Godisageek for regular updates on the title, and look through our archives for a lot of behind-the-scenes features.