Now Rockstar unveil the ‘L.A. Noire 1947 Edition Crime Map’ in partnership with the L.A. Times. Cases range from the ”fascinating to the frightening”.
”Today, in partnership with the L.A. Times and their Archives group, and inspired by the L.A. Times’ own acclaimed Crime Map project - we present the L.A. Noire 1947 Edition Crime Map some of those other cases from that landmark year of Los Angeles crime that were researched – ranging from the fascinating to the frightening,” reads the release.
Here are some of the Crime Map cases:
• 72-year-old oil man, E.J. Miley, who picked up three hitchhiking youths as he left on a drive from LA up to Fresno. The trio were petty thugs who thought they had an easy mark on their hands…
• A pair of weightlifting rivals in Pacific Palisades who agreed to head to the gym to “settle the question of superiority”, but it winds up being far from a fair lift-off…
• A horrible account of a young, disturbed returning veteran who, with no warning or apparent cause, murdered his bride and himself at his in-laws house one evening…
• Acrobat burglars who broke into a market by ripping off a skylight, chopped a hole in the ceiling, and slid down a pole to make off with $2500 in cash (yes, that was a LOT back then) along with several hundred pounds of meat – but not before stopping to apparently chug several quarts of milk.
You can check out more of the crimes research by Team Bondi from the 1940’s by visiting the L.A. Times website. L.A. Noire releases on Xbox 360 and PS3 May 17th in the US, 20th in Europe. It will spread across 3 discs on Xbox 360.
