On the inaugural iicon occasion in Las Vegas at present, Take-Two boss Strauss Zelnick gave a speech wherein he gave some hope–but not much–for sequels to L.A. Noire and others.
Zelnick was requested if Take-Two was planning on doing extra with L.A. Noire. He mentioned, “Sure,” earlier than saying, “You by no means know,” in response to (*2*). Extra broadly, Zelnick mentioned Take-Two is continually fascinated about the place it might take all of its franchises.
“The reply broadly is we’re doing one thing sooner or later with all of our mental property, however nothing to announce,” he mentioned, including that any announcement a couple of Rockstar franchise would come from Rockstar, not Take-Two.
L.A. Noire was developed by Crew Bondi and launched in 2011 for PS3, Xbox 360, and PC, with Rockstar publishing it. The sport takes place in 1947 Los Angeles, with gamers taking over the function of the detective Cole Phelps, who’s performed by Mad Males’s Aaron Staton. The sport got here to Swap, PS4, and Xbox One in 2017. A VR version referred to as The Case Information that got here out in 2019.
For his half, Staton mentioned in 2021 that he had “by no means heard a phrase” a couple of sequel to L.A. Noire, regardless of the sport promoting tens of millions of copies.
Again in 2012, Rockstar mentioned a sequel to L.A. Noire was a “risk.” On the time, the developer mentioned, “We do not all the time rush to make sequels, however that doesn’t imply we cannot get to them finally. We’ve so many video games we need to make and the difficulty is all the time one among bandwidth and timing.”
If a sequel involves market, it would not be from Crew Bondi, because the studio shut down amid a flurry of controversy, after accusations of hostile working circumstances prompted the Worldwide Recreation Builders Affiliation to launch an investigation into the developer. Moreover, when the developer shut down, it reportedly was $1.4 million in debt. The studio’s belongings, together with its subsequent mission, Whore of the Orient, have been acquired by movie manufacturing firm Kennedy Miller Mitchell.
Relating to different long-dormant sport franchises owned by Rockstar, followers have referred to as for a sequel to 2006’s Bully. Rockstar was reportedly planning a sequel, however it by no means materialized.
Additionally in the course of the iicon occasion, Zelnick mentioned Take-Two’s ambition is to “turn into the No. 1 leisure firm” on the planet, and, regardless of proudly owning the massively profitable GTA franchise and its esteemed developer, the corporate stays smaller than a few of its contemporaries based mostly on market cap and different components.
“Everybody on the firm is aware of that. And that is what we’re planning for. And if we even get near that mission, and all of us maintain collectively, then truly we’re in all probability going to make a bunch of cash,” he mentioned.
Take-Two is because of make a bunch of cash quickly, as GTA 6 is ready for launch on November 19, and it has an unprecedented quantity of hype and big gross sales expectations behind it.