L.A Noire Homework

L.A Noire is an up and coming game made by Rockstar Games. It is set in 1947 in Los Angeles & players are given open-ended challenges to solve a murder mystery.

The game was accounted as an exclusive to PlayStation 3 but they have now changed that so that it will be release on Xbox 360 as well.

The genre of this game is Third Person Shooter, where you can see the person who is shooting with the gun as well & Action/Adventure.

L.A Noire is coming out on Friday 20^th May 2011 in England.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeYym1U226M

The previous link shows the trailer.

One new thing about the game is that is has new technology called MotionScan.

MotionScan is a newly developed technology where the actors are recorded by 32 surrounding cameras to capture facial expressions from every angle.

This is good because it means that when the interrogations scenes because you have to read their faces and see if they lying.

Video Game Research

http://vgsales.wikia.com/wiki/Video_Game_Sales_Wiki

Nintendo, Sony & Microsoft are the three main companies in the video-game world.


The top 5 selling games in the UK in 2010 is : 
1. Call of Duty: Black Ops
2. FIFA 11
3. Just Dance
4. Red Dead Redemption
5. Wii Fit Plus

The top 3 selling consoles:
1. PlayStation 2 with 150 million (released in 2000)
2. Nintendo DS with 146.42 million (released in 2004)
3. Game Boy/Game Boy Colour with 118.69 million (released in 1989 and 1998)

The top 7th generation games worldwide is: 

1. Metal Gear Solid 4 on PS3

2. Halo 3 on XBOX 360

3. Wii Play on Wii 

4. Nintendogs on NDS

5. GTA: Liberty City Stories on PSP

The worldwide sales show us that people like action & simulation games with Grand Theft Auto, Mario & Pokemon being popular choices. 

The UK sales show us that us british like sport & FPS games with Call of Duty & FIFA 11 being on top.

Nintendo's sales show us that the top genre is Platform.

Sony's sales show us that the top genre is War & FPS.

Microsoft's sales show us that the top genre is also the same as Sony's.

Sega's sale show us that the too genre is Platform.

Video Game Genres

Video Game Genres:


- FPS Shooter (First Person Shooter)
- Strategy 
- Action
- Adventure
- RPG (Role Playing Games)
- Driving
- Sports
- Educational 
- Simulation
- Platform
- MMORPG (Massive Multiple Online Role Playing Game)
- Puzzles
- Survival Horror


My two favorite genres for video games are Simulation & Sports. 
Simulations - I love playing The Sims 3 because i like how you have to make sure they get to work on time & complete the missions to get money to spend. It is also very entertaining & i get frustrated when some of the stuff don't go my way.
Sports - Mario and Sonic at the Olympic games is great on the Wii because you have to do all the movements. Also with being able to play with four people it's good for to play for everyone to get involved. 


Crossover: When a game has two genres, it's called a crossover.
Hybrid: A Hybrid is when there is more than two genres together.

Videogames Definition

Video game : A computerized interactive games, that people can play for educational or entertainment purposes.


- have different levels.
- puzzles & problems you can solve.
- can be controlled by ; mouse, keyboard, controller or yourself (your avatar). 
- can have touch screen if you are using a phone, iPod or Nintendo DS.
- can be stressful sometimes if you can get passed something on the game.
- can also be satisfying when actually getting past whatever the problem was. 
- must be exciting and make you want to play it.
- can have a first person shooter, when you see the gun instead of the actual shooter.

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