RockStar Games’ og Team Bondis L.A. Noire vækker opsigt og ikke bare i spilbranchen. Take-Two Interactive gør os nu opmærksomme på, at spillet vil en del af “Official Selection” på den kommende Tribeca filmfestival. Spillet har jo også en længere række af kendte skuespillere med på rollelisten og er L.A. Noire vil helt sikkert være med til at udvande grænserne mellem film og “inaktiv underholdning”. L.A. Noire vil være på gaden den 20. maj til PlayStation 3 og Xbox 360.

New York, NY – March 29, 2011 – Rockstar Games, a publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO), and Team Bondi Pty. Ltd. are excited to announce that L.A. Noire has been honored as an Official Selection at the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival. The selection marks the first time ever that a video game has been recognized by the festival.

“We’re thrilled that L.A. Noire is being recognized by the Tribeca Film Festival in this way,” said Sam Houser, Founder of Rockstar Games. “It’s a real honor, and another step forward for interactive entertainment.”

Rockstar Games will also present an exclusive preview of L.A. Noire as part of the Tribeca Talks series, taking place on April 25, 2011. The presentation will feature a live interactive screening of a case from L.A. Noire, followed by a Q&A exploring the crossover between filmmaking and interactive entertainment. The Q&A will focus on the making of L.A. Noire, the technology behind it, and story and action in this medium, and will be moderated by Geoff Gilmore, Tribeca Enterprises’ Chief Creative Officer.

“What Rockstar and Team Bondi have accomplished with L.A. Noire is nothing less than groundbreaking,” added Gilmore. “It’s an invention of a new realm of storytelling that is part cinema, part gaming, and a whole new realm of narrative expression, interactivity, and immersion. We are poised on the edge of a new frontier.”