If you're ready for another serving of video game rumors, then inside informer Surfer Girl is here to deliver. The latest batch of tidbits take a look into the similarities of EA's upcoming The Godfather 2 title with GTA 4, updates on the progress of a couple of Xbox 360 ports, and some new details regarding L.A. Noire. You can find out more about these juicy rumors in our full article.
A new batch of video game rumors has recently surfaced once again, thanks to the efforts of popular insider Surfer Girl. Today's rumors focus on some of the more mature-themed titles with mafia- and film noir-styled games taking the forefront.It seems like Electronic Arts' upcoming video game adaptation of the Godfather series will have more things in common with Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto IV than most people thought. The Godfather 2 will apparently sport the same in-depth online components that GTA 4 was supposed to have.
In other "news", Microsoft Xbox 360 fan favorites Saints Row and The Outfit were both supposed to have ports for the Nintendo Wii and the Sony PlayStation Portable, respectively. However, sometime last year, the project was dropped by Mass Media, the developer working on both titles.
Surfer Girl also spilled some information regarding the much delayed L.A. Noire title. Here are a couple of the points raised by the rumor-telling savant:
- Team Bondi's goal is to have every NPC in the city feature a distinct personality and different knowledge sets
- The game is not being funded by Sony, who dropped the title (Phil Harrison and Brendan McNamara can't stand each other, McNamara & Company's tendency to miss milestones did not help either, but had very little to do with Phil's decision), there is nothing stopping a 360 release.
- The amount of music in the primarily jazz soundtrack is "comparable to GTA."
- The detecting mechanics are described as "an analysisfest" to which reaction has been polarizing, one calling the detective elements "fatally boring" and another remarking that the mechanics are "absolutely innovative." The former dubs the game "Assassin's Creed: Noir Edition" and the latter went on about "investigating the social structure of 1947 Los Angeles."