LA Noire developer says it’s working on a ‘AAA open world VR game’ for Rockstar

The developer behind Rockstar’s LA Noire VR Case Files has claimed it’s working on a “AAA open world” VR title for Rockstar Games.

The claim was made in a post published on Video Game Deluxe’s LinkedIn page this weekend, in which it added: “2020 marks our 7th year of working exclusively for Rockstar in Sydney and we are excited to [take] on this ground breaking project.”

Sydney, Australia-based Video Game Deluxe’s 10-person team includes Brendan McNamara, the director who led the original LA Noire game at Team Bondi, the developer which closed in 2011.

LA Noire is a neo-noir detective action-adventure game released in 2011 for PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

The game’s VR spin-off was released for PC in 2017 and follows the same plot as the original, but with a different case list and significantly shorter runtime. In 2019, LA Noire: The VR Case Files was released for PlayStation VR.

In further indication that Rockstar hadn’t forgotten the detective title, a Nintendo Switch port of LA Noire was also released in 2017.

Grand Theft Auto 6 is Rockstar’s next game but remains early in development, according to a recent report into working practices at the company.

During an earnings call this month, Take-Two president Karl Slatoff said the company currently has 93 full games currently planned for release over the next five years.

Although the company declined to confirm if the 93 upcoming titles include a new Grand Theft Auto game, it said the release schedule included games from all of the company’s publishing labels, including Rockstar.