Four different L.A. Noire pre-order bonuses detailed

Rockstar has announced four different pre-order deals for May’s L.A. Noire. Gamers will have to choose between pre-ordering at GAME, Amazon, Play and Zavvi, deciding between four different bonuses.

Game Pre-order bonuses

The Naked City’ Vice Case

In this bonus case from L.A. Noire’s Vice Desk, detective Cole Phelps investigates the supposed suicide of a stunning fashion model. Can you help Cole unravel the truth in a city blighted by drugs, corruption and greed, where the death of a beautiful woman is never as straightforward as it seems?

The Badge Pursuit Challenge

Hidden around L.A. Noire’s beautiful recreation of 1947 Los Angeles are 20 police badges to find and collect. If you can find all 20 of these badges, the dapper Button Man suit will be unlocked which provides extra ammo for all weapons. Each badge also provides 5 additional XP which will help further unlock Intuition Points – special credits that can be used to give Phelps a key investigative insight when you need it most.

Amazon Pre-order bonus

‘The Broderick’ Detective Suit

This unlockable detective suit boosts your fist-fighting capabilities and resilience to damage. Throughout L.A. Noire while working cases, you’ll encounter quite a few suspects and persons of interest who prove to be resistant to arrest. Your hand-to-hand fighting skills will be called into action on these cases – the Broderick suit with its enhanced fighting abilities may be that edge in helping make that collar.

Play Pre-order bonus

A Slip of the Tongue’ Traffic Case

“A Slip of the Tongue” is a bonus case from the Traffic Desk in which a seemingly run of the mill car theft ends up sparking an explosive investigation into the largest auto fraud racket the city has ever seen. With the stolen cars piling up and questionable characters at every turn, can you help Cole Phelps crack the biggest case so far in his career?

Zavvi Pre-order bonus

‘The Sharpshooter’ Detective Suit

The Sharpshooter unlockable detective suit enhances your aim with rifles and pistols. Always a worst case scenario for any detective working a case, there are of course those occasions for Cole Phelps when pursuing a suspect escalates to gunfire. In these tense shootouts, the Sharpshooter suit provides that extra aiming precision to take the criminal down.

L.A. Noire is due for release on Xbox 360 and PS3 on May 20.

We understand that publishers need to incentivise pre-orders, but having four different offers spread over four retailers presents a slight problem for consumers. Which one do you buy? Our money is on the GAME offer, which includes a bonus case and a challenge that unlocks a stat-boosting suit. Whatever you end up buying, the other pre-order bonuses will likely appear as paid DLC at some point post release.