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Rockstar has confirmed to Kotaku that L.A. Noire on the Xbox 360 will span three discs versus one single layer (25GB) Blu-ray disc on PlayStation 3.

"L.A. Noire was always going to be a massive game, from the size and detail of the world to the length of the cases, and of course, the sheer amount of MotionScan data required for the faces of over 400 actors in-game," Jeronimo Barrera of Rockstart told the site. "To tell the story and make the game we wanted to make, we knew that it was going to take an entire single layer Blu-ray disc and three Xbox discs."

Some players may consider disc swapping to break the mood of a game, however Barrera was quick to reassure, "Since the game is built around the concept of progressing through individual cases from desk to desk, players on Xbox will find disc-swapping is hassle-free. In fact, players will only need to swap discs twice at natural breaks between cases without interrupting the flow of the game."

Even more content is set to come for the game in the form of DLC with missions that were trimmed from the main game. "Throughout development, we created lots of great cases, the bulk of which were central to the main story of Cole Phelps and his rise through the ranks of the LAPD, alongside other cases that felt more like strong stand-alone episodes," Barrera said. "This gave us a powerful main story, and left us with quality extra content that we wanted to put out as DLC, that would slot seamlessly into the existing game."

L.A. Noire launches on PS3 and 360 on May 20th.

 

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