There are a few great signs that something is actually vaporware. The most prominent sign is usually a game never actually having a release date, but always being hinted at as being released sometime within the next year. That’s one check forL.A. Noireas we’ve been putting it onmost anticipated listssince its announcement wayback in 2006. The Rockstar published/Team Bondi developed game also lacks a confirmed console (though it is rumored as a PS3 exclusive), which is yet another sign of vaporware, by the way. So that’s two strikes.
Another strong sign of vaporware is after three years of development a game hasn’t shown off any gameplay, but concept art keeps cropping up. Oh, and here we have strike three forL.A. Noire.Superannuationhas discovered somepretty cool looking concept artforL.A. Noire. It looks nice, but you know what it isn’t? It isn’t proof that a game exists and thus, and I know this is a bold move, I declareL.A. Noirethe newDuke Nukem. Nice art though, really.
