The development team found influence from the plot and aesthetic elements of film noir-stylistic films made popular in the 1940s and 1950s that share similar visual styles and themes, including crime and moral ambiguity-along with drawing inspiration from real-life crimes of the time for its in-game cases. The working hours and managerial style of the studio was met with public complaints from staff members, and Team Bondi closed shortly after the game's initial release.

The game was delayed numerous times through its seven-year development, which included a change of publisher and platforms. Noire began in 2004, shortly after the founding of Team Bondi, and was shared between the multiple Rockstar studios around the world. The game uses licensed music provided by an in-game radio, and features an original score. Noire also contains elements found in action-adventure games, such as side missions and a branching storyline. It is played through a third-person perspective. The story is centred on the case sequences, and many missions involve shooting and driving gameplay. The open-world design lets players freely roam Los Angeles's open landscape, and its world is navigated on foot or by vehicle. Players must investigate crime scenes for clues, follow up leads, and interrogate suspects the player's success at these activities will impact how much of each case's story is revealed. Set within Los Angeles in 1947, the game follows the story of Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) detective Cole Phelps, who solves a range of cases across five divisions, but soon finds his personal life falling into a turmoil when he becomes involved in a particular case that ties into his past as a member of the US Marine Corps during World War II the storyline also briefly follows Jack Kelso, a former member of Phelps' unit in the war. It was released in May 2011 for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, in November 2011 for Microsoft Windows, and in November 2017 for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. Noire is a neo-noir detective action-adventure video game developed by Team Bondi and published by Rockstar Games.

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