James Noir's Hollywood Crimes

A brand new intellectual property developed exclusively for the Nintendo 3DS, James Noir's Hollywood Crimes makes the player the main character in a mind-twisting puzzle adventure taking place in an…

1 November 2011

Puzzle

James Noir's Hollywood Crimes is a puzzle developed by Ubisoft Montreal, released 1 November 2011 on Nintendo 3DS and iOS.

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What James Noir's Hollywood Crimes is

James Noir's Hollywood Crimes is a puzzle game developed by Ubisoft Montreal and released in 2011. It was published by Ubisoft Entertainment. It is available on Nintendo 3DS and iOS.

The premise, in the publisher's words

A brand new intellectual property developed exclusively for the Nintendo 3DS, James Noir's Hollywood Crimes makes the player the main character in a mind-twisting puzzle adventure taking place in an interactive 3D world, with 150 puzzles and mind games to solve.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

James Noir's Hollywood Crimes launched on 1 November 2011, within three weeks of Batman: Arkham City, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception and Minecraft: Java Edition.

Released around the same time: Batman: Arkham City, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception, Minecraft: Java Edition.