Amongst the overwhelming piles of junk that promise things only to stumble through Steam Early Access and fail to deliver, LA Cops is a sparkling rarity. Its gameplay is already solid, addictive and a stupid amount of fun, it updates regularly with new gameplay features and levels (as promised) and the 70s styling and storied cutscenes that fill in the gaps are a genuine breath of fresh air. Originally touted as a top down shooter to join Hotline Miami, LA Cops has proved that it’s far more than that and is coming along nicely ahead of its full release later this year. But, as has now been announced, LA Cops won’t just be coming to PC, it will also be released on PS4 and Xbox One too.

LA Cops: Soon Serving Justice on Consoles

Why is LA Cops coming to consoles? There’s no official explanation other than it’s part of developer Modern Dream’s admittance to the Indie Partnership Program at Team17. Team17 will be publishing the title on all three platforms – PC, PS4 and Xbox One – and we should probably be thanking them for it because the game’s really very good.

If you’re out of the loop then my preview from last month should clue you in but in short, LA Cops puts you in control of two police officers at any one time with you using sheer firepower, intelligent tactics and an XP/upgrade system to shoot or arrest the bad guys into submission.

Ollie Clarke, Director at Modern Dream, adds,

“We’re thrilled to be working with Team17 to bring LA Cops to multiple major gaming platforms. Their vast industry experience, professional attitude and hard work ethic matched with a determination to succeed makes them the best partner we could hope to have for LA Cops. We’ve been playing Team17 games for as long as we can remember and it’s a privilege to be a part of the story.”

Meanwhile, Debbie Bestwick, Team17’s Managing says that they only invite the best games and teams to join their program and inviting Modern Dream and LA Cops to join them was “as easy decision” which is some high praise that bodes well.

Admittedly though, for as much as I loved the game, I did have a few controller based gripes with it. Sometimes the viewpoint of my character wasn’t precise enough when I used the analogue sticks on my controller (an Xbox 360 controller for PC) and bullets would just whizz right past enemies, forcing me to correct it with the mouse touchpad on my laptop, which was a bit fussy. I suspect touchpad integration could be worked out on a PS4 controller though, while the Xbox One control system would take a bit of tweaking. All good news though!

LA Cops will be “coming soon to console and PC as a full release” but you can buy the Steam Early Access version now for £8.99/$11.99/9,99 €.