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According to Develop, Game IP and other remaining assets owned by L.A. Noire Developer Team Bondi may have been sold off to Kennedy Miller Mitchell, a Sydney based production studio. Bondi has been under the microscope lately as news of their harsh working conditions while developing L.A. Noire made their way across the Internet. KMM works across a variety of media, including games, and according to Develop, all of the staff from Team Bondi were given the choice of a job at KMM or severance pay.
- NEWSL.A. Noire Developer Team Bondi Under Investigation After Employees Claim Being Severely Overworked
There are rumors that Team Bondi went bankrupt, or that KMM simply just bought the studio. No official documents have been made available to the public, but the word on the street is Brendan McNamara will be joining KMM too. Many of the complaints filed against Team Bondi had to do with McNamara's unrelenting crunch demands, so I'm sure many of the staff will not be too pleased about this.
Regardless, all of the promised bonus money from the successful L.A. Noire sales are probably gone, and none of those hard working developers will get a cut of it.
Develop states that Rockstar Games still owns the L.A. Noire IP and has not been affected by the sale. For those PC gamers who still want to get their hands on L.A. Noire, don't worry, as Rockstar Leeds is still working on that version of the crime solving game.
What do you think about the seeming downfall of Team Bondi?
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ListenUp
People should understand, LA Noire wasn't just a Team Bondi game. The relationship between Team Bondi and Rockstar wasn't the same as a traditional relationship between developer and publisher. From what I've read(and I can't wait for more details) Rockstar saved that game. It even felt like a game developed by Rockstar.
DBoy87
LMFAO.... Seriously??? Your over worked on a video game. Dude someone get these girls a tissue. I would take working 15 hours a day on a video game oppose to physical labor for 15 hours.
P.I.JohnnyWadd
Fock!, another great developers out of a job and unhappy for their hard earned work, DEJA %$#^& VU! all over again (Zampella story anyone?)
So!, what's the big deal out of all this?: Good and talented developer teams are going to be extinct soon!...lol all you get will be shooters, and Kotick still serving you a S#^* sandvich (tf2 reference).
I mean, it's a common thing now, good developer teams are given the finger after the product is out, then sold or bankrupt, dispersing the talent behind it all, who made and put passion into the game for it's success after all.
There is no limits to what can happen to any devs no matter their rank/game success.
Name who's next?.......
permanent_nirvana
This is just a case of bad business practices. I am kind of curious as to why Rockstar would not make an offer to buy the company.
FuzzofPekinopolis
So who owns the proprietary hardware/software that allowed them to create the visual style in this game? I think that should be the bigger question.
And unless Rockstar wasn't paying up, how could they have gone bankrupt?
Truth is in the details, and I look forward to the details coming out.
top8cat
I'm pretty sure that when people signed up to talk out on the LA Noir development cycle, they weren't expecting to be out of a job due to bankruptcy. Bad news followed by bad, Hopefully most of them can find a position in KMM(if true). At least under another company they can see to it that they get better working conditions(hopefully)
BONERJAM
I liked L.A. Noire but in no way was it in the Top Five of any year let alone Top Three.
DigitalGibs
Something better always comes out of the ashes of stories like these.
yogi_bear_rules
how would team bondi go bankrupt? l.a noire had to be in the top 3 best games of 2010.(it was 2010 when the game released right?)
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