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A shame. While I didn't particularly like L.A Noire, I could see the effort and talent put into it.
Hope the tech gets put to spectacular use, at the least.
Hope the tech gets put to spectacular use, at the least.
wow not even a year since their first big budget game and now the team is ready to be split??
too bad
too bad
I regretted preordering LA Noire after playing through it for a couple hours. It didn't help that all the bad press about working conditions came out. They should have focused a little more on new gameplay elements for the genre (how long has Phoenix Wright been out??) and less on the tech in the game.
They were founded in 2003 and it took them eight years to make one game. LA Noire is owned by Rockstar. What exactly do they have to sell besides employees?
In other news, Happy Feet 3 to take place in 1940s Los Angeles, as penguin detective Cold Phelps tries to solve an increasingly complex web of mysteries ...
Well, when you treat your employees like shit, refuse to list employees who've left in the credits, and act like fucking children to the media's questions, this is what you get. It's well-deserved to those running the place.
The downside, of course, is the harm it could do to the regular folk working there. It's good to hear that they have the choice of taking a job at the new owner.
The downside, of course, is the harm it could do to the regular folk working there. It's good to hear that they have the choice of taking a job at the new owner.
@DasPooch: Apparently, many of the people who left Team Bondi a while ago went to KMM, only to have their old boss and company follow them like Jason in Friday the 13th.
@enteringoblivion - Team Bondi wasn't "owned" by Rockstar, they were an independent studio. Rockstar was just the publisher they were working with on LA Noire. I know it's getting rarer these days, but not all "studios" are as yet owned by "publishers."
@DasPooch
I never said they were owned by Rockstar.
Rockstar owns the LA Noire IP. Team Bondi only made one game and it took them the better part of a decade to do it. They don't own LA Noire, they don't have much of a track record, and they treat their employees like shit.
Ergo, what does KMM see worth buying besides some workers?
I never said they were owned by Rockstar.
Rockstar owns the LA Noire IP. Team Bondi only made one game and it took them the better part of a decade to do it. They don't own LA Noire, they don't have much of a track record, and they treat their employees like shit.
Ergo, what does KMM see worth buying besides some workers?
business as usual. if it takes 8 years to make a glorified tech demo (still better than many games that come out), and they have no other products (can't find any on their website) i'm not surprised they can't afford to stay open.
but hopefully they will be better off at KMM and make some good games there!
but hopefully they will be better off at KMM and make some good games there!
They did The Getaway games IIRC. And a beautiful blonde from their studio was presenting it at E3 2002.
Their rise and sudden fall perfectly mimics my playing LA Noire and initially liking it, only to finish and sell the game a few short hours later.
I guess I'm sorry it took them eight years to learn the bad news.
I guess I'm sorry it took them eight years to learn the bad news.
@enteringoblivion - The studio's physical assets, like all the computers, overhead meeting projectors, server room assets, etc. Then there's all of the proprietary software assets that they have undoubtedly developed as time went by, like scripting engines for QA/testing, graphical toolsets (that many studios have developed in house, either stand-alone or as additions to existing engines), etc.
@Bobo
That being correct, it should also be noted that many if not all of the founders of Bondi were from Team Soho.
That being correct, it should also be noted that many if not all of the founders of Bondi were from Team Soho.
I like how in the video game industry you can come out with a successful game and still fold a few months later
so no LA Noire 2 then?
so no LA Noire 2 then?
Is it cool to hate LA Noire now? It wasn't the best game ever, but it was hardly a shitty game. Duke Nukem Forever was a shitty game.
I'm just disappointed that it's another Aussie game dev down the tubes.
I'm just disappointed that it's another Aussie game dev down the tubes.
If LA Noire actually had a nice conclusion and a DLC model that wasn't total bullshit, I'd have cared more. I feel sorry for the developers who slaved on this and got nothing.
@Paul Stone: I dunno about now, but I hated it as soon as I realized that the game was they same boring mission structure over and over.
If it is cool to hate it now, good! Maybe people are getting smarter.
If it is cool to hate it now, good! Maybe people are getting smarter.
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