Three months after releasing L.A. Noire, Sydney-based developer Team Bondi was placed into administration, according to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission. A process that aids insolvent companies with ongoing debts, Bondi’s payments are being handled by the accounting firm de Vries Tayeh. Reports have already claimed that at least some of the company’s assets […]
Develop has reported on a recent choice given to the employees over at Team Bondi. All staff have reportedly been given the opportunity to either receive a severance package, or transfer over to a similar position at the Sydney-based Kennedy Miller Mitchell Studios. KMM picked up Bondi’s remaining assets and game IP, which does not […]
According to a report out of GameIndustry.biz (registration required), Team Bondi has packed up shop and moved to ally itself with fellow Sydney-based production company Dr. D Studios. Rumors surrounding the move suggest that Rockstar’s disowning of the studio left it with little friends in the game industry, leaving it to go into film work […]
The revolutionary facial capture system of MotionScan, first used in L.A. Noire, could be coming to the next Grand Theft Auto. Brendan McNamara, controversial head of the Team Bondi studio, confirmed Rockstar’s interest in the technology in an interview with PSM3 (via CVG).