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Multiple reports suggests the development group formerly known as Team Bondi has been let go after the LA Noire studio was unable to find a publisher for new project Whore of the Orient.

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L.A. Noire developer Team Bondi used state-of-the-art facial tech provided by Australian company Depth Analysis. The firm has released a blooper reel feature many scenes from the game. It’s really odd to see in-game characters sneezing and messing up their lines. Watch it below.

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Whore of the Orient, the new game from the team behind L.A. Noire, is apparently expected in 2015.

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Whore of the Orient is the next game from LA Noire developer Team Bondi. It’s heading to next-gen consoles. The team has also revealed the game’s first screenshot.

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The usual midweek Steam bargain is a pretty sweet deal this time; grab Team Bondi’s detective epic for just $15.

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Team Bondi founder Brendan McNamara said L.A. Noire’s ambitious scale and proprietary tech blew development out to seven years.

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“It was a long, painful process, but making games is like making films in that it’s a marathon, not a sprint – and some people come into the process not knowing that – I’d love to spend more time at home with my family and kids. We run things differently now – we have flexi-hours, for example. But everybody has their view on who’s the worst boss in the world, and maybe that’s me. I’ve read some amazing things about Steve Jobs in his biography, and I’ve never seen him get as vilified any way as much as I have. Sam Peckinpah [’70s film director] fired [plenty of] people off one movie, and nobody said a thing. Werner Herzog pulled a gun on Klaus Kinski to get him to finish a movie! Obviously I don’t compare myself to any of those people…” – Team Bondi boss Brendan McNamara to OPM.

Sony’s confirmed a download version of LA Noire will release this week. The Team Bondi investigative thriller, which launched in May this year at retail from Rockstar, will release as part of the PS Store’s content drop in the US tomorrow and in Europe on Wednesday.

Kennedy Miller Mitchell Interactive will develop Brendan McNamara’s next game, Whore of the Orient.

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Former Team Bondi boss Brendan McNamara has defending the studio’s crunch time during L.A. Noire’s development, and believes if there was a “smarter way of doing it” all developers should “do it a smarter way.”

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Just a friendly reminder to those planning on picking up The Complete Edition of LA Noire on PC, that it is now available for purchase in stores, on Steam and through OnLive. In addition to the original full game, the crime-noire comes with a multi-use code to access all downloadable add-ons and cases. This includes all previously released DLC from the console versions, including: the Nicholson Electroplating Arson case, Reefer Madness Vice case, The Consul’s Car Traffic case, The Naked City Vice case and A Slip of the Tongue Traffic case. The game also features support for NVIDIA 3D Vision. In case you missed the PC specs when the collection was announced, you can view those below. The console version will release on November 15. Watch the launch trailer below as well.

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The cost of the PC version of LA Noire on the Australian Steam portal has suddenly inflated.

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Rockstar has announced the L.A. Noire: The Complete Edition will launch for consoles in North America on November 15 and internationally on November 18. It comes with a multi-use code to access all downloadable add-ons and cases. This includes all previously released DLC from the console versions, including the Nicholson Electroplating Arson case, the Reefer Madness Vice case, the Consul’s Car Traffic case, the Naked City Vice case, A Slip of the Tongue Traffic case, and all weapons and outfits released to date. It will run you $49.99/€49.99/£39.99. The PC version lands in stores November 8 in NA and November 11 in Europe on PC, Steam and OnLive.

According to an Edge report, staff at Team Bondi were owed as much as $1 million.

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It looks as though Team Bondi is set to close its doors, according to documents filed today with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission today.

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Distributor listings suggest a Game of the Year edition of L.A. Noire may drop sooner than expected.

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Sydney-based L.A. Noire developer Team Bondi is said to be in dire financial straits.

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QuakeCon’s passed, and Gamescom lies ahead. You’re in the eye of the news storm. Frightened? Don’t be. The Weekly Wrap is here to tell you what it all means. And give you a hug. If you want one.

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Assets and IPs belonging to Team Bondi has been sold off, according to Develop.

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According to a post over on NeoGAF, Team Bondi are bankrupt, and studio head Brendan McNamara along with current staff members will be folded into KMM. This new rumor comes on the heals of yesterday’s report that Mcnamara was spotted walking about the KMM studios, and that a deal was in the works for it to purchase the embattled Australian development house. The GAF post also states that Depth Analysis, the company which owns the facial tech used in L.A. Noire, are also in a spot of financial trouble, after making “little to no money,” off the game. We’ll have Brenna send a mail since she is Down Under.