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Thu, Aug 04, 2011 | 05:53 BST

Rumour – Team Bondi to join Dr D Studios

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Kotaku is citing sources inside Sydney film studios suggesting a possible acquisition of LA Noire developer Team Bondi.

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Wed, Jul 27, 2011 | 19:09 BST

McNamara: Rockstar were “brave enough to take the risk” with L.A. Noire

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Team Bondi head Brendan McNamara has said that when it came to publishing L.A. Noire, no other studio was willing to take a risk on the game other than Take Two’s Rockstar.

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Tue, Jul 26, 2011 | 15:09 BST

Splash Damage: Crunch time “inevitable”, but “respect for staff” is key

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Paul Wedgwood, CEO of Brink developer Splash Damage, has told Edge that whilst the crunch period during development is all but inevitable, the key to a healthy studio is to do as much advanced planning as possible.

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Fri, Jul 22, 2011 | 11:38 BST

Team Bondi: Cut LA Noire content wouldn’t fit one Blu-ray

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Team Bondi boss Brendan McNamara has said that cut content from LA Noire wouldn’t have been able to fit on a single Blu-ray.

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Thu, Jul 21, 2011 | 15:18 BST

Bondi’s McNamara: Rockstar “looking at” MotionScan for upcoming games

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Boom. Team Bondi boss Brendan McNamara has claimed that Rockstar is currently looking at LA Noire’s famous facial technology MotionScan for its future batch of titles, including Grand Theft Auto V.

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Thu, Jul 14, 2011 | 21:32 BST

Heironymus: Some ex-staffers who left years ago “want to see Team Bondi destroyed”

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Dave Heironymus, lead gameplay programmer at Team Bondi, has posted an open letter regarding the development of L.A. Noire over on Gamasutra where he states that some of the comments and stories regarding the slave-drive mentality at the firm which have come out lately, are from people who want “to see Team Bondi destroyed.”

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Sat, Jul 09, 2011 | 12:05 BST

The Weekly Wrap – Rockstar boots Bondi, Burnout goes downloadable

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BioWare’s thinking about showing Tali’s face in ME3. We hope she pulls off her mask, revealing a Master Chief helmet. “ Let’s finish the fight,” she’ll say. Just like you’ve finished another week. And you didn’t think we could tie all of this together.

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Thu, Jul 07, 2011 | 17:01 BST

Final LA Noire DLC gets trailered

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Despite all the Team Bondi drama from earlier this week, Rockstar’s released the first trailer for Reefer Madness, the final DLC for LA Noire. The content, a Vice mission, sees Phelps and Earle in “one of the city’s biggest narcotics rings.” You can get the video below. It’ll cost you 320 MS points/£3.19 on PSN if buying separately on Wednesday. For those with the Rockstar Pass, it’s free.

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Wed, Jul 06, 2011 | 16:25 BST

Where There’s Smoke: Team Bondi’s Sydney “sweat shop”

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Everyone’s talking about Team Bondi, but is the Sydney studio just one of a growing number of developers bedevilled by harsh working conditions?

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Tue, Jul 05, 2011 | 13:49 BST

Report – Rockstar “will not publish” next Bondi project

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“Disdain” for LA Noire developer Team Bondi on the game’s development from publisher Rockstar means it won’t publish the Sydney studio’s next game, a wide-ranging expose on GI.biz is reporting.

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Tue, Jun 28, 2011 | 13:27 BST

IGDA to investigate Team Bondi crunch policy

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The International Game Developers Association has said it’ll investigate claims over LA Noire developer Team Bondi’s crunch work policy.

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Sat, Jun 25, 2011 | 20:17 BST

Team Bondi feature describes reported working conditions during L.A. Noire development

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IGN has an excellent feature posted on the trials and tribulations Team Bondi went through to get L.A Noire out the door, and it also brings more to light regarding the reported issues surrounding the departure of frustrated staff.

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Thu, Jun 23, 2011 | 17:33 BST

LA Noire to launch on PC this fall with bumped visuals

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Rockstar’s announced a PC version of LA Noire, confirming it’ll release this fall after the console versions shipped 4 million units to date.

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Tue, Jun 21, 2011 | 18:37 BST

“PS3 wasn’t really something that existed,” when Team Bondi started work on L.A. Noire

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Team Bondi’s technical director, Franta Fulin, has said development on L.A. Noire took quite a while because when the team first started on it, PS3 “wan’t really something that existed,” yet.

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Tue, Jun 21, 2011 | 15:26 BST

PSA: L.A. Noire DLC Nicholson Electroplating now available

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Rockstar has released the L.A. Noire DLC case Nicholson Electroplating for PSN and XBL.

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Tue, Jun 21, 2011 | 07:36 BST

Uncredited L.A. Noire staff describe Team Bondi crunch conditions

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Further to claims of over 100 missing staff credits for L.A. Noire, an alleged inside source has described crunched conditions at Team Bondi which led to the departure of frustrated staff.

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Fri, Jun 17, 2011 | 21:34 BST

More Friday Shorts: L.A. Noire, Lucius, Apogee, Rock Band 3

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It’s Friday. Read these shorts before you go out on the town.

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Thu, Jun 16, 2011 | 17:49 BST

Trailer for L.A. Noire DLC Nicholson Electroplating released

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Rockstar has released a new trailer for the upcoming L.A. Noire DLC case, “Nicholson Electroplating”, along with some interesting facts on it.

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Wed, Jun 15, 2011 | 14:29 BST

Rockstar Pass discount extended into next week

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Rockstar’s announced that it’s extended the discount for its Rockstar Pass into next week. The deal will enable users who haven’t done so to buy the pass, which will allow you to download DLC of LA Noire for free instead of buying them separately without the pass, for a discounted price of $9.99 or 800 MS points. After this week, it’ll cost $12/960 MS points.

Mon, Jun 13, 2011 | 14:38 BST

Report – UK games retail sees YoY decrease in May despite LA Noire launch

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UK games retail went into a YoY decrease tailspin for the month of May despite the launch of Rockstar’s LA Noire, a report from MCV is claiming.

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