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 Posted: Wed, 9th Nov 2011 23:42 Post subject: Whore of the Orient [Dead] |
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http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-11-09-brendan-mcnamara-is-making-the-video-game-of-the-greatest-untold-story-of-the-20th-century
No publisher attached, yet. He's writing it. It'll "hopefully" use full body motion capture if I understood correctly. Details in the coming weeks, since he's hopeful a publisher will pick it up by then.
| Quote: | Brendan McNamara, founder of now shuttered developer Team Bondi and writer and director of L.A. Noire, is making the video game of what he describes as "the greatest untold story of the 20th Century".
Speaking to Eurogamer at the Bradford Animation Festival 2011 in the University of Bradford, the controversial developer said he hopes to be able to talk about the game in a few weeks' time.
"It's pretty interesting," he said. "It's one of the great untold stories of the twentieth century. So I think it'll be good."
Team Bondi, which closed recently following the release of the Rockstar produced L.A. Noire, was an Australian developer based in Sydney.
The studio's reputation was irrevocably harmed amid allegations of unfair working practices, despite the critical success of L.A. Noire. Team Bondi's assets and most of the staff went to KMM, a production company set-up by Mad Max maker George Miller. Rockstar retained the L.A. Noire IP.
McNamara, however, is a free agent, and has spent his time writing a new video game - one that has a number of publishers interested.
"I learnt a tonne of things from doing L.A. Noire which will hopefully play into what we do next," he told Eurogamer.
"A lot of people who were working on L.A. Noire have gone across to KMM, some of them to be working on some of the film projects. A lot of the art and animation guys went across. Some of the people have gone to work in different Rockstar studios. I'm personally just writing some new stuff now, which I've been pitching around for the last couple of weeks. Hopefully I'll have something to announce on that pretty soon.
"There are a few people interested, yeah," he said. "I've still got to do the paperwork."
McNamara wouldn't go into detail on his next game, but did tell Eurogamer it is of a similar scale to L.A. Noire, in that it is a big budget console game.
"We think the evolution from The Getaway to L.A. Noire and learning the lessons we did on the way, and some of the stuff about emerging storytelling, is definitely an avenue to pursue."
L.A. Noire used MotionScan to recreate realistic character faces. It is a tech owned by Depth Analysis, an Australian company McNamara still has a vested interest in and, crucially, access to.
"I own some of the shares, and some other people own some of the shares. It's a limited company, and there are some other investors in that, too.
"Hopefully towards the end of that we'll have the full body stuff up and running. That could be pretty interesting, too." |
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Guyver
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| Posted: Wed, 9th Nov 2011 23:55 Post subject: |
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the story will tell about my pain to run their shitty porting with my actual rig. 
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| Posted: Thu, 10th Nov 2011 00:00 Post subject: |
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Guyver
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| Posted: Thu, 10th Nov 2011 00:08 Post subject: |
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| consolitis wrote: | | Guyver wrote: | | the story will tell about my pain to run their shitty porting with my actual rig. |
They didn't do the PC port.  |
but LA NOIRE its their game.  |
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ixigia
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| Posted: Thu, 10th Nov 2011 01:47 Post subject: |
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I'm liking LA Noire and the idea behind this new project seems to be good so why not, hope they manage to find a (very brave) publisher soon.
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| Posted: Mon, 28th Nov 2011 12:41 Post subject: |
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It's called Whore of the Orient.
http://www.vg247.com/2011/11/28/report-l-a-noire-creators-next-game-is-whore-of-the-orient/
| Quote: | In an article in the Financial Review, film maker George Miller revealed he has acquired the rights to the new project, titled Whore of the Orient. The phrase “whore of the Orient, Paris of the East” has been used to describe the city of Shanghai, the largest city in China.
According to co-founder Doug Mitchell, Kennedy Miller Mitchell Interactive is staffed by “not only the Krome team but Team Bondi’s last standing warriors”, snapped up when both studios shuttered.
The studio is a spin-off to long-time collaborators Mitchell and Miller’s film production company, Dr D Studios, which produced Happy Feet and is working on its sequel.
“Team Bondi immediately went to work on Happy Feet Two. People can move from a game to a movie and be completely at home, because it’s the same skills, process – the same game,” Miller said of the development staff’s recent activity. |
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| Posted: Mon, 28th Nov 2011 12:43 Post subject: |
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Damn you consolitis. I was expecting full body motion captured CGI porn.
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tonizito
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| Shocktrooper wrote: | That's really, really sad  |
Not for his subordinates I'd say 
Well, losing your source of income might be a little bothersome 
| boundle (thoughts on cracking AITD) wrote: | | i guess thouth if without a legit key the installation was rolling back we are all fucking then |
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chiv
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| Posted: Thu, 18th Apr 2013 19:57 Post subject: |
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| consolitis wrote: | | Quote: | | "I learnt a tonne of things from doing L.A. Noire which will hopefully play into what we do next," he told Eurogamer. |
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i hope one of the things he learned was how not to cap his fucking game at 30 fps?
edit: just read last posts... guess it doesnt matter any more, lol |
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| Posted: Thu, 18th Apr 2013 20:36 Post subject: |
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| chiv wrote: | | consolitis wrote: | | Quote: | | "I learnt a tonne of things from doing L.A. Noire which will hopefully play into what we do next," he told Eurogamer. |
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i hope one of the things he learned was how not to cap his fucking game at 30 fps?
edit: just read last posts... guess it doesnt matter any more, lol |
All console games are capped.
inb4 "I was talking about PC". Team Bondi didn't make the PC version.
TWIN PEAKS is "something of a miracle."
"...like nothing else on television."
"a phenomenon."
"A tangled tale of sex, violence, power, junk food..."
"Like Nothing On Earth"
~ WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO SAY CAN ONLY BE SEEN ~
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHTUOgYNRzY |
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| Posted: Thu, 18th Apr 2013 21:54 Post subject: |
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| Posted: Thu, 18th Apr 2013 23:40 Post subject: |
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full body mo-cap alone will cost more than most games on kickstarter
this would have been a high-risk, high-budget game and currently its the wrong time for that it seems
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ixigia
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| Posted: Fri, 19th Apr 2013 00:12 Post subject: |
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Sad news 
I'm not even surprised judging by the comments there:
| Quote: | | After playing LA Noire…. I wouldn’t touch anything these guys make. |
| Quote: | | LA Noire was crap or a huge pile of mess. Nothing more to add. |
| Quote: | | L.A Noire is the most BOOOOZzZzZzRING game ever made! They shut down after the game went multiplat, why would have happened if it were a PS3 exclusive! |
the gaem needs more Instinct and action with QTEs, less boring dialogues and more gameplay ffs!  
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| Posted: Fri, 19th Apr 2013 06:07 Post subject: |
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| ixigia wrote: | Sad news
I'm not even surprised judging by the comments there:
| Quote: | | After playing LA Noire…. I wouldn’t touch anything these guys make. |
| Quote: | | LA Noire was crap or a huge pile of mess. Nothing more to add. |
| Quote: | | L.A Noire is the most BOOOOZzZzZzRING game ever made! They shut down after the game went multiplat, why would have happened if it were a PS3 exclusive! |
the gaem needs more Instinct and action with QTEs, less boring dialogues and more gameplay ffs! |
well for once i will say they are right
Noir was a broken ass game with no LOSE situation , you could fuck up your investigation, get no stars ,and still progress and get a promotion to Vice/Arsen/etc now thats fucking RETARDED
and to add more RAGE on this title , one case was made so your FORCED to accuse a wrong person ... if you get all stars or no stars at all it did not matter , you still get the info that this person was innocent after few cases ... LA NOIR was A SCRIPTED adventure that had no lose situations with broken controls and awful inventory inspection screen ... the thing was it was build like a sandbox game thats why it failed in the mass market , people wanted MAFIA/GTA like game... not a scripted boring game that FORCED ON YOU the main aspect OF THIS GAME THAT was CONVERSATIONS and guessing from his face mimics if he/she told the truth [ if would been a fun game IF THOSE conversations mattered but if you could still win this game with zero star rating then all those things that made this game unique made you ask yourself "WHY??? I AM FORCE TO DO IT when I STILL WIN IF I FAIL ????"] ... same could been said about ALPHA PROTOCOL a RPG about spies that was build like a TPS , people buying it tough it was a shooter like MASS EFFECT but they got a RPG with a dice battle system , in it a head shot does not count as one if you use D20 RPG pen and paper RPG style rules
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Team Bondi alums form new studio
| Quote: | | L.A. Noire design lead and storyboard artist heading up Intuitive Game Studios in Sydney. |
| Quote: | | The future of Team Bondi and new game Whore of the Orient remain unclear. The project is reportedly on hold after a round of layoffs at the studio. |
http://www.gamespot.com/news/team-bondi-alums-form-new-studio-6408956
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| Quote: | L.A. Noire's Team Bondi gets funding for its new crime-drama, Whore of the Orient.
Shortly after launching the critically acclaimed crime adventure L.A. Noire, developers Team Bondi succumbed to the game's tumultuous seven-year development cycle and shut down. However, Australian production firm KMM quickly snapped them up and set them back to work. Back in 2011, they announced their next game, entitled Whore of the Orient, but since then have been silent, except for the occasional layoff. After months of uncertainty, the team has secured $200k in funds from the Australian government to get it back on track.
Last August, Team Bondi revealed a bit more about its upcoming game and the odd title. Set in a 1936 Shanghai, the "Paris of the East", turmoil erupts as China deals with Western influences and new new political forces, while police try to keep the peace. While no details have been released on the actual gameplay, the single screenshot hints at a similarly gritty tone to the studio's previous works.
The funding comes courtesy of the Australian government's Screen NSW program, which funds creative and economic development in New South Wales. Intuitive Games also received money from Screen NSW, a new studio founded by two former Team Bondi developers after they were laid off.
Whore of the Orient is being published by Warner Bros. Interactive and will launch on PCs and next-generation consoles. No release date has been announced.
Source: Polygon
Read more at http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/125290-Whore-of-the-Orient-Devs-Score-200k-From-Aussie-Govt#DhZx3uz5pBY8BE7B.99 |
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/125290-Whore-of-the-Orient-Devs-Score-200k-From-Aussie-Govt
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| Posted: Sat, 22nd Jun 2013 09:17 Post subject: |
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maybe it will attract private investors now
but yeah
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| Posted: Sat, 22nd Jun 2013 09:54 Post subject: |
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| Interinactive wrote: | | I doubt 200k will go very far |
It does provide them enough money to create a showcase demo or something that could help in funding 
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| Posted: Sat, 22nd Jun 2013 13:15 Post subject: |
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| no9999 wrote: | | Kickstarter ? |
Kickstarter for a game that would most likely need a minimum of 10 million $?
Highly doubt that would work out
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