Rockstars Troubled Relationship With Team Bondi

Following the explosive comments from last month's allegations over brutal working conditions at Team Bondi, and particularly under L.A. Noire writer and director Brendan McNamara's controversial management style, two former Bondi staffs voiced their say and it became rather apparent that Rockstar will not publish Bondi's next game anymore.

According to the duo, the relationship of Rockstar Games and Team Bondi has reached such a low point during the course of working together in the creation of L.A. Noire that it now has "disdain" for the Australian developer.

"I’ve heard a lot about Rockstar’s disdain for Team Bondi, and it has been made quite clear that they will not publish Team Bondi’s next game. Team Bondi are trying to find another publisher for their next title, but the relationship with Rockstar has been badly damaged – Brendan treats L.A. Noire like a success due to his vision but I think Rockstar are the ones who saved the project. They continued to sink money into L.A. Noire, and their marketing was fantastic. Without their continued support, Team Bondi would have gone under several years ago."

Continuing:

"It's also worth pointing out that Rockstar used to be very keen on making Team Bondi something like 'Rockstar Sydney' - the more they worked with Team Bondi management, the more they came to understand that this was a terrible idea." 

This revelation certainly exposed the true nature of the troubled relationship between the two companies and the future of Bondi is rather...erm...uncertain right now, what do you think?

Source: Eurogamer

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