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    Team Bondi was an independent studio formed by former Sony Affiliated Team Soho Studio. The company closed down in October 2011 following bad press over working conditions.

    Director George Miller Collaborating With Reformed Team Bondi

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    #51  Edited By PandaBear

    @vinsanityv22 said:

    Okay, it's not cool that George Miller wrestled away Mad Max: Fury Road from Avalanche. I'd rather see a Mad Max game from the developers of Just Cause 2 than the developers of LA Noire and the Wii/PS2 version of the Force Unleashed 1.

    Secondly, good for Australia that KMM decided to pick up ex-Bondi team members and ex-Krome staffers. I'm just guessing here, but I believe they're the biggest developer down under now that Krome has been significantly downsized, and Bondi/Blue Tongue/THQ Studio Oz have been closed down.

    But thirdly, wasn't the guy in charge of LA Noire notoriously awful at his job? As in, "If Rockstar Producers didn't step in and start reigning things in, the game would never have been finished"-inefficient? This Fury Road game will be awful if that guy - Brendan McNamara - is in any sort of higher up position at this new developer.

    Good luck KMM. I'm certain there are many, many talented artists and programmers working there. And I'm glad they have a new studio. AND I'm glad you're doing more than just doing the VFX for shitty movies like Happy Feet. But I certainly hope they have better directors/producers/designers than Mr. McNamara. That dude sucks. I mean, his mis-management is responsible for tanking a whole studio.

    To your third point - I reckon he's just good with the business side. Like when you have some dickhead working middle management. They suck at their job but they're oddly suited to it. Personally I think he doesn't deserve to make video games... from the sounds of things, like you said, he fucked up big time and Rockstar saved that game. I hope someone there reigns him in and ALL the people who work on the game get credited. The last thing Australia needs is another dead studio and a bunch of unhappy ex-employees.

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    #52  Edited By PandaBear

    @PrivateIronTFU said:

    Who run Barter Town?

    Dammit! I thought I told you, no more embargoes.

    errrr... I mean MASTER BLASTER RUNS BARTER TOWN

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    #53  Edited By buckybit
    R E A D . M Y . F A C E !
    R E A D . M Y . F A C E !
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    #54  Edited By PrivateIronTFU

    @PandaBear said:

    @PrivateIronTFU said:

    Who run Barter Town?

    Dammit! I thought I told you, no more embargoes.

    errrr... I mean MASTER BLASTER RUNS BARTER TOWN

    Lift embargo.

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    #55  Edited By probablytuna

    Don't know how I should feel about this.

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    #56  Edited By fjordson

    Brendan McNmara seems like an asshole, but if someone is going to knowingly give him another chance then so be it. I loved L.A. Noire so I'm looking forward to whatever this next project is.

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    Is it a Happy Feet 2 tie-in video game?

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    #58  Edited By Sinful

    Did you forget to add the Word "Game" next to Mad Max video (and McNamara’s next project)?

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    #59  Edited By lockwoodx

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    #60  Edited By zeforgotten

    "Whore of the orient" sounds dumb.. Why not call it "Whorient Express" now that you're at it

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    #61  Edited By AwesomeAquaman

    I want more LA Noire!!!

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    #62  Edited By theanticitizen
    @Korolev To be fair Japanese people (in Japan) call themselves Oriental all the time. I have alot of Japanese friends. That word does not bother them.
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    #63  Edited By Mr_Skeleton

    So no Happy Feet 2 game from George Miller?

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    #64  Edited By AriesDog

    Brendan McNamara is an asshole. George Miller, while we loved Mad Max and Road Warrior, is one of those "were once great" directors like George Romero and John Carpenter. He hasn't made anything I'e liked in 15 years. So don't expect much from either the movie or the game.

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    #65  Edited By TheGorilla

    Can't wait for McNamara's next project. L.A. Noire was one of the most interesting games I've played in years and I can't wait to see what he'll do next. I really don't get people calling him an asshole. We really don't know much of anything about that situation. Some people complained to the press because they didn't like their jobs, that's not a good reason to vilify the man. If people don't want to work with him they shouldn't, but he delivered one of my favorite games this year and that's all I can say about him with any certainty.

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    #66  Edited By xaveri

    How is this douche still doing games?

    Some readers are saying that people can change. That is well and true, just don't give him the helm of another project. Keep him for the experience that he has for sure and let him earn his way back to the top.

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    I wonder how the new employees of that studio feel now that they have realised their immortal enemy has power over them once again.

    Had also been wondering if this guy would ever get another job. Good for him.

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    #68  Edited By hermberger

    George Miller is a genius lunatic. He's already written the scripts of the next three Mad Max movies. http://www.aintitcool.com/node/52110 I think I'm on board with whatever shit he gets up to in the gaming industry.

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    #69  Edited By zach66827

    interesting. look forward to see what's coming

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    #70  Edited By slyely

    I can just see it now. Drive a vehicle for 5 minutes to point A...terribly directed cutscene with a little bit of action...then drive another 5 minutes to point B...rinse and repeat.

    Seriously though, a director that was paid with the rights of the sequels to Mad Max to step down as a director to a movie and a game developer that obviously did not run his ship well...this is not a good combo. My hopes are not high for a Mad Max comeback.

    Oh and that name, "Whore of the Orient" that is just trouble a brewin'.

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    #71  Edited By WickedCobra03

    Great. Now I am interested. Throw together La Noir and Mad Max. Yes, please!

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    #72  Edited By cursormonkey

    Meh, I had way more than enough of LA Noir to last me a lifetime.

    Don't want to see another one of those and won't be buying anything like it again.

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    #73  Edited By sweetloudiamond

    i loved the game, though by the time i finished with it & the collectibles, i was pretty through with it. once you figured it out, it was super easy. but it was still a great concept & they pulled it off well.

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