Team Bondi appears to be closer to shutting down as a studio after the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) officially placed the company in "Administration" (bankruptcy) after recent news of the studio attempt to find a new parent company collapsed.
After being dropped by Rockstar in regards to poor working conditions for their employees and a constant refusal to follow Rockstar's project demands, the studio had been shopping around to find another parent company.
KMM studio had been rumored to be willing to purchase the studio but talks broke down after a recent meeting involving the bosses of both companies with the Team Bondi boss being viewed as the main reason for the failed talks.
As of now, Rockstar owns complete control over the rights to L.A. Noire and Team Bondi is rumored to have unofficially shut down its headquarters.
http://zillas.screwattack.com/news/s...dev-team-bondi
http://kotaku.com/5827579/nobody-wan...n-buyout-talks
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