Inside the Cancelled LA Noire Sequel

After the release of LA Noire in 2011, its developer Team Bondi crumbled while in the midst of developing a sequel, unfortunately, named "The Whore of the Orient." This is its story. Special Thank You to Scott from Scott's Game Asylum and Josh from Panels to Pixels for lending their voices: Scott's Game Asylum: https://www.youtube.com/c/ScottsGameAsylum Panels to Pixel: https://www.youtube.com/c/PanelstoPixels ------------- Sources Team Bondi: The First Interview https://web.archive.org/web/20040311184049/https://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=54626 Rockstar Gets LA Noire https://www.gamespot.com/articles/rockstar-gets-la-noire/1100-6158595/ LA Noire Motionscan Overview https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-13507355 Why Did LA Noire Take Seven Years to Develop? https://www.ign.com/articles/2011/06/24/why-did-la-noire-take-seven-years-to-make How LA Noire Recreated 1940s LA https://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2011-05/using-extreme-aerial-photography-1920s-roc kstar-rebuilt-1940s-los-angeles-la-noire/ Nobody Wants to Work With Team Bondi https://kotaku.com/nobody-wants-to-work-with-la-noires-developers-boss-in-5827579 George Miller, KMM Interactive https://web.archive.org/web/20120213182831/http://afr.com/p/george_miller_new_script_q1wYu1EFjLM0cyZa4s97fI Brendan McNamara Eurogamer https://www.eurogamer.net/brendan-mcnamara-is-making-the-video-game-of-the-greatest-untold-story-of-the-20th-century Playstation Magazine Games “Whore of the Orient” https://web.archive.org/web/20120207082906/http://www.officialplaystationmagazine.co.uk/2011/11/28/next-game-from-la-noire-director-called-whore-of-the-orient Kotaku First Look https://kotaku.com/here-s-the-first-look-at-whore-of-the-orient-the-next-5939199 Development Ongoing https://www.gamespot.com/articles/team-bondis-whore-of-the-orient-hitting-next-gen-consoles-pc/1100-6393926/ Playstation Magazine Games “Whore of the Orient” https://web.archive.org/web/20120207082906/http://www.officialplaystationmagazine.co.uk/2011/11/28/next-game-from-la-noire-director-called-whore-of-the-orient Funding https://www.gamesradar.com/whore-orient-production-gets-200000-funding/ Bulletpoint’s Report on the Interactive Media Fund https://www.bulletpoint.com.au/interactive-media-fund/ Screen NSW: https://www.screen.nsw.gov.au/funding/incentives/nsw-digital-games-rebate Projects for NSW: https://projectmanager.com.au/nsw-government-funds-7-new-media-projects-08122011/?fbclid=IwAR31bjFFtgGn8JugWMXlOInVrP8aSXSuoerRvTqhmmDdXss5ETJrFdP-F5w Alex Carslyle’s New Digs https://www.facebook.com/IntuitiveGameStudios/ Intuitive Game Studio https://www.polygon.com/2013/5/28/4371962/former-la-noire-devs-establish-a-new-indie-game-dev-studio Single Screenshot: https://web.archive.org/web/20130421232705/http://www.mcvpacific.com/news/read/ephemeral-whore-of-the-orient-info-briefly-appears/0102136 Team Laid Off? https://web.archive.org/web/20130421140603/http://www.mcvpacific.com/news/read/whore-of-the-orient-developers-laid-off/0114296 Alex Carlyle Interview https://pixelenemy.com/l-a-noire-design-lead-alex-carlyle-talks-about-his-new-indie-studio-whore-of-the-orient-next-gen-and-more/ Layoffs, Broken Hyperlink https://www.gamesradar.com/whore-orient-production-gets-200000-funding/ Leaked Footage Article: https://www.videogamer.com/news/whore-of-the-orient-leaked-gameplay-footage-revealed/ Leaked Video Footage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDeejL6OPyA Interview with Alex Carlyle (doesn’t know what Rockstar is doing with the franchise, game leak was “unfinished”) https://pixelenemy.com/l-a-noire-design-lead-alex-carlyle-talks-about-his-new-indie-studio-whore-of-the-orient-next-gen-and-more/ Cancellation Podcast Interview w/ Derek Proud June 2016 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/derek-proud-garoo-games/id1073417631?i=1000371019007 Cancellation Article https://web.archive.org/web/20160701095239/http://www.finder.com.au/whore-of-the-orient-cancelled KMMIE Project Cancelled https://www.polygon.com/2016/6/24/12023722/whore-of-the-orient-canceled Video Game Deluxe LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/video-games-deluxe/about/ Video Game Deluxe doing San Andreas VR https://80.lv/articles/video-games-deluxe-will-be-developing-gta-san-andreas-vr/ Don’t Count Out LA Noire 2 https://www.destructoid.com/rockstar-dont-count-out-another-l-a-noire-game/ LA Noire 2 From Rockstar https://gamerant.com/la-noire-2-rumor/ LA Noire 2 Not GTA VI https://metro.co.uk/2020/03/18/la-noire-part-2-rumoured-secret-rockstar-game-not-gta-6-12415750/ LA Noire 2 Rumor https://vreviewblog.wordpress.com/2020/03/17/l-a-noire-part-two-likely-in-development/ --------------------------------------------------------------- Get in touch here: https://twitter.com/LuckStatEvan https://www.twitch.tv/luckstatevan