Andrew McMillen, who published the original report on IGN claiming poor work conditions at LA Noire developer Team Bondi, has now published on GI.biz whatās claimed to be a series of leaked internal emails that donāt exactly paint Bondiās boss, Brendan McNamara, in a good light.
āRockstar also made a huge contribution to the development; their producers were increasingly influential over the last two years of the gameās development, and overruled many of the insane decisions made by Team Bondi management,ā one of the source of the emails tells GI.biz
āAt a lower level, Rockstar also pitched in with programmers, animators, artists, QA, etc. Part of the conflict between Team Bondi and Rockstar was due to Rockstarās frustration with Team Bondiās direction, and eventually Team Bondiās management in turn resented Rockstar for taking lots of creative control.ā
āItās also worth pointing out that Rockstar used to be very keen on making Team Bondi something like āRockstar Sydneyāāthe more they worked with Team Bondi management, the more they came to understand that this was a terrible idea.ā
You can read the full report, including the alleged emails, at the link below.
Rockstar declined to comment on this rumor.
Revealed: The emails behind the whistle blowing at Team Bondi [GI.biz, registration required]
