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subversus · Nov 28, 2011

In an article in the Financial Review, film maker George Miller revealed he has acquired the rights to the new project, titled Whore of the Orient. The phrase whore of the Orient, Paris of the East has been used to describe the city of Shanghai, the largest city in China.

Team Bondi founder McNamara teased the new game earlier this month, describing it as one of the great untold stories of the twentieth century but giving no further details. Weve contacted KMM Interactive but are yet to receive comment.

According to co-founder Doug Mitchell, Kennedy Miller Mitchell Interactive is staffed by not only the Krome team but Team Bondis last standing warriors, snapped up when both studios shuttered.

With the governments support we can immediately go forward with two games, Mitchell said. Its not immediately obvious but the potential in the video games sector is massive. Just from the statistics people are showing me, its a $60 billion industry fast-tracking towards $90 billion.

Films are very expensive, so studios are making drastically fewer of them. Theyll make ten films where they used to make 20. So, instead, people are drifting to game acquisition because of the budgets. The cost of a film may be $170 million twice that to market it whereas the basic cost of making a game might be 10% of that.

Look at LA Noire, they sold about 3 million units in a week, about $US135 million ($130 million) net revenue, off a cost base which was infinitely lower than even your average low-budget film.

I must add some comment here but I'll go with "lol".

read the full report, there is much more

http://www.vg247.com/2011/11/28/report-l-a-noire-creators-next-game-is-whore-of-the-orient/

also their source - http://www.afr.com/p/george_miller_new_script_q1wYu1EFjLM0cyZa4s97fI

Domino Theory · Nov 28, 2011

NOPE.

Sn4ke_911 · Nov 28, 2011

ivysaur12 · Nov 28, 2011

Well, that's a name.

Emitan · Nov 28, 2011

Better than Whore of the Orient: Reckoning/Revalations/etc

FantasticMrFoxdie · Nov 28, 2011

Sounds interesting, hope the gameplay is better than L.A. Noire

GotchaForce · Nov 28, 2011

I was hoping this would be the title of Jade Empire 2

BoobPhysics101 · Nov 28, 2011

FantasticMrFoxdie said:
Sounds interesting, hope the gameplay is better than L.A. Noire

I'll give you one reason why it will be: tits.

Oh, you said gameplay.

Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew · Nov 28, 2011

"Hi. This is EB Games calling you to let you know that your preorder for Whore of the Orient will be available this Tuesday. You will receive a key for Hooker with a Penis DLC in the upcoming week."

subversus · Nov 28, 2011

FantasticMrFoxdie said:
Sounds interesting, hope the gameplay is better than L.A. Noire

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=434704

then the studio went bankrupt.

how doest it relate to gameplay? in the most straightforward way

Darklord · Nov 28, 2011

lol I'm sure that name won't change.

Dynamite Shikoku · Nov 28, 2011

worst name ever

Broder Salsa · Nov 28, 2011

I enjoyed La Noire and am looking forward to this even if McNamara is a dick, that was pretty well known before La Noire too.

mik83kuu · Nov 28, 2011

I want that name on a E for Everyone rated game. For real.

krimsoncharge · Nov 28, 2011

release in 2018?

Stabby McSter · Nov 28, 2011

WHOA MAN, THE WORD ORIENT OFFENDS ME

CoffeeJanitor · Nov 28, 2011

Sounds whoreable.

subversus · Nov 28, 2011

while people react to the name, the fact that McNamara is making another game is much more lol-worthy to me.

a Master Ninja · Nov 28, 2011

BoobPhysics101 said:
I'll give you one reason why it will be: tits.

Oh, you said gameplay.

L.A. Noire had tits. They just happened to be on dead women.

DeadTrees · Nov 28, 2011

I hereby dub this game "Whorient".

Anteater · Nov 28, 2011

Edit: Damn already beaten..

Guess I will hope for a demo or something.

Dan · Nov 28, 2011

I wonder if they'll be hiring any of the 600 people that just got laid off from Dr. D Studios, another of Kennedy-Miller Mitchell's ventures.

"Happy Feet Two" flop leads to 600 layoffs

subversus · Nov 28, 2011

Dan said:
I wonder if they'll be hiring any of the 600 people that just got laid off from Dr. D Studios, another of Kennedy-Miller Mitchell's ventures.

"Happy Feet Two" flop leads to 600 layoffs

hahahaha

these two will gel well.

Rahxephon91 · Nov 28, 2011

Good. I hope he succeeds. LA Noire was pretty good. I'll tale more ambitious games like that.

TheOddOne · Nov 28, 2011

Dan said:
I wonder if they'll be hiring any of the 600 people that just got laid off from Dr. D Studios, another of Kennedy-Miller Mitchell's ventures.

"Happy Feet Two" flop leads to 600 layoffs

Wow, this is terrible.

reptilescorpio · Nov 28, 2011

Dan said:
I wonder if they'll be hiring any of the 600 people that just got laid off from Dr. D Studios, another of Kennedy-Miller Mitchell's ventures.

"Happy Feet Two" flop leads to 600 layoffs

Indeed. I didn't take this news in as such a good way as other people seem to have. I also thought that KMM had closed up. Easier to fire everyone and hire whoever is willing to work for $8 an hour I guess. Also those working on Happy Feet Two seemed to be of the understanding that there was no job for them with the company once the title was done.

Also how the hell does McNamara get offered another position after running Bondi into the ground?

subversus · Nov 28, 2011

reptilescorpio said:
Also how the hell does McNamara get offered another position after running Bondi into the ground?

He and Miller are soul mates, it seems.

GhaleonQ · Nov 28, 2011

That is, Grand Theft Auto China. Yawn.

Qwomo · Nov 28, 2011

I think that's a pretty cool name.

I'm vaguely interested despite the awfulness of everything behind this.

Amagon · Nov 28, 2011

Yea, how bout no

demigod · Nov 28, 2011

Actually I think this might be more like Shenmue China but with whores.

GavinGT · Nov 28, 2011

Tokubetsu · Nov 28, 2011

a Master Ninja said:
L.A. Noire had tits. They just happened to be on dead women.

Do you have a problem? L.A Noire had some great corpses and that's the only good think I'll say about the "game."

commedieu · Nov 28, 2011

I didn't know frank miller was getting into games?

runningjoke · Nov 28, 2011

Other than Deus Ex I can't think of any games taking place in Shanghai, so they'll get some points for being original. I just hope they don't use that awful facemapping technology they used in LA Noire.

come at me, GAF. Play it on a pc in full HD and tell me it's not awful.

subversus · Nov 28, 2011

runningjoke said:
Other than Deus Ex I can't think of any games taking place in Shanghai, so they'll get some points for being original. I just hope they don't use that awful facemapping technology they used in LA Noire.

come at me, GAF. Play it on a pc in full HD and tell me it's not awful.

Army of Two 2

GhaleonQ · Nov 28, 2011

demigod said:
Actually I think this might be more like Shenmue China but with whores.

So, yeah, Grand Theft Auto China, then? *laughs*

Though, playing Chinese bootlegs of Sega arcade games would be amazing.

kuYuri · Nov 28, 2011

subversus said:
Army of Two 2

Also Kane and Lynch 2.

Broder Salsa · Nov 28, 2011

subversus said:
Army of Two 2

Kane and Lynch too.

Edit : you motherfucker.

Amagon · Nov 28, 2011

runningjoke said:
Other than Deus Ex I can't think of any games taking place in Shanghai, so they'll get some points for being original. I just hope they don't use that awful facemapping technology they used in LA Noire.

come at me, GAF. Play it on a pc in full HD and tell me it's not awful.

True Crimes: Hong Kong whenever that comes out. (News of the game from when I email United Fronts Games a month or two back says that its is still in development and they hope to announce some news soon.)

OatmealMu · Nov 28, 2011

Sigh. There goes my idea of pitching "Sluts of Cream, Wisconsin". Was a real winner, too.

spanks · Nov 28, 2011

He's also doing the Mad Max: Fury Road game according to that article. So apparently they took it off Avalanche (Just Cause guys), which is a bit of a bummer. Interesting to see how much involvement George Miller has in the game/movie combo.

And it's nice to see the Krome/Bondi guys find new jobs. Gotta wonder how long that'll last though...

Mike Works · Nov 28, 2011

Whore of the Orient was my nickname in high school

Nuclear Muffin · Nov 28, 2011

Films are very expensive, so studios are making drastically fewer of them. Theyll make ten films where they used to make 20. So, instead, people are drifting to game acquisition because of the budgets. The cost of a film may be $170 million twice that to market it whereas the basic cost of making a game might be 10% of that.

Look at LA Noire, they sold about 3 million units in a week, about $US135 million ($130 million) net revenue, off a cost base which was infinitely lower than even your average low-budget film.

LA Noire Dev budget = $50 million+ (Marketing budget was probably around $50 million)

50 million = 10% of 170 million obviously...

Haunted · Nov 28, 2011

McNamara is kind of a prick. That said, Shanghai is a good setting.

1:1 budget and revenue comparison to the movie industry don't really work for a number of reasons. Just consider the turnaround time. You don't have a full production team working 5 years on a single movie like you've had for LA Noire.

Mike Works said:
Whore of the Orient was my nickname in high school

*wipes drink off screen*

Fjordson · Nov 28, 2011

Hmm...don't know about that name if true.

I'll just say that I very much enjoyed L.A. Noire and am interested in his next game.

Haunted · Nov 28, 2011

Nuclear Muffin said:
LA Noire Dev budget = $50 million+ (Marketing budget was probably around $50 million)

50 million = 10% of 170 million obviously...

If you want to math out his statements, why not go for "a cost base that was infinitely smaller than low-budget films".

subversus · Nov 28, 2011

Nuclear Muffin said:
LA Noire Dev budget = $50 million+ (Marketing budget was probably around $50 million)

50 million = 10% of 170 million obviously...

yes, that's why I bolded it.

delusional.

Noshino · Nov 28, 2011

subversus said:
while people react to the name, the fact that McNamara is making another game is much more lol-worthy to me.

what I find lol-worthy is not that McNamara is making another game, but rather that anyone would be willing to work with him.

Atomski · Nov 28, 2011

Man I wouldnt touch this game with a 10 foot pole. The guys a douche, LA Noire sucked and my asian gf would probably flip seeing me buy something called the Whore of the Orient..

I get that its a term used for Shanghai.. weird this is the first I ever heard of it.

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