Team Bondi's ****e of the Orient Receives Funding
$200,000 isn't much, but it's something.
The Australian government has granted $200,000 to KMM, the production house that recently acquired the rights to ****e of the Orient. The company received this funding following the alleged dissolution of L.A. Noire developer Team Bondi, Game Informer reports. Ex-Team Bondi members, who formed Intuitive Game Studios, also received funding. ****e of the Orient was originally aiming for release between 2013 and 2015.
While hardly enough to create and complete a modern video game, the $200,000 provided to KMM by New South Wales' Interactive Media Fund could keep ****e of the Orient afloat until it finds an investor or publisher. The IMF is intended for "creative digital content projects that are commercially oriented and destined for distribution on web-enabled platforms or devices and interactive video game consoles...with the ability to benefit other sectors such as health, finance and education."
Team Bondi was never forthcoming with ****e of the Orient information prior to its closure, so it's uncertain how, exactly, the project will benefit any of those pieces of Australian infrastructure.
****e of the Orient's story isn't over yet, and we'll have more on KMM's troubled project as it happens here on IGN.