Australian government agency Screen NSW in June 2013. Some journalists noted that the move felt rather illogical, as the development had previously been rather slow, and now that the game's studio had closed, the investment would not be of use for the agency. Furthermore, Whore of the Orient attracted controversy in September 2013, when City of Monash councillor Jieh-Yung Lo stated that he was offended by the game's title, it being a "disgrace to Chinese culture", daring to report the game to the Human Rights Commission. Lo further underlined "It's the use of the word 'Orient', more even than the word 'whore', that is the issue. [...] The O-word is very similar to the N-word for African-American communities." Whore of the Orient was not heard of from that point on; when asked about the game's status in a June 2014 podcast hosted on Gamehugs, producer Derek Proud stated "I don't think so", implying that the game had been cancelled. Meanwhile, on 28 May 2013, Whore of the Orient lead designer Alex Carlyle and storyboard artist Kelly Baigent announced that they had founded Intuitive Game Studios as a successor to both Team Bondi and KMM Interactive Entertainment. Carlyle explained that he wanted to stay in Australia to work in the domestic video game industry, unlike some of his colleagues, who moved abroad, such as to Canada, to further pursue such ventures. Furthermore, Carlyle's personal website implied that the two-man studio would be working on an original intellectual property named Canonical Five. Like Whore of the Orient, Canonical Five received funding from Screen NSW, amounting to . McNamara founded Video Games Deluxe in Sydney, which had worked on L.A. Noire: The VR Case Files and is currently working on another AAA open-world VR game for Rockstar Games. Games developed References Companies based in Sydney Defunct video game companies of Australia Video game companies disestablished in 2011 Video game companies established in 2003