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Factor 5 GmbH
Type Private
Founded 1987
Headquarters Cologne, Germany
Key people Julian Eggebrecht, President
Industry Video game industry
Products Lair
Rogue Squadron series
Turrican series
MusyX: Dolby Sound Tools
DivX For Games SDK
Website http://www.factor5.com/

Factor 5 is an independent software and video game developer. The company was originally co-founded by five former Rainbow Arts employees in 1987 in Cologne, Germany, which served as the inspiration behind the studio's name, before relocating to San Rafael, California in 1994. Julian Eggebrecht, one of the five initial co-founders, currently serves as President of the company. It closed its US studio May 2009, following the closure of Brash Entertainment, with which the company had multiple contracts[1].

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History

Factor 5 started out developing games for the Commodore 64, Amiga and Atari ST computers, where it had early success with the Turrican-series. For a long time, Factor 5 was an exclusive, prominent, 2nd party developing partner with Nintendo, developing both game titles and middleware tools for the company. During that time, the studio gained considerable critical and commercial praise for its technical proficiency, producing what are often cited as some of the most visually advanced titles on the Nintendo 64 and the Nintendo GameCube. Two high profile middleware tools were also developed by the company for Nintendo, MusyX, a sound system produced in cooperation with Dolby Laboratories, and the DivX For Games SDK, integrating the functionality of the popular video codec into Nintendo's development tools.

In late December 2008, several online media outlets reported that Brash Entertainment (Factor 5's publisher of their current project) would close at the end of the month after encountering financial problems. This sudden interruption in funding left Factor 5 with their own funding difficulties, eventually causing its closure in May 2009.[1]

Factor 5 is currently involved in litigation with its former employees. The suit alleges that Factor 5 did not pay its employees for work during November and December, that employees were laid off without the required notice by law, that employees did not receive their vacation pay, and that the company mislead the employees. The suit is filed in Marin Superior Court.

Games

Amiga

Atari ST

Super Nintendo Entertainment System

Sega Mega Drive/Genesis

Game Boy

PC

PlayStation

Nintendo 64

Nintendo GameCube

PlayStation 3

  • 2007: Lair
  • 2007: untitled project for Sony Computer Entertainment (cancelled)
  • 2008: Superman (cancelled) [3]

Wii

Xbox 360

Technology

  • MusyX: Dolby Sound Tools - Developed for Nintendo 64, Nintendo GameCube, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance
  • DivX For Games SDK - Developed for Nintendo GameCube

References

  1. ^ a b Lair Dev Factor 5 Closes
  2. ^ TheLegacy, Retrieved October 30, 2008.
  3. ^ a b c d e http://www.xing.com/profile/Achim_Moller

External links

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First-party
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Second-party
Former second-party

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