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more about #brashentertainment Altima NEO: Rouge Squadron on the Game Cube, Easily one of the best looking games on the system, even from launch. Very few devs used bumpmapping, or any of the e... more » Antiterra: To sput a slightly positive spin on a bad piece of news, the people at Factor 5 have lost their jobs, not their skills. If other studios have any sens... more » Shiryu: This one of the sadest news I have ever read in allmy years in Kotaku... =\ Im a Factor 5 fan way before Rogue Squadron, from C64 and mainly Commodore... more » Paladin58: I have to go and re-buy the Rogue Squadron games now... :( more » Archaotic: Always sad to see this. I got this news RIGHT when I woke up...having to write an article on a studio closing right after you get out of bed maximize... more » Boom-Chicka-Ah: Here to Create a Star Commenter Empire: only developers to make a game that made the ps3 trully lag and conquer its processing power. more » Akua: How am I supposed to get a job in the industry with everyone closing up shop? more » Modus_Operandi: Wow. As cliche as this may sound this an end of an era. Even if they go to reform somewhere else with much of the same crew its not going to be the sa... more » Gigaflare: Lair was the last Factor 5 game, and Haze was the last game for Free Radical. Poor endings for such great developers. more » .digiwalsh: Goodnight sweet prince. There goes the last chance of a next gen Rogue Squadron :( more » Hollowcow: Nooo! Not my Factor 5 wagons! I will truly miss this company. I loved their games. more » Neonox: I've never heard of Factor 5... Shame for the loss though. more » Katoejoe: Am I the only person who's noticed that the guy in the reverse bear trap looks like a slightly aged Niko Belic? more » TRT-X: @article: "and will supposedly fill in a lot of the plot gaps between the two films." Which two? There's currently 5. more » The Last Amazing Grays: "Wanna play a game? I've injected your console with a virus that will erase all of your data. The only way to save your data is to win the game, or de... more » Emiat: This will just play into the hands of the "Games make you violent" crowd. They still won't care about the film version just the game. more » Sullyville: Huh. I boycott QTE games now. I think it's an offensive mechanic. more » EvilMetsFan: still a Mets fan.: Yeah but *SPOILERS* In Saw V the guys there decided to kill each other off so there were only two remaining. Where as if they kept the whole group ali... more » OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear: This sounds like it would have interesting multiplayer, though I doubt it will ever happen. Give each person a different goal (save person X, be the ... more » Shocky: It's really not scary anymore,just repititious and boring. They were really good at pushing the envelope the first few movies,now it's just a cash cow. more » -
#closingtime
Factor 5 Officially Shuttered
There were layoffs and rumors of studio closings, but now it's finally confirmed. According to the company website, the San Rafael-based Factor 5 studio has officially closed its doors.
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#konamigamersnight
Saw Preview: Condemned or Dragon’s Lair?
There's something terribly familiar about wandering around a dilapidated insane asylum with crazy people ahead of you and instant-death traps all around you. More » -
#hollywood
Konami Picks Up Saw, Releases First Screens
Konami has confirmed that it has picked up rights to publish a video game based on the Saw movie franchise, one of many titles abandoned by the implosion of Brash Entertainment. More » -
#deadzone
What Factor 5's Superman Once Looked Like...
Lair and Rogue Squadron developer Factor 5 was hard at work on a Superman video game before it contracted a near-fatal case of Brash Entertainment Publishing Agreement Syndrome. This is what that game looked like. More » -
#dccomics
What BottleRocket's The Flash Might Have Looked Like...
When Brash Entertainment, the plague of a publisher that did serious harm to independent developers industry-wide, gave up the ghost, several projects went with it. That includes one based on DC Comics' The Flash. More » -
#sensorysweep
Sensory Sweep Responds to Labor Claim
Sensory Sweep, the Utah developer that is the subject of a $2 million unpaid-wages federal investigation, denies some allegations levied against it and says they are working out an agreement with investigators.
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#yoshikiokamoto
Folklore Dev Was Working On Tom And Jerry For Brash [Update]
Game Republic, (in)famous for its work on Genji and Folklore, as well as its founder Yoshiki Okamoto, was working on a Tom and Jerry game tie-in with an upcoming movie, according to a new interview. More » -
#factor5
Rumor: Lair Dev Out Of Funding, Can't Pay Employees
Lair developer Factor 5 may be the latest to face harsh economic realities, according to a blog from one of its employees. Citing insufficient funding, Factor 5 allegedly had to put one unannounced project on hold. More » -
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#disturbanceintheworkforce
Brash Cuts Loose Nearly Completed SAW Game
Last month, Brash Entertainment laid off 20 workers and axed some projects, but pointedly remained committed to publishing a game based on the film SAW. Now that has been cut loose. More »
