RIP Factor 5

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Arius Dion on 21 December 2008

Yeah, this is quite sad..and also kinda scary. What this illustrates is the broken business model of HD development at this point in time. Smaller devs are just one HD flop away from going belly up. Both Factor 5 and Free Radical had some talented folks working for them, I hope they find another company to contribute too.

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O-D-C on 21 December 2008

no!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 :(

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Cobretti2 on 22 December 2008

it is a shame, cause I relaly wnated to see what they could do on the Wii, considering the effcts they did on the gamecube.

ATM we arn't 100% sure if they are finished or not. Lets hope someone gets them out of this mess.

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11ht11 on 22 December 2008

i wonder what their wii game was going to be?

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Zlejedi on 22 December 2008

Hmm while people losing job is always sad have they ever made any good games ?

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MaxwellGT2000 on 22 December 2008

I hope someone buys the company, IPs, and teams of Factor 5. Me and ioi were talking, I was thinking of how the Factor 5 devs were some of the best with Nintendo tech, and if you paired them with retro studios and their amazing art and design, they could create some amazing things.

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DarkNight_DS on 22 December 2008

If they were developing Kid Icarus and they are now out of business. Maybe Nintendo didn't like what they saw from Factor 5 and pulled out. This is a good possibility as well.

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Gamerace on 22 December 2008

I think what were seeing with Factor 5 and Free Radical is a combination of losses from their failed HD games coupled with banks getting stingy with loans. Business can no longer expect to survive on credit alone. And that means they need to minimize risk (or do like HVS, don't make a risky game until you can fully cover costs with relieved profits).

I think someone might pick up Free Radical's Timesplitters, I hope.

As for Factor 5, it's be great if Nintendo bought them out.

There has never been a better time for Nintendo to buy out some solid western developers with all the money their making and the strength of the yen vs US dollar, plus with great developers folding. It's like Boxing Day (or Black Friday) sale for developers for them.