Whatever happened to Semisonic?

In the mid 90’s Factor 5 was one of the premier developers. At least in my mind they were. They seemed to be the bright spot in a line up of mediocrity that was the Star Wars franchise. Now Rebel Strike wasn’t that great (why in the hell did they think it was a good idea to take you out of the ships?) but the first two Rogue Squadron games were a lot of fun. Like ridiculous amounts of fun.

But I guess with the almighty economy not getting the respect it deserved so it in turn has forsaken us all – me in particular – once great studios are falling. So it kind of saddened me to find out that Factor 5 (the US offices at least) has closed its doors. Personally if I were them I’d blame not voting for Kronos.

We are sorry to announce the closure of the San Rafael-based Factor 5 Inc. studio, but the obstacles created by the sudden bankruptcy of Brash Entertainment for the continuation of operations have turned out too great to overcome in the current economic climate.

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Factor 5 GmbH, which has been creating games since 1998 with its headquarters in Cologne, Germany, is completely unrelated to Factor 5 Inc. and the circumstances surrounding Factor 5 Inc.’s recent challenges. Although we are saddened by Factor 5 Inc.’s situation, our corporation will remain unaffected by these developments and has partnered with both old and new friends in the industry who will reveal our upcoming projects over the next months.

Sad to see another one fall but hopefully those who lost their jobs will find ones quicker then me.

Also this was our 50th post on our site! Woo hoo us! But yeah, sorry Factor 5.