Factor 5 is gone : (

[Aura Guardian]

I read nilcypher's article and prayed it wasn't true.
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/7.81055

Then I read this

http://www.g4tv.com/xplay/blog/post/691917/Rogue_Squadron_Developer_Factor_5_Shutting_Down_Completely.html#comments (Scroll up when you click this)

and was sad inside. This is due to that damn company Brash. They fucked up big time and cause Factor 5 to shut down. No more Rogue Squadron.

 

[matrix3509]

thats pretty brutal. Factor 5 has been around forever, and all of the Rogue Squadron games have been fun. Besides, its a lot of talented folks losing their jobs when bullshit companies like EA stay afloat on nothing but their own putrescent blubber.

Here's hoping they all get jobs at Double Fine, Stardock, or Valve.

 

[Aura Guardian]

Do we really need any more Star Wars games? It seems to me that Star Wars is in direct competition with Mario as to who can whore out their franchise the most. And after a massive bomb like Lair, does Factor 5 really deserve another chance?

I think we need more Roque Squadron, not stupid star wars movie spin-off games like Star Wars the Force Unleashed (SWTFU) and that stupid Clone Wars game

 

[whyarecarrots]

Hang on, there's been more than one Rogue Squadron game... :S Shows how little I know about how many Star Wars games have been released.

Have the later ones been any good? I enjoyed the first one (although that may have been because I was about 12 when playing it and I had lower standards...)

 

[geldonyetich]

Lovely economy we have. Right now the Nicktoons channel is running banner ads for their watchers to flood the call centers of Time Warner and some other cable provider to keep them and 12 other channels on the lineup or lose it. A small indy developer is just a drop in the bucket to the desperation of a major television network.

 

[AceDiamond]

Hang on, there's been more than one Rogue Squadron game... :S Shows how little I know about how many Star Wars games have been released.

Have the later ones been any good? I enjoyed the first one (although that may have been because I was about 12 when playing it and I had lower standards...)

The second one was really good, the third...not so much mostly because of the non-flight levels involving on-foot missions, but it was still a decent game.

 

[whyarecarrots]

Hang on, there's been more than one Rogue Squadron game... :S Shows how little I know about how many Star Wars games have been released.

Have the later ones been any good? I enjoyed the first one (although that may have been because I was about 12 when playing it and I had lower standards...)

The second one was really good, the third...not so much mostly because of the non-flight levels involving on-foot missions, but it was still a decent game.

Hmm, well, it seems that only the first is available on PC, so never mind about that then.

Any company going under is a shame though, regardless of their size and notoriety.

 

[Aura Guardian]

Hang on, there's been more than one Rogue Squadron game... :S Shows how little I know about how many Star Wars games have been released.

Have the later ones been any good? I enjoyed the first one (although that may have been because I was about 12 when playing it and I had lower standards...)

The second one was really good, the third...not so much mostly because of the non-flight levels involving on-foot missions, but it was still a decent game.

Hmm, well, it seems that only the first is available on PC, so never mind about that then.

Any company going under is a shame though, regardless of their size and notoriety.

I heard free radical is going too. WTF!?!? I want my Rogue Squadron. I want my Timesplitters 4

 

[Gxas]

Do we really need any more Star Wars games? It seems to me that Star Wars is in direct competition with Mario as to who can whore out their franchise the most. And after a massive bomb like Lair, does Factor 5 really deserve another chance?

I think Megaman won that contest a long time ago.

 

[whyarecarrots]

I heard free radical is going too. WTF!?!? I want my Rogue Squadron. I want my Timesplitters 4

Now that would be a shame; I've played 2 and 3 at a friend's house and enjoyed both of them, and if a 4th is stopped then that would not be good.

 

[Aura Guardian]

I heard free radical is going too. WTF!?!? I want my Rogue Squadron. I want my Timesplitters 4

Now that would be a shame; I've played 2 and 3 at a friend's house and enjoyed both of them, and if a 4th is stopped then that would not be good.

They've just dropped half of their staff. 140 people gone.

 

[AceDiamond]

I heard free radical is going too. WTF!?!? I want my Rogue Squadron. I want my Timesplitters 4

Now that would be a shame; I've played 2 and 3 at a friend's house and enjoyed both of them, and if a 4th is stopped then that would not be good.

They've just dropped half of their staff. 140 people gone.

Which is really a shame because reading a GI interview with one of the design leads it seemed they had actually learned from their mistakes about Haze.

 

[fix-the-spade]

And after a massive bomb like Lair, does Factor 5 really deserve another chance?

You mean after two complete epic scale high diving crap outs. Specifically Rogue Squadron 3 and Lair. I'm surprised anyone hired them after Rebel Strike to be honest, this was inevitable.

 

[mattttherman3]

Along the lines of studios getting shut down, after halo wars comes out, ensemble is getting shut down, which is bull shit since they are the only company to come out with great RTS games

 

[Aura Guardian]

Factor 5 go under and all people can talk about are Star Wars games?

Turrican II, man.

Damn.

That was a classic