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Posted: Dec 16th 2008 11:49AM Obienator said

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That is depressing, I enjoyed their Rogue Squadron games. Yes, Lair was a turkey, but one bad game should not haunt a company forever.
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Posted: Dec 16th 2008 11:53AM samfish said

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That sucks. Even though Lair was a turkey, Factor 5 still tends to make good games.
I hope Capcom or Sega buys them. I'm sure with all the news of their troubles and their pedigree, some of the huge publishing houses are eyeballing them carefully at this point.
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Posted: Dec 16th 2008 12:03PM Obienator said

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lol, like minds....;)
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Posted: Dec 16th 2008 1:29PM Dirty said

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All this turkey talk has me hungry..

I hope microsoft buys them and has them make the next Crimson Skies.
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Posted: Dec 16th 2008 2:16PM Johnnynumber5 is powered by cell said

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Did you get hands on time with Lair? Just curious if you got to play it or if you are going off the horrible reviews. I enjoyed it enough to say it was a decent game. I thought the motion controls were pretty good after you got use to them. It was a fun little game that had some issues like framerate drops and chugging. I don't think it's near as bad as it's percieved by the gaming populus who for the most part never even played it. I guess the same could be said for Too Human & Wario Shake It.
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Posted: Dec 16th 2008 11:55AM iheartevo said

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"Speaking to a "well-placed source," "....aka "my brother-in law who came asking me for money on Saturday.
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Posted: Dec 16th 2008 11:55AM (Unverified) said

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All they have to do is make a new Rogue Squadron for the Wii and they should be set for the next few years. Hell spiff up the graphics for the first 2, re-release it with new controls and online play and I'm sold.
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Posted: Dec 16th 2008 11:59AM Mr Khan said

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That's been more or less confirmed, except that it won't be a new game. Some mystery publisher (likely Nintendo themselves) acquired the rights to the 3 Rogue Squadron games from LucasArts so that they can re-release them for Wii. The process includes redrawing the first rogue squadron up to hardware capabilities
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Posted: Dec 16th 2008 11:57AM Mr Khan said

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When that 1 bad game is THE game that you've made in the last 5 years, it can kinda hurt.

So long as they don't put the freeze on whatever they're working on for Wii, though. I would doubt those projects would be on the chopping block, unless they were new IPs and not what's been rumored (StarFox, Kid Icarus, Pilotwings)
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Posted: Dec 16th 2008 12:01PM Obienator said

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Sadly, yes. In the videogame industry you are only as good as the last game you made.
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Posted: Dec 16th 2008 11:59AM jhowlett said

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so sad. i still want my dragon trophies
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Posted: Dec 16th 2008 12:04PM Mr Bungo said

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That's so disappointing. I loved Factor 5's Rogue Squadron games. That first Gamecube game was a stunner. While I never played Lair (no PS3), it seemed like a very cool idea that was done in by some poor execution. I think they've got some talented, dedicated folks and I'm sorry to hear things go bad for them. I hope something happens to help them out, either via a new publishing deal, or an acquisition that keeps the company together as more than just a name and some IP.
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Posted: Dec 16th 2008 12:25PM (Unverified) said

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Thats no good.
Yes going to the PS3 was their biggest mistake ever but it should only haunt them until they make another good Nintendo game.
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Posted: Dec 16th 2008 1:19PM (Unverified) said

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Screw everything else, Turrican was awesome, sad to hear this happened.
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Posted: Dec 16th 2008 1:28PM (Unverified) said

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Maybe they just fired the Lair team?
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Posted: Dec 16th 2008 3:42PM ComicShaman said

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In which case, the question is... what took them so long?

Although the music was good, and some of visual design was pretty decent. So maybe they could keep some of those folks on. But everyone else responsible for Lair should've been sacked long ago.

(And yes, I did play the game. It was dreadful.)
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Posted: Dec 16th 2008 2:25PM (Unverified) said

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I think this is karma for working with Brash, I mean come on there the company that brought us jumpers the game. I think it about time employees tell their bosses that I do not think this game is good. If not they will face the economic factor of creative destruction.

-Yes I to loved Rouge Squadron, so maybe thats a sign that they should stick to Star wars franchise
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Posted: Dec 16th 2008 5:52PM Sly C said

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wow that's sad if it's true. factor 5 doesn't deserve to die, even with a bad game under its belt. and lair was a lot better after the analog controls. those devs must really be dedicated if they haven't been payed in 2 months.
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Posted: Dec 16th 2008 8:30PM BlackIceJoe said

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Sony help out Factor 5 buy them out. Lair may not have been every thing people wanted but they really made a great looking game and I know Factor 5 can still make great games. So buy F5 Sony.
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