It's been a few years since Factor 5 shut down its US operations and now it would appear we're getting a look at some of the shuttered studio's projects underway right until the end. Remember Superman? That wasn't all the company was working on, if this thread on NeoGAF is legit.
Some leaked concept art of what is being called a "Beaver Pioneer" and some nondescript robot appeared on the site -- later in that same thread, a poster claiming to be an ex-Factor 5 employee called the game Animal Wars. It supposedly "played like Warhawk," pitting animals against each other in a WWII-themed setting. How novel.
Perhaps more interesting is the concept art of a lone white robot, what some in the thread are saying is from a Turrican reboot that was in the works at Factor 5, but there doesn't appear to be enough evidence to effectively conclude as much. As of right now, it seems the closest we have to a real Turrican reboot is Hurrican.
[Image credit: NeoGAF]
Reader Comments (11)
Posted: Nov 8th 2011 2:10PM Shockwave said
I miss Rogue Squadron. If only they did that instead of Lair.
Posted: Nov 8th 2011 2:26PM PN04 said
@Shockwave
Lair was their attempt to do something original. They didn't want to keep doing RS games only, they wanted to branch out. Even if they didn't do Lair, they were the people responsible for asking both Nintendo and Sony to try motion gaming and probably would have used it in their next RS game anyway.
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Lair was their attempt to do something original. They didn't want to keep doing RS games only, they wanted to branch out. Even if they didn't do Lair, they were the people responsible for asking both Nintendo and Sony to try motion gaming and probably would have used it in their next RS game anyway.
Posted: Nov 8th 2011 2:12PM Pure Black World Tendency said
Turrican was so awesome back in the days of Amiga 500. This remake looks a bit like the big brother of Vanquish.
Posted: Nov 8th 2011 2:25PM Timjoy said
Capcom needs to bring back rogue squadron..
Posted: Nov 8th 2011 2:43PM sparkster said
@sonofman
Read "The Man in The High Castle". WW2 turning out differently would be kind of scary.
Read "The Man in The High Castle". WW2 turning out differently would be kind of scary.
Posted: Nov 8th 2011 3:07PM Therion said
I remember Super Turrican as one of the biggest, flashier action games of its time. Given the current state of technology, a remake would be the Ultimate seizure-inducer!
Posted: Nov 8th 2011 3:48PM DaRabidDuckie said
The idea of a Turrican reboot makes me very happy, but I really hope it's a 2.5D upgrade like Bionic Command: Rearmed 1&2 and not another 1st/3rd person re-imagining like too many reboots become. :(
Posted: Nov 8th 2011 5:01PM Ophidios said
Anyone else find it weird that this article talks about a potential Turrican reboot, but then links to another article, which then links to a Joystiq article from 2007 that said there was a Turrican reboot in the works?
Huh.
Huh.
Posted: Nov 8th 2011 11:16PM Lawfer said
God, please let it be Turrican.







