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Prison Break: The Video Game Busts Out
10:40AM Michael McWhertor | Another piece of licensed flotsam recovered from the crash of Brash Entertainment have been recovered, as Deep Silver and Koch Media announce, officially, the video game version of Prison Break. More »
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Factor 5 Officially Shuttered
12:20AM Mike Fahey | There were layoffs and rumours of studio closings, but now it’s finally confirmed. According to the company website, the San Rafael-based Factor 5 studio has officially closed its doors. More »
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Saw Preview: Condemned or Dragon’s Lair?
1:00AM AJ Glasser | There’s something terribly familiar about wandering around a dilapidated insane asylum with crazy people ahead of you and instant-death traps all around you.
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Konami Picks Up Saw, Releases First Screens
5:40AM Michael McWhertor | Konami has confirmed that it has picked up rights to publish a video game based on the Saw movie franchise, one of many titles abandoned by the implosion of Brash Entertainment. More »
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What Factor 5’s Superman Once Looked Like…
11:40AM Michael McWhertor | Lair and Rogue Squadron developer Factor 5 was hard at work on a Superman video game before it contracted a near-fatal case of Brash Entertainment Publishing Agreement Syndrome. This is what that game looked like. More »
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What The Flash Would Have Looked Like…
9:20AM Michael McWhertor | When Brash Entertainment, the plague of a publisher that did serious harm to independent developers industry-wide, gave up the ghost, several projects went with it. That includes one based on DC Comics’ The Flash. More »
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Folklore Dev Was Working On Tom And Jerry For Brash
11:00AM Michael McWhertor | Game Republic, (in)famous for its work on Genji and Folklore, as well as its founder Yoshiki Okamoto, was working on a Tom and Jerry game tie-in with an upcoming movie, according to a new interview. More »
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Rumour: Lair Dev Out Of Funding, Can’t Pay Employees
11:00AM Michael McWhertor | Lair developer Factor 5 may be the latest to face harsh economic realities, according to a blog from one of its employees. Citing insufficient funding, Factor 5 allegedly had to put one unannounced project on hold. More »
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Brash Cuts Loose Nearly Completed SAW Game
8:00AM Owen Good | Last month, Brash Entertainment laid off 20 workers and axed some projects, but pointedly remained committed to publishing a game based on the film SAW. Now that has been cut loose. More »