We all know that the US branch of Factor 5 shut down in December 2008 after Brash went bankrupt and Superman was canned. A few months of unpaid wages were enough to put the studio down, which hastily took their other two projects and transferred their licenses to their German branch Factor 5 GmbH, which was made to look like it was their main studio right from the beginning - even though it was only formed in 2003 (this led to a yet unsettled lawsuit).
So some of the former Factor 5 US employees formed WhiteHarvest, which is said to have continued on the Rogue Squadron Trilogy, Pilotwings and later a Wii port of Brutal Legend. While the Rogue Squadron Trilogy pack was more or less finished, Pilotwings might have lost Nintendo's backing and then not have found a new publisher. WhiteHarvest was finally killed when EA cancelled the Brutal Legend port in August 2009.
Since then the German branch, Factor 5 GmbH led by Achim Moller, appeared to be still operating. However, in January 2011, Moller decided to liquidate Factor 5 GmbH - all game licenses were transferred to "Eggebrecht, Engel, Schmidt GbR". Moller seems to have formed a new company in late June 2009 when WhiteHarvest went down. This company is pretty similar to Factor 5 GmbH and is called "Factor V Media Production GmbH"; same adress, same services.
Eggebrecht, Engel and Schmidt are now working on casual titles at TouchFactor.
So Factor 5 staff, check your NDAs whether they are still valid when both Factor 5, Inc and Factor 5 GmbH vanished. If not, leak these titles
So some of the former Factor 5 US employees formed WhiteHarvest, which is said to have continued on the Rogue Squadron Trilogy, Pilotwings and later a Wii port of Brutal Legend. While the Rogue Squadron Trilogy pack was more or less finished, Pilotwings might have lost Nintendo's backing and then not have found a new publisher. WhiteHarvest was finally killed when EA cancelled the Brutal Legend port in August 2009.
Since then the German branch, Factor 5 GmbH led by Achim Moller, appeared to be still operating. However, in January 2011, Moller decided to liquidate Factor 5 GmbH - all game licenses were transferred to "Eggebrecht, Engel, Schmidt GbR". Moller seems to have formed a new company in late June 2009 when WhiteHarvest went down. This company is pretty similar to Factor 5 GmbH and is called "Factor V Media Production GmbH"; same adress, same services.
Eggebrecht, Engel and Schmidt are now working on casual titles at TouchFactor.
So Factor 5 staff, check your NDAs whether they are still valid when both Factor 5, Inc and Factor 5 GmbH vanished. If not, leak these titles