Factor 5 Can’t Pay Employees
The aftereffects of Brash Entertainments closure continue with news that Star Wars: Rogue Squadron and Lair developer Factor 5 has been unable to pay its employees for over a month. This comes from a now-removed blog post from animator Sam Baker.
“If we left, there would have been no hope in F5 staying afloat,” read his post. “We had faith in the projects and the company, so there was no reason to bail just yet.”
The financial crisis caused the company to stop work on one of its titles after cutting employee health care. Baker was apparently told by president Julian Eggebrecht that employees should start looking for other jobs if funding wasnt secured within a week.
However, following reports on his post, Baker deleted the entire blog, claiming it was “easy to misinterpret.” Additinally, he clarified that the halted project wasnt the game being made from Brash.
“The other projects currently under way at Factor 5 are doing great,” he said. “We hadn’t received payment because of the situation with Brash, which is why I said I needed to look elsewhere for work.”
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