It seems Factor 5's financial problems has led to even more trouble after the developer shut down last month. Former Factor 5 employees are now suing the Lair developer for fraudulent behavior in order to get out of paying their debts, Gamasutra reports.

Factor 5, the San Rafael, CA-based US developer has now officially shut down for business after succumbing to financial trouble. The announcement was made on their official website, adorned with images of the games they have completed, mostly for the Star Wars franchise, and was also responsible for the PS3 title Lair.

It looks like Lair developer Factor 5 and Haze dev Free Radical may be sharing more than just a disappointing PS3 title. Following recent confirmation of Free radical's bankruptcy, we how have rumors of Factor 5 closing down.

Despite getting a heaping dose of Kyptonite from publisher Brash Entertainment, developer Factor 5's "large scale multi-platform project" still refuses to die. Is it *gasp* indestructible?

We all know how fans took the lack of analog controls in 2007 PlayStation 3 exclusive Lair. Thankfully, Factor 5 announced in this year's GDC that an update is coming to address that issue. Looks like the devs are making good on that promise as an announcement was seen in the Japanese PlayStation site about it. Details in the full article.

If the SIXAXIS motion-sensing control scheme of Factor 5's Lair is bogging down your game, then you'd be glad to know that a patch to provide the player with an alternate control scheme is confirmed and incoming this quarter. Check out all the details in the full article, and get ready for some epic dragon-riding action that should be worth the purchase of a PlayStation 3.

Many gamers and critics may have had a hard time with Lair's controls, and Factor 5 definitely noticed the complaints about the game's control scheme. So is it possible that they may send a out a fix for Lair's motion sensing controls or - even better - release an entirely new optional control scheme? Read the full article to judge for yourself.

There are video game awards, and then there are video game awards. This particular video game awards feature is probably of the latter, but with a lot of good-natured irreverence thrown into the mix. While it would have been easier for us to just make an article about our favorite games (and we did), we felt that the gaming year of 2007 had a lot to offer, and thus we're giving credit (and blame) where it's due.

Check out the winners in the full article.

Originally posted on January 21, 2008 at 1:14 PM.

The infamous Surfer Girl just unleashed more rumors to keep you on your toes as we enter 2008. According to the latest post on Surfer Girl Reviews Star Wars, big titles will grace the Xbox Originals service and giant publishers such as EA and Eidos are cooking something up for next year. Details at the full article.

Ever wondered what caused the delay of Factor 5's Lair in Europe? Wonder no more, as it seems that the dragon-riding game blessed with the SIXAXIS' motion controls seems to have been snagged with a manufacturing issue. Yes, it's the game discs themselves that warranted a slight delay of the game's release, having no age rating printed on them. And apparently, in Europe, that's a big legal no-no.

Check the full article for the entire details about the delay.