Lair News
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Factor 5's U.S. studio is no more
California-based studio Factor 5 has officially closed its doors, CEO Achim Moller said in a statement on the company’s website yesterday. The studio was reported to have folded last December, though this was never confirmed. The developer, best known for their work on the critically acclai...
- Posted May 15th 2009
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Lair patch has gone live
The patch that enables analog control for the PlayStation 3 title, Lair, has finally gone live. It appears as though it is only available within the European market at this time; however, we fully expect it to be available within North America in just a short while. The patch is a decent...
- Posted Apr 14th 2008
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Sony confirms Lair analogue controls on the way
Sony of Japan has revealed that Factor 5’s Dragon title Lair will be receiving analogue control support via a free update later this month. In addition to the above, the update will also introduce a targeting icon, along with DualShock 3 support. The company also confirmed it is releasi...
- Posted Apr 10th 2008
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Amazon slashes $23.00 off Lair
North American readers looking for a quick bargain may be tempted to point their browsers over to Amazon.com’s page for the PlayStation 3 title, Lair. The online retail giant has lowered the price of the Factor 5 title from USD 59.99 to USD 36.99, saving you approximately USD 23.00 Lair ...
- Posted Mar 17th 2008
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Lair score wins IFMCA award
After receiving heavy criticism on its launch, The PlayStation 3 exclusive, Lair, has finally received some positive recognition from the media. The International Film Music Critics Association announced their 2007 award winners, and this year was the debut of the award for Best Original Score f...
- Posted Feb 19th 2008
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More traditional controls to materialize for Lair?
Gamers who aren't so fond of motion control may have overlooked the high-flying dragon title, Lair, which came out last summer to an overwhelming amount of critical detestation, largely due to its controls. Lair relied almost solely on the motion sensing capabilities of the Sixaxis, which turned out...
- Posted Feb 12th 2008
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Retailers explain UK Lair delay
Retail giant GAME has stated that the UK release of Lair was delayed due to the absence of an age rating sticker on the game disc. The Factor 5-developed title was originally scheduled to go on sale in the UK on November 9. However, employees at GAME revealed to CVG "the reason Lair has ...
- Posted Nov 13th 2007
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Lair delayed in Europe
November 9 was supposed to be the day when the European market finally got their hands on the highly sought after PS3 exclusive, Lair. Unfortunately however, we can report that the game has in fact been pushed back a whole fortnight. November 23 will be the new day of destination for all you flyi...
- Posted Nov 10th 2007
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Lair cracks Japanese top ten
Factor 5’s mythical Dragon adventure Lair has managed to crack the Japanese top ten in its first week of release, entering the charts at number seven. The game, released in late August in North America and Europe just last month, sold a total of 22,000 units for the week ended October 14, a...
- Posted Oct 18th 2007
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Sony releasing Lair review guide
The PlayStation 3 exclusive title Lair has been subjected to a slew of negative press since its release last month, with reviewers specifically targeting the games Sixaxis motion sensing controls. However, in a bid to give gamers and journalist a better understanding of the games content, Sony Com...
- Posted Sep 8th 2007
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