Factor 5 finishes Lair

By Tom Bramwell Published 26 July, 2007

US version out soon.

Factor 5 has finished work on Lair, with the North American version currently in manufacturing ahead of its 14th August release.

That's the word from associate producer Ryan Hamlyn, anyway, speaking on the official US Sony blog.

"For us, there's still a bit of work to do, as we have localisation to finish up for Europe, Japan, Korea, and more, which will all hopefully follow very soon," he added.

"Once those are out, our leaderboards will truly be global, and then we can see once and for all who the best Lair players are out there! The gauntlet has been thrown, and North American players are getting Lair first, so don't give that advantage away." Yeah cheers.

He means "buy it", obviously, which is what we'll probably end up doing in the name of telling you whether it's any good. Aren't we great? If Lair is, its gamepage will be the place to find out.

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Comments (18) Latest comment 5 years ago

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  • lennon #1 5 years ago

    Im assuming I could just import this? If its any good.

  • Scimarad #2 5 years ago

    I'll be importing this one...

  • Vandrius #3 5 years ago

    Waiting for the review on it, methinks. Looks like it could be interesting, but I'm still a little uncertain of it.

    Sad thing is, for us in Australia I've recently realised its about $20 cheaper to buy it in from overseas. Heck, if I get a copy from Singapore it comes in at nearly half the price we pay for a local Aussie copy.

    If you Europeans think Sony hate you, you should be in Australia. :-(

  • FunkYellowMonkey #4 5 years ago

    Yep, US pre-ordered! :)

  • penhalion #5 5 years ago

    @Vandrius

    Trust me they hate us both equally. 425 pounds is 987 Australian Dollars. We get shafted on an equal opportunities level by Sony.

    Only the region free aspect of the PS3 games (A master stroke on their part) eases the pain. No more waiting for the "European translation" version of a game that is out 6 months earlier in the states or Japan.

  • LonesomeRoad #6 5 years ago

    Assuming this has the ps3 version of achievments for when home launches would an import version on a uk machine not affect this?

  • BadBoyBonner #7 5 years ago

    You'd think it would be very easy to do simultaneous game releases in English speaking countries these days.

    More so with the relevant TV standard having next to bugger all impact - as can be illustrated by the import copies running without a hitch! lol

    And do not go on about it being a Europe thing, we are seperate countries (as someone quite funnily pointed out yesterday). Has anyone in the UK or OZ ever been massively influenced by the advertising in France, Germany, Belgium etc?

    You'd think Europe spoke one language and that UK, USA and OZ all spoke different languages.

    I feel that if games were released in the UK, USA & Oz at the same time the "spastic" shambles may very well have been nipped in the bud a lot earlier.

  • Steroyd #8 5 years ago

    Did they really fill up Blu-ray Insomiac seem to be the only Sony devs that launch games worldwide damnit.

  • tonynibbles #9 5 years ago

    Import, yay!

  • menage #10 5 years ago

    In my opinion only Panzer Dragoon and Starfox did the flying thing right, and that's because they were on rails.

    Sounds a bit weird, but that's the only way to keep these ghames interesting. Otherwise it's turn shoot pass turn shoot pas. Gets boring really quickly, hell I almost fell asleep during the trailers. Looks good in places, horrible in others.

  • myiagros #11 5 years ago

    already ordered from VG+, i am really looking foward to this one.

  • Triggerhappytel #12 5 years ago

    Vandrius - "Waiting for the review on it, methinks. Looks like it could be interesting, but I'm still a little uncertain of it."

    My sentiments exactly. I think on paper this looks and sounds excellent, but from the videos I've seen the execution may be somewhat lacking.

    I'm tentatively interested so far, but will definitely wait for some reviews to filter through.

  • smoothn00dle #13 5 years ago

    this is a new IP AAA title for PS3. Didn't see much at E3 2007. I was worried.

  • Darren #14 5 years ago

    I'm really looking forward to Lair, I've been a huge fan of Factor 5's work ever since I played Great Gianni Sisters (don't ask how I got it!), Kakatis/R-Type and Turrican I-III on the Amiga all those years ago and the Star Wars Rogue Squadron games were terrific on the N64 and GameCube. I have high hopes for Lair and it does look really spectacular from the videos I've seen, like a real showcase for the graphics of the PS3 in the same way that Gears of War was for the Xbox 360.

  • Steroyd #15 5 years ago

    This is a new IP AAA title for PS3. Didn't see much at E3 2007. I was worried.

    Well it wouldn't have made much sense to divert Factor 5's resources away from a game that's a month off launch to make a demo for E3.

    Speaking of demos I'll be keeping a close eye on the US PSN, because they said they'll launch a demo after the game is released.

  • MightyMouse #16 5 years ago

    Any tips as to where to buy this on import? Never had to bother before.

  • LonesomeRoad #17 5 years ago

    videogamesplus are the best for importing.

  • MightyMouse #18 5 years ago

    Cheers LonesomeRoad!