Posted by Marcel Klum on 07 December 2001 - 21:55 · 1 comment & 218 views
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, LucasArts started to outsource its Star Wars games to third party developers when all of their game gods left the company. LEC no longer had the creative muscle to create anything remotely extraordinary and has a catalog of mediocre console and PC titles to prove it. Enter Factor Five, a company that once ported localized German versions of X-Wing vs. Tie Fighter and X-Wing: Balance of Power for LucasArts; now entrusted with its flagship Nintendo GameCube launch title - Star Wars: Rogue Leader.

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Sun has completed about 75 percent of the layoffs it announced in early October and plans to have about 40,000 employees by the end of the quarter, down from 43,000. As a result of the job cuts and facility reductions, Sun expects to take a $500 million charge, Lehman said.

To help spur sales, Sun has been working to push its 900MHz UltraSparc III processors across its entire hardware line and announced that the Sun Fire 280R entry-level server will now have the speedier chips. Sun's newest high-end and midrange servers already have the 900MHz chips.

The Sun Fire 280R is shipping immediately with two 900MHz chips, at a starting price of $22,995 with 2GB of memory and two 36GB internal disks. A similar product with 750MHz UltraSparc IIIs starts at $17,995, according to information on Sun's Web site.

Palo Alto, Calif.-based Sun also said it plans to introduce some new storage technology in January that will come out of tools it acquired through its purchase of HighGround Systems.in April. Sun has previously said the new offerings would involve virtual storage management and next-generation file system technology.

News source: Info World - Sun says sales improving, speeds up entry-level server



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Quote this comment Reply to this comment #1 Posted by trunks on 08 Dec 2001 - 04:08
I hadn't heard of factor 5 until I played this game. It is amazing. The graphics are so sharp and clear. Not only that but the movie sequences in the menu system are in amazing quality. They have really put together a great package with this game. A definate must have for any Gamecube owner.
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