Software:Confounding Factor (games company)

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Confounding Factor
TypePrivate
IndustryVideo games
FateDissolved
Founded1997; 27 years ago (1997) in Bristol, England, UK
Founder
  • Toby Gard
  • Paul Douglas
Defunct2004; 20 years ago (2004)
HeadquartersBristol, England, UK
ProductsGalleon

Confounding Factor was a British video game developer based in Bristol, England. The company was established in 1997 by Toby Gard and Paul Douglas, both former Core Design employees, although Douglas would leave the company in early 2000 over disagreements concerning the schedule,scope and content of the videogame they were developing.[1][2][3] Almost immediately after its founding, Confounding Factor was signed to a multi-game deal with Interplay Entertainment.[4] The studio developed only a single title during its lifetime, Galleon,[5] which was released in 2004 for the Microsoft Xbox console.[6] They disbanded soon after,[7] with Gard taking up a position with UK video game publisher Eidos.[8]

References

  1. "Interview with Toby Gard of Confounding Factor". Gamasutra. CMP Media LLC. http://www.gamasutra.com/features/19981023/gard_01.htm. Retrieved 11 September 2009. 
  2. "Galleon Preview (Xbox)". Team Xbox. IGN Entertainment, Inc.. February 23, 2002. http://previews.teamxbox.com/xbox/275/Galleon/p1/. Retrieved 11 September 2009. 
  3. "Galleon". Edge 97: 39-45. May 2001. 
  4. "In the Studio". Next Generation (Imagine Media) (36): 24. December 1997. 
  5. "Confounding Factor goes down with the ship". GameSpot. CBS Interactive Inc.. July 14, 2004. http://www.gamespot.com/xbox/adventure/galleon/news.html?sid=6102624&mode=news. Retrieved 11 September 2009. 
  6. "Galleon sails into stores". GameSpot. CBS Interactive Inc.. August 3, 2004. http://www.gamespot.com/xbox/adventure/galleon/news.html?sid=6104024&mode=news. Retrieved 11 September 2009. 
  7. "Confounding Factor sink with Galleon". PlayTM. Ferrago Ltd. July 15, 2004. http://play.tm/news/4120/confounding-factor-sink-with-galleon/. Retrieved 11 September 2009. 
  8. "Toby Gard in charge of Tomb Raider revival". PlayTm. Ferrago Ltd. June 19, 2009. http://play.tm/news/25202/toby-gard-in-charge-of-tomb-raider-revival/. Retrieved 11 September 2009. 

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