Julian Eggebrecht

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Julian Eggebrecht is co-founder of Factor 5, a game and technology developer located in Marin County, California. Factor 5 was founded in Germany in 1987 and moved to the U.S. in 1996. Factor 5 is a technology partner for Nintendo's Gamecube console and provider of the MusyX sound tools. Julian's work includes the Turrican line of games, Star Wars: Rogue Squadron (LucasArts), BallBlazer Champions (LucasArts), Indiana Jones - Greatest Adventures (LucasArts), International Superstar Soccer Deluxe (Konami), Contra: The Alien Wars (Konami). His most recent work can be found in Indiana Jones & The Infernal Machine (LucasArts) for the Nintendo 64 and Star Wars Episode 1: Battle for Naboo (LucasArts). Julian is Factor 5's president and lead producer and currently working on two next-generation console titles.

He originally went to the Filmhochschule in Munich to become a movie director, but decided to give up his studios to officially open the development studio Factor 5 in 1991. Between the early 90s (at the latest 1993) and 2000 he also worked as freelance author for several German gaming magazines, most notably Total! and Gamers. Factor 5 was closed in May 2009 and in 2010 he founded the social games development studio TouchFactor with a number of his other ex-staff.

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Fortnite (2018, iPhone) Designed, Developed, and Published by Epic Games
Lair (2007, PlayStation 3) Director
Telltale Texas Hold'em (2005, Windows) Special Thanks to
Star Wars: Rogue Squadron III - Rebel Strike (2003, GameCube) Director
Star Wars: Rogue Squadron II - Rogue Leader (2001, GameCube) Directed by
Star Wars: Episode I - Battle for Naboo (2000, Nintendo 64) President
Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine (2000, Nintendo 64) N64 Camera
Resident Evil 2 (1999, Nintendo 64) Producer
Star Wars: Rogue Squadron 3D (1998, Windows) Producer
Ballblazer Champions (1997, PlayStation) Game Design
Star Wars: X-Wing Vs. TIE Fighter (1997, Windows) Producer
Star Wars: Rebel Assault II - The Hidden Empire (1996, PlayStation) Produced by
International Superstar Soccer Deluxe (1996, Genesis) Producer
Super Turrican 2 (1995, SNES) Designed by
Animaniacs (1995, Game Boy) Did all the not so obvious producing
Indiana Jones' Greatest Adventures (1994, SNES) Designed by
Contra III: The Alien Wars (1994, Game Boy) Produced by
Tony & Friends: in Kellogg's Land (1994, Amiga) Playability, Quality Assurance (Playability, Qualität)
Mega Turrican (1994, Genesis) Designed by
Super Turrican (1993, SNES) Designed by

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