5th Cell

Infobox Company
company_name = 5TH Cell Media, LLC.
company_
company_slogan = Advancing Entertainment
company_type = Private
foundation = August 28, 2003
location = Bellevue, Washington USA
industry = Video Games
Entertainment industry
revenue =
num_employees =
key_people = Joseph M. Tringali
(Managing Director)
Jeremiah Slaczka
(Creative Director)
Brett Caird
(Business Director)
Marius Falhbusch
(Technical Director)
products = "Lock's Quest (DS)"
"Drawn to Life (DS)"
"D.N.A (PC)"
"Siege (mobile)"
"SEAL Team 6 (mobile)"
"Mini Poccha (mobile)"
homepage = [http://www.5thcell.com www.5thcell.com]

5TH Cell is an independently owned video game developer founded in 2003 as 5TH Cell Media, LLC. by Joseph M. Tringali, Jeremiah Slaczka and Brett Caird and currently develops video games for the Nintendo DS and Wii. [cite web
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title = 5TH Cell's Developer Authorization
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publisher = 5TH Cell Media, LLC.
date = 2007-06-02
url = http://www.5thcell.com/corporate.php?menu=corp&game=
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doi =
accessdate = 2007-08-20]

Overview

Founded in 2003 by Joseph M. Tringali, Jeremiah Slaczka and Brett Caird, the company started out developing mobile games and quickly built a reputation in the mobile industry as being a quality developer working with such publishers as THQ Wireless, JAMDAT Mobile (now EA Mobile) and UIEvolution (a subsidiary of Square Enix).

On August 2, 2004 THQ Wireless announced it would published 5TH Cell's first three original games " [http://5thcell.com/games.php?menu=0&game=siege Siege] ", " [http://5thcell.com/games.php?menu=0&game=st6 SEAL Team 6] " and lastly " [http://5thcell.com/games.php?menu=0&game=mpoccha Mini Poccha] ". [cite press release
title = THQ Wireless, Inc. publishes 5TH Cell's titles
publisher = THQ Wireless, Inc.
date = 2004-08-02
url = http://www.5thcell.com/news_080204.html
accessdate = 2007-08-20]

In 2006 5TH Cell transitioned into Nintendo DS and Casual game development. While 5TH Cell has worked with licenses in it's past, its core focus is completely on building it's reputation through innovative, original intellectual property. [cite web
last = Bozon
first = Mark
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title =Pre-E3 2008: Lock's Quest Interview
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publisher = IGN Entertainment, Inc
date = 2008-06-10
url = http://ds.ign.com/articles/887/887879p2.html
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accessdate = 2008-09-07]

On April 21, 2006 IGN announced 5TH Cell's first Nintendo DS game "Drawn to Life", an original title. [cite web
last = Harris
first = Craig
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title = Drawn to Life
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publisher = IGN Entertainment, Inc
date = 2006-04-21
url = http://ds.ign.com/articles/702/702741p1.html
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accessdate = 2007-08-20]

On June 1, 2006 5TH Cell announced its partnership with " [http://merscom.com Merscom] " to publish " [http://5thcell.com/games.php?menu=0&game=dna D.N.A] " a PC casual game and also an original title. [cite press release
title = Merscom Announces D.N.A
publisher = Merscom, LLC.
date = 2006-09-26
url = http://www.merscom.com/corporate/dna.php
accessdate = 2007-08-20]

On May 9, 2007 THQ announced it would publish "Drawn to Life" an Action-Adventure/Platformer hybrid with the unique twist of the player drawing the hero and the world itself using the DS's touchpad. [cite press release
title = THQ Announces Drawn to Life(TM), the First Nintendo DS(TM) Experience That Allows Players to Draw Their Own Hero
publisher = THQ, Inc.
date = 2007-05-09
url = http://investor.thq.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=96376&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=997672&highlight=
accessdate = 2007-08-20.]

THQ released the game in the following regions: September 11th, 2007 in North America, September 20, 2007 in Australia, September 21, 2007 in Europe, and January 15, 2008 in South Korea. According to Next-Gen.biz from the game's launch (September 2007) until March 1, 2008 (6 months) the game was a hit and had sold 820,000 units for the North American and Western European territories alone and was ranked 61st of the top 100 selling video games of the last 12 months. [cite web
last = Staff
first =
authorlink =
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title = THE TOP 100 SELLING GAMES OF THE LAST 12 MONTHS
work =
publisher = Future Network
date = 2008-04-19
url = http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=9639&Itemid=50&limit=1&limitstart=3
format =
doi =
accessdate = 2008-04-21] The game continues to sell well worldwide.

On April 2, 2008 THQ announced it was publishing 5TH Cell's next Nintendo DS game "Lock's Quest" an Action-Strategy game where the player first builds defenses and then battle against an invading clockwork army all racing against the clock.

Original Titles

*2008 | "Lock's Quest" (DS) - Published by THQ
*2007 | "Drawn to Life" (DS) - Published by THQ
*2006 | " [http://5thcell.com/games.php?menu=0&game=dna D.N.A] " (PC) - Published by [http://www.merscom.com Merscom]
*2003 | " [http://5thcell.com/games.php?menu=0&game=mpoccha Mini Poccha] " (Mobile) - Published by THQ Wireless
*2003 | " [http://5thcell.com/games.php?menu=0&game=siege Siege] " (Mobile) - Published by THQ Wireless
*2003 | " [http://5thcell.com/games.php?menu=0&game=st6 SEAL Team 6] " (Mobile) - Published by THQ Wireless

Licensed Titles

*2006 | "" (Mobile) - Published by THQ Wireless
*2006 | " Moto GP Manager" (Mobile) - Published by THQ Wireless
*2006 | " Pat Sajak's Lucky Letters" (Mobile) - Developed for UIEvolution (a subsidiary of Square Enix)
*2005 | "" (Mobile) - Published by THQ Wireless
*2005 | " [http://5thcell.com/games.php?menu=0&game=darts Darts Pro!] " (Mobile) - Published by THQ Wireless
*2004 | " Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events" (Mobile) - Published by EA Mobile

pin-Off Titles

These are titles directly based on 5TH Cell's original games.
*TBA | "Drawn to Life: Wii" (Wii) - Developed by (TBA), Published by THQ
*2008 | "" (DS) - Developed by Altron, Published by THQ

References

External links

* [http://www.5thcell.com Official 5TH Cell Website]
* [http://www.5thcell.jp Official Japanese 5TH Cell Website]