private industry video games founded august 28 2003 headquarters bellevue washington u.s. key people jeremiah slaczka ceo & creative director joseph m. tringali coo marius falhbusch cto products scribblenauts series drawn to life lock s quest run roo run website www.5thcell.com 5th cell is an independently owned video game developer founded in 2003 as 5th cell media llc . and is currently run by joseph m. tringali jeremiah slaczka and marius falhbusch . the company is most well known for the scribblenauts series . 1 contents 1 overview 2 controversy 3 original titles 4 licensed titles 5 spin off titles 6 references 7 external links overview edit founded on august 28 2003 by joseph m. tringali jeremiah slaczka and brett caird the company started out developing mobile games working with such publishers as thq wireless jamdat mobile now ea mobile and uievolution a former subsidiary of square enix . on august 2 2004 thq wireless announced it would publish 5th cell s first three original mobile games siege seal team 6 and mini poccha . 2 in 2006 5th cell transitioned into nintendo ds and casual game development . while they have worked with licenses and work for hire in its past its core focus has moved completely onto building innovative original video games . in an ign interview with michael thomsen jeremiah slaczka the company s creative director was asked what kinds of games do you ultimately want to be known for . he responded by saying innovative games we want to be known as a company that produces aaa content you can t get anywhere else from anyone else . so far with both drawn to life and lock s quest i think our products have lined up with that vision . we ve completely switched our company s focus to original titles now . we don t do licensed games or work for hire anymore . 3 on april 21 2006 ign revealed 5th cell s first nintendo ds game drawn to life an original title . 4 on june 1 2006 5th cell announced its partnership with merscom to publish d.n.a a pc casual game and also an original title . 5 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 . 6 thq released the game worldwide in 2007 and 2008 . according to next gen.biz from the game s launch september 2007 until march 1 2008 6 months the game had sold 820 000 units worldwide and was ranked 61st of the top 100 selling video games of the last 12 months . 7 on april 2 2008 thq announced it was publishing 5th cell s next nintendo ds game lock s quest an original action strategy game where the player first builds defenses and then battle against an invading clockwork army all racing against the clock . on december 5 2008 5th cell unveiled its next nintendo ds game on ign.com scribblenauts an emergent action puzzle game where the player can write anything they can think of to help them solve the puzzle . on may 1 2009 warner bros. interactive entertainment announced it would be publishing scribblenauts . on september 15 2009 scribblenauts was released in north america with its australian release being on september 30 and european release on october 9 . according to the npd group scribblenauts sold 194 000 units in the united states during september 2009 following mario & luigi bowser s inside story and kingdom hearts 358 2 days in top nintendo ds sales . 8 a sequel super scribblenauts was released on the ds in north america on october 12 2010 australia on october 27th and europe on october 29 . the game improved on many aspects of the original adding more words introducing adjectives and tweaking the controls to accommodate use of the d pad . a remake of the original scribblenauts on ios called scribblenauts remix was released by warner bros. interactive on october 12 2011 . instead of 5th cell it was actually ported to the platform by developers iron galaxy . the ios version provides forty levels from both scribblenauts and its sequel along with ten new levels for the ios . at nintendo s e3 2012 press conference they announced the third game scribblenauts unlimited for both wii u and nintendo 3ds marking the series first debut on the nintendo 3ds platform and on a home video game console the wii u. it saw release for nintendo 3ds on november 13 2012 and for wii u and pc on november 18 2012 . the game was a lot different from its predecessors as it moved to a more adventure based formula that relied on an open world filled with non player characters rather than choose individual puzzles to earn starites . it also introduced a new object editor which was present on the wii u and pc versions but not the 3ds version . on march 24 2016 following the cancellation of the mobile game scribblenauts fighting words by publisher warner bros. interactive entertainment heavy layoffs severely impacted the company . they remain in operation but currently only a tiny amount of employees remain . 9 10 controversy edit in may 2013 nyan cat creator and keyboard cat s owner filed a copyright and trademark infringement lawsuit against warner bros. and 5th cell over their creations appearances in the scribblenauts series . 11 in september 2013 both keyboard cat and nyan cat owners released a statement saying the parties have amicably resolved their dispute and warner bros. home entertainment inc. and 5th cell media llc are licenses for the continuing uses of the characters in their scribblenauts games . 12 original titles edit 2003 seal team 6 mobile published by thq siege mobile published by thq mini poccha mobile published by thq 2006 d.n.a. pc published by merscom 2007 drawn to life ds published by thq 2008 lock s quest ds published by thq 2009 scribblenauts ds published by warner bros. interactive entertainment drawn to life the next chapter ds published by thq 2010 super scribblenauts ds published by warner bros. interactive entertainment 2012 run roo run ios published by 5th cell hybrid xbox live arcade published by 5th cell 13 scribblenauts unlimited wii u 3ds pc published by warner bros. interactive entertainment 2013 scribblenauts unmasked a dc comics adventure wii u 3ds pc published by warner bros. interactive entertainment 2016 anchors in the drift 14 licensed titles edit 2004 lemony snicket s a series of unfortunate events mobile published by electronic arts 2005 darts pro mobile published by thq ministry of sound club manager mobile published by thq 2006 pat sajak s lucky letters mobile developed for uievolution an ex subsidiary of square enix moto gp manager mobile published by thq full spectrum warrior mobile mobile published by thq spin off titles edit these are titles directly based on 5th cell s original games that were not developed by 5th cell themselves . 2008 drawn to life spongebob squarepants edition ds developed by altron published by thq 2009 drawn to life the next chapter wii developed by planet moon studios published by thq 2011 scribblenauts remix ios co developed by iron galaxy studios and 5th cell published by warner bros. interactive entertainment references edit 5th cell s developer authorization . 5th cell . 2007 06 02 . archived from the original on october 7 2007 . retrieved 2015 12 28 . thq wireless inc. publishes 5th cell s titles press release . thq wireless . 2004 08 02 . retrieved 2007 08 20 . thomse michael 2008 10 08 . independent view 5th cell s jeremiah slaczka . ign . archived from the original on 12 february 2009 . retrieved 2009 02 19 . harris craig 2006 04 21 . drawn to life . ign . archived from the original on 25 august 2007 . retrieved 2007 08 20 . merscom announces d.n.a press release . merscom . 2006 09 26 . archived from the original on 29 july 2007 . retrieved 2007 08 20 . thq announces drawn to life the first nintendo ds experience that allows players to draw their own hero press release . thq . 2007 05 09 . retrieved 2007 08 20 . the top 100 selling games of the last 12 months edge magazine . next gen.biz . 2008 04 10 . retrieved 2011 08 09 . geddes ryan 2009 10 19 . scribblenauts sees solid september sales . ign . archived from the original on 23 october 2009 . retrieved 2009 10 19 . campbell colin 2016 03 21 . 5th cell lays off staff as scribblenauts fighting words canned update . polygon . retrieved 2016 07 08 . klepek patrick . scribblenauts developer 5th cell laid off 45 employees today following layoffs last week the studi . retrieved 2016 07 08 . http www.joystiq.com 2013 05 02 keyboard cat nyan cat creators file lawsuit over scribblenauts http nymag.com daily intelligencer 2013 09 keyboard cat nyan cat win warner bros lawsuit.html mcwhertor michael . scribblenauts dev moves on to consoles pretty big xbla game . kotaku . kerr chris october 21 2015 . scribblenauts developer turns to fig to fund new free to play rpg . gamasutra . retrieved october 21 2015 . external links edit official 5th cell website v t e video games by 5th cell scribblenauts series scribblenauts super remix 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