5th Cell
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| Private | |
| Industry | Video games |
| Founded | August 28, 2003 |
| Headquarters | Bellevue, Washington, U.S. |
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Key people
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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.
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.
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:
On April 21, 2006, IGN revealed 5th Cell's first Nintendo DS game Drawn to Life, an original title.
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.
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. 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.
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