Several former employees of Factor 5 have have formed a new social games studio in the San Francisco Bay area, named (appropriately enough) TouchFactor. Gamasutra reports that the new studio is being headed up by former Factor 5 co-founder, president, and creative director Julian Eggebrecht.

The team is small, but reportedly contains at least five artists and designers from the Factor 5's US office. The company hasn't announced any upcoming social games and its Web site is bare-bones, but its LinkedIn profile states: Read more »