# Gang of Five

> video game developer

**Wikidata**: [Q55418696](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55418696)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/gang-of-five

## Summary
Gang of Five is a United Kingdom–based video game developer. It is recorded on Wikidata as an instance of a video game developer and is listed as having Virgin Interactive as its parent organization.

## Key Facts
- Gang of Five is a video game developer (instance_of: video game developer).
- Country of operation: United Kingdom.
- Parent organization: Virgin Interactive.
- Industry: video game industry.
- Listed in MobyGames with company ID 5465 (former MobyGames scheme label: "gang-of-five").
- Listed in VideoGameGeek with company ID 19117.
- The entity is described on Wikidata with the short description "video game developer."

## FAQs
### Q: What is Gang of Five?
A: Gang of Five is a video game developer based in the United Kingdom.

### Q: Who owns or controls Gang of Five?
A: Available data lists Virgin Interactive as the parent organization of Gang of Five.

### Q: What notable games did Gang of Five develop?
A: The provided source material does not list specific game titles or release information for Gang of Five.

## Why It Matters
Gang of Five matters as a corporate entity within the video game industry ecosystem. Being a UK-based developer and listed as a subsidiary of Virgin Interactive places it within an established corporate structure in the global games market. Its inclusion in major game-company databases such as MobyGames and VideoGameGeek makes the company discoverable to researchers, historians, collectors, and players who use those resources to verify credits, trace developer lineages, and study industry relationships. Entries in these databases also help preserve a record of the company’s existence and its corporate relationships, which is useful for rights management, archival work, and retrospective coverage of the video game industry. While specific product or historical details are not present in the provided sources, the company’s recorded identifiers and parent-company linkage give researchers concrete leads for further archival or database-driven investigation.

## Notable For
- Being a United Kingdom–based video game developer.
- Having Virgin Interactive recorded as its parent organization.
- Presence in MobyGames (company ID 5465) and VideoGameGeek (company ID 19117), supporting discoverability.
- Being identified on Wikidata as an instance of a video game developer.
- Having a historical MobyGames scheme label recorded as "gang-of-five."

## Body

### Overview
- Gang of Five is recorded as a video game developer.
- The company is associated with the United Kingdom.
- No specific game titles, founding date, or individual founders are provided in the available source material.

### Classification
- Instance: video game developer.
- Industry: video game industry.
- Wikidata short description: "video game developer."

### Corporate relationships
- Parent organization: Virgin Interactive (recorded as the parent_org for Gang of Five).
- The available data does not list subsidiaries, ownership percentages, or corporate history beyond the parent_org relationship.

### Database identifiers
- MobyGames company ID: 5465.
- MobyGames former scheme label: "gang-of-five."
- VideoGameGeek company ID: 19117.

### Data provenance
- The industry, parent_org, and instance_of statements are associated with reference metadata dated 2018-07-07 in the provided structured data.
- The VideoGameGeek company ID entry is associated with reference metadata dated 2022-03-19 in the provided structured data.

### Limitations and missing data
- The provided sources do not include founding date(s), founder names, product lists, release dates, employee counts, or other operational details.
- For game credits, release history, or deeper corporate history, consult the referenced databases (MobyGames, VideoGameGeek) or additional primary sources.

## References

1. Gang of Five. MobyGames
2. VideoGameGeek