- Embracer close Volition, developer of Red Faction and Saints Row - 31 August 2023
Embracer Group have announced that they're closing down Volition, the Illinois, US-based developer best known today for Saints Row and Red Faction. The announcement - which coincided with the predictably uproarious lifting of Starfield's review embargo, though I'm sure the timing is purely accidental - comes as part of broader restructuring at Embracer Group following a multiple-year acquisition spree, which Alice0 reported on in June . Read more
- THQ Nordic turns 10, celebrates with a showcase of upcoming games - 2 September 2021
THQ Nordic is celebrating its 10th birthday this month, and it’s throwing a party for the fans with a showcase of upcoming games. It’s happening September 17th , and will be livestreamed on YouTube , Twitch , and Steam at 12 PM PT / 3 PM ET / 8 PM BST . Hosted by Geoff Keighley, the showcase will feature six upcoming games, including “the return of legendary franchises, including some for which fans have been waiting for decades to get their hands on a new installment,” THQ Nordic promises, as well as sequels to beloved games. Read more
- Have You Played Red Faction? - 8 August 2019
Red Faction is a story about a moron. (more…)
- It's Hammer Time: Red Faction Guerrilla Re-Mars-tered Edition out now - 3 July 2018
Time to wreak havoc on Mars with your sledgehammer once more Vienna/Austria, July 3rd, 2018: In 2125 there is no mining your own business on Mars: The Earth Defense Force (EDF) is strong-arming everyone into work and sending the resulting hard-earned resources back to Earth. Suppression, executions, violence everywhere… it’s no wonder a famous resistance group rises once more. And you? You will be their best guerrilla fighter. Welcome to the Red Faction. Red Faction Guerrilla Re-Mars-tered Edition is out now on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/667720/Red_Faction_Guerrilla_ReMarstered/ Players who already own the 2009 version of Red Faction: Guerrilla on Steam will automatically receive the Re-Mars-tered edition for free in their accounts. From now on, these players can simply download Red Faction Guerrilla Re-Mars-tered from their Steam library and start swinging their sledgeha…
- Get up to 80 percent off THQ Nordic games in Humble Store sale - 21 March 2017
Yesterday brought word of Square Enix's up-to-75-percent-off sale , and today brings with it news of Humble Store's THQ Nordic Week limited-time discount period.  Offering up to 80 percent off select games, the THQ Nordic Week sale casts its wallet-friendly net over some of the publisher's games (Nordic Games, you may recall, rebranded last year ) such as the Red Faction Collection —which includes Red Faction, Red Faction 2, Red Faction Guerrilla, Red Faction Armageddon and Red Faction Armageddon's Path to War DLC—for £7.99/$11.99.  The Darksiders Franchise Pack comes with the Darksiders Warmastered Edition, the Darksiders II Deathinitive Edition, and 13 slices of DLC for £8.99/$9.99; while the Arcania and Gothic Bundle —which houses Arcania: Fall of Setariff, Gothic 1, Gothic 2: Gold Edition, Gothic 3 and Gothic 3: Forsaken G…
- Do You Want To Own The Saints Row Series? Or Just Buy Red Faction? Bids For Parts of THQ Must Be In By January 22. - 8 January 2013
THQ, the troubled publisher of Saints Row, WWE games, Company of Heroes , Metro: Last Light , the new South Park role-playing game, Red Faction and more, may still be sold in its entirety to an investment group called Clearlake as part of a bankruptcy sale, according to a court ruling. But other interested parties may also bid on pieces of the company, which is why word has been making the rounds that Warner Brothers and possibly EA as well as other parties of interest might want to pick off some of THQ's franchises. All bids for THQ's stuff must be in by 9am ET on January 22, THQ reported this morning in an update regarding the bankruptcy court proceedings. There will be a hearing on the sale the day after. The sale(s) close on January 24. The results could be similar to what happened with the shuttering Midway. Warner Bros. snatched Mortal Kombat . EA wound up with NBA Jam at some poi…
- Midweek Madness - Red Faction Franchise 75% off! - 11 September 2012
Save 75% on the Red Faction Franchise during this week's Midweek Madness*! Wreak havoc across the vast, open-world environment of Mars in the the critically acclaimed, best-selling Red Faction Franchise . Rebel against the Ultor Corporation, replace the dictator Sopot to restore peace, battle for liberation from the oppressive Earth Defense Force (EDF) and finally save Mars from a long-dormant evil released from a mysterious shaft in an old Marauder temple. *Offer ends Thursday at 4PM Pacific Time
- Red Faction's Art Is Now Buried Beneath the Dust - 28 July 2011
Despite the guilty pleasures of Red Faction: Guerilla , all it took was one sub-par game in the series ( Red Faction: Armageddon ) for publisher THQ to, at least temporarily, pull the plug on the series . Which is a damn shame. In memory of a franchise (or at least its contemporary revival) that lived too fast and died too young, then, here's a collection of top-shelf concept art from the pariah itself, Red Faction: Armageddon . These character concepts and environment pieces were done by Massive Black , a creative studio based in San Francisco that not only breathes life into the world of video games but that of major motion pictures as well. To see the larger pics in all their glory, either click the "expand" icon on the gallery screen or right click and "open link in new tab". Fine Art is a celebration of the work of video game artists. If you're in the business and have some concept…
- THQ abandons Red Faction franchise - 27 July 2011
THQ has pulled the plug on its Red Faction franchise following poor sales of RF: Armageddon. Speaking at an investor call today, CEO Brian Farrell confirmed that "we do not intend to carry forward with that franchise in any meaningful way." He added that the development team at Volition has been moved onto Guillermo del Toro's inSane survival horror project. The series began back in 2001 as an FPS on PC and PlayStation 2, with a formal sequel following on a year later. Red Faction: Guerrilla switched to a third person perspective in 2009, picking up a sturdy 7/10 from Eurogamer. Red Faction: Armageddon, released last month, matched that score but, as revealed earlier today, failed to do the business at retail .
- Adios, Red Faction - 27 July 2011
Poor sales of Red Faction: Armageddon this year means the end of the franchise, publisher THQ said in a conference call today. Brian Farrell, the THQ chief executive, told investors that "we do not intend to carry forward with that franchise in any meaningful way." Volition, the studio developing the series, has now been reassigned to Guillermo del Toro's inSane game project, a survival horror game. THQ Abandons Red Faction Franchise You can contact Owen Good, the author of this post, at [email protected] . You can also find him on Twitter , Facebook , and lurking around our #tips page.
- Here's How To Get That Rainbow-Shitting Unicorn in Red Faction: Armageddon - 3 May 2011
Remember when we told you that Mr. Toots, a wee unicorn with a powerful, rainbow-spraying ass , would come to Red Faction: Armageddon ? Well, here's your official confirmation from THQ who also reveals how we'll get our hands on Mr. Toots incredibly destructive rectum. It's going to take a million downloads of the game's demo, according to the video released by THQ today. The demo for Red Faction: Armageddon was released today on Xbox Live and is supposed to come to the PlayStation Network whenever Sony's online service returns from its slumber. Given PS3's owners inability to grab said demo right now, Armageddon will have an uphill battle making it to a million. (There's no PC demo, sadly.) Might want to tell your friends if you want to unicorn fart things to death. Red Faction: Armageddon hits the PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 on June 7 in North America, June 10 internationally.
- Red Faction: Origins Trailer Transports Us to Made-For-TV Mars - 2 May 2011
THQ and SyFy have teamed up to produce Red Faction: Origins , a made for television movie that spans the time period between 2009's Red Faction: Guerrilla and 2011's Red Faction: Armageddon . No longer do you have to settle for simple stills of this Red Faction origin story, as THQ released the trailer for the June-due Origins today. Here's the plot, if it's hard to gather from the above video. Jake Mason (Brian J. Smith), Alec's last surviving son and an officer in the Red Faction Militia, has his world turned inside out when he discovers that now, 12 years after her kidnapping, his sister is still alive. As a powerful new enemy swarms across the planet, Jake goes out to find her, only to learn that his lost sister is one of them...a cold-blooded soldier sworn to destroy the Red Faction. Jake must now battle the relentless regime and somehow reunite a family torn apart by war. Furtherm…
- Ten Years of Red Faction Coalesce in Armageddon - 2 May 2011
Ten years ago the original Red Faction gave PlayStation 2, PC, and Mac gamers their first taste of the future of humanity on Mars. Developer Volition explains how the three games before led up to next month's Red Faction: Armageddon . We've come a long way since Red Faction came out back in 2001, haven't we? Back then the PlayStation 2 version of the game was either the bee's knees or the shit, depending on your praise of choice. Nowadays the original doesn't hold up quite as well, but playing through it does convey a strong feeling of how we've gotten from the fledgling franchise of a decade ago to what we're getting next month. Red Faction: Armageddon hits the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and PC on June 7.
- Get A Taste of Red Faction Armageddon On May 3 - 26 April 2011
Get your ass to a limited portion of Mars with the Red Faction Armageddon demo, currently slated to come to Xbox Live and PlayStation Network on May 3. Sorry, PC gamers, but there won't be a demo for you.
- Get A Look At The Red Faction Movie In These Production Photos - 25 April 2011
Syfy's live-action take on the Red Faction universe, Origins, will make its debut on June 4 . If you were wondering what the thing looks like, well, wonder no more. It's hard to make out what's going on, other than the fact there are people on Mars and some of them are wearing clothes that are just bound to need cleaning twice a day. One thing you can clearly make out, though, is that this film stars Robert Patrick. Otherwise known as the T -"Have You Seen This Boy" 1000.
- The Complete History Of An Under-Appreciated Games Developer - 1 April 2011
You may know Volition as the developers behind the Saints Row and Red Faction games. But its history is actually a lot longer, and more illustrious, than that. A film crew from Game Informer has, during the course of some studio visits, got a little sidetracked and catalogued the entire history of the developer, from the present-day hits all the way back to titles like Descent (when it was still known as Parallax Software) and Freespace, names which still give PC gamers a case of the tingles. Your mileage on these will vary depending on how much love you have for each series, but if you're like me and have enjoyed most of the stuff that's come out of Volition over the years, they're a great watch. You can see them at the link below. The Secret History of Volition
- Red Faction SyFi Movie Releasing May, Not March - 4 December 2010
The Red Faction movie to air on SyFi will begin shooting in January and air in May, concurrent with the release of Red Faction: Armageddon, says the publisher. THQ's Danny Bilson, the company's president for core games publishing spread the word over his Twitter account . The one-shot TV movie, originally scheduled to air in March, could end up as the basis for a future series. Red Faction:Origins film to be released in May instead of March
- Three Weapons That (Sadly) Aren't In Red Faction: Battlegrounds - 19 September 2010
Well, not too much more beyond what was featured in the downloadable game's debut trailer . Red Faction: Battlegrounds is a frantic, competitive arcade action game, a top-down perspective take on Twisted Metal-style car combat. Vehicles, mechs, tanks and weapons lifted from the Red Faction franchise will make an appearance in the game, like the mini-black hole spawning singularity gun. But some Red Faction standbys—and some of the series' not so common weapons—won't be making an appearance in Battlegrounds. Here's a quick rundown of what won't be available in the game's arsenal. Believe me, I asked. 1. Cars with hammers attached to them 2. A gun that shoots hammers 3. A giant ostrich mech Fortunately, the Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network game doesn't appear to suffer for those absences. The hands-off demo we saw at TGS looked like a fun arcade experience, one on par…
- Guillermo Del Toro Working With Red Faction Developers? - 19 August 2010
Guillermo Del Toro, the man behind movies like Hellboy, Pan's Labyrinth and The Devil's Backbone, has said he wants to make video games . Could he be making them with THQ? That's the impression you get reading an interview over on Eurogamer with THQ's Danny Bilson, where he says: We're not announcing anything but I can tell you Guillermo del Toro and I are very close friends. He lives about two miles from our office. I'm not confirming anything, but we have a lot of shared vision. We both spent a lot of time in the film business. Now my PR person is about to smack me upside the head. If we were to do a game with Guillermo and Volition, I would really support that in a big way, personally. But we're not announcing anything yet. I'm not telling you what type of game it is or anything like that, if we were to do something. But I can tell you... . ...But he and I are good friends. We get al…
- Your First Look At Red Faction: Battlegrounds - 16 August 2010
The first downloadable Red Faction game was officially named and detailed earlier today, but publisher THQ is making its latest game announcement officially official with new Red Faction: Battlegrounds media. The Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network game is coming in 2011, courtesy of developer THQ Digital Studios UK and Volition. Four players can go head to head in vehicular based Martian combat, pitting tanks versus mechs versus "fast-attack vehicles" in a handful of game modes. The requisite Red Faction demolition is also included at no additional charge. Red Faction: Battlegrounds will be playable at Gamescom 2010 this week, so we'll let you know what we think soon enough.
