{"id":55835,"date":"2023-09-03T22:01:07","date_gmt":"2023-09-03T22:01:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saveupdata.com\/?p=55835"},"modified":"2023-09-03T22:01:07","modified_gmt":"2023-09-03T22:01:07","slug":"saints-row-developer-volition-games-has-been-shut-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saveupdata.com\/news\/saints-row-developer-volition-games-has-been-shut-down\/","title":{"rendered":"Saints Row Developer Volition Games Has Been Shut Down"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>Update, 9\/1\/23<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yesterday, Volition Games, the studio behind the Saints Row and Red Faction franchises, announced it was shutting down, effective immediately. Today, it released a new statement discussing its 30-year history, and thanking the talent that has come through its doors across three decades and its community of fans.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>You can read the statement in full below:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/prod-media.gameinformer.com\/styles\/body_default\/s3\/2020\/05\/22\/5665ffd7\/srttheader.jpg\" typeof=\"foaf:Image\"><\/p>\n<p><span><span>Volition&#8217;s demise comes after the company celebrated its 30th anniversary as a studio in June. Beginning with the Descent series (released under Voliton&#8217;s original name,\u00a0Parallax Software) and releasing cult favorites such as Summoner, it found major success with the Red Faction franchise during the 2000s, peaking with the well-received Red Faction: Guerilla in 2009. Volition would kick off the Xbox 360 generation with the release of Saints Row, a GTA-inspired series that would steadily gain popularity and a unique identity before reaching its zenith with the critically acclaimed Saints Row: The Third in 2011.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>However, following the release of Saints Row IV in 2013, the studio entered a rough patch. It took a swing with a new IP in the tepidly received Agents of Mayhem in 2017, which garnered disappointing sales. Its final game, 2022\u2019s <\/span><\/span><span><span><span><span>Saints Row reboot<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span><span>, also received a mixed reaction from fans and underperformed in sales to the point that Embracer <\/span><\/span><span><span><span><span>transferred the studio to Gearbox<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span><span>. With the studio\u2019s closure, it\u2019s unclear what will become of Saints Row, Red Faction, and the other franchises under its umbrella.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>While the last few years weren\u2019t kind of Volition, there\u2019s no denying the positive impact its games and series had on the industry. What\u2019s your favorite Volition game? Share your memories in the comments below. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Products In This Article<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/review_summary_game_cover\/public\/2021\/08\/26\/48acf09c\/saintsrow.jpg\"><\/p>\n<h3>Saints Row<\/h3>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/2023\/08\/31\/saints-row-developer-volition-games-has-been-shut-down\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Update, 9\/1\/23: Yesterday, Volition Games, the studio behind the Saints Row and Red Faction franchises, announced it was shutting down, effective immediately. Today, it released a new statement discussing its 30-year history, and thanking the talent that has come through its doors across three decades and its community of fans.\u00a0 You can read the statement in full below: Volition&#8217;s demise [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Saints Row Developer Volition Games Has Been Shut Down - saveupdata.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/saveupdata.com\/news\/saints-row-developer-volition-games-has-been-shut-down\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Saints Row Developer Volition Games Has Been Shut Down - saveupdata.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Update, 9\/1\/23: Yesterday, Volition Games, the studio behind the Saints Row and Red Faction franchises, announced it was shutting down, effective immediately. 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