Deep Silver Volition, Inc.

COMPANY» Founded 1996-11-30

Champaign,IL,USA

Volition was a studio based in Champaign, Illinois. It was best known for the Saints Row, Freespace, and Red Faction franchises. The studio was closed by Embracer Group on August 31, 2023.

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Overview

Volition Studios was originally founded as part of Parallax Software, the studio behind the classic Descent (Franchise) series. After flagging sales of their Freespace (Franchise) series resulted in Volition being acquired by THQ (Company), they went on to have much greater success with the Red Faction (Franchise) series, and more recently, the Saints Row (Franchise) franchise. As part of THQ's liquidation, they were auctioned off to Koch Media and renamed Deep Silver Volition.

Loss of Intellectual Properties

Despite creating the Red Faction and Summoner franchises, Volition lost the rights to them when they were sold to Koch Media. The IPs were later sold to Nordic Games GmbH, who currently does not have any scheduled releases for either franchise.

inSANE

inSANE (Game) was a game that was in development at Volition and was to be a collaboration project with film director Guillermo del Toro (Person). It was later cancelled when THQ ran into serious financial troubles. Instead of continuing to work on inSANE, focus was shifted toward creating Saints Row IV (Game), which was likely considered a safer project due to Saints Row: The Third's success.

Developed Games

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Saints Row 2 (Game)

14 October 2008

The clone that surpassed the original returns with the even more over-the-top sequel to Volition's popular open-world mayhem generator, Saints Row.

PC​ X360​ LIN​ +3

Saints Row (Game)

29 August 2006

Saints Row is an open-world crime game which lets you create a character and help a man named Julius and his gang, the 3rd Street Saints, rise to the top and take back control of Stilwater.

X360​ XBGS​

Red Faction (Game)

21 May 2001

Set on Mars in the near future, Red Faction is a first-person shooter developed by Volition. It follows the fight of miners against the oppressive Ultor corporation and features dynamic destructible environments.

PC​ MAC​ PS2​ +3

Red Faction: Armageddon (Game)

7 June 2011

Get your ass back to Mars in the fourth installment of the environmental destruction-focused Red Faction series. In Armageddon, players go back underground for the first time since the original Red Faction.

PC​ X360​ PS3​

Summoner 2 (Game)

22 September 2002

Summoner 2 is a fantasy Action RPG where you take the role of Maia, a queen and goddess reborn, as you try to save the world from impending doom.

PS2​ GCN​

Freespace 2 (Game)

1 October 1999

Freespace 2 is a space-sim developed by Volition Incorporated and released in 1999 for the PC. It is still considered by many to be the finest example of its genre.

PC​

Descent: Freespace: Silent Threat (Game)

1 October 1998

Expansion to the original Freespace.

PC​

Summoner (Game)

25 October 2000

Summoner is an action role-playing game from Red Faction creators Volition.

PC​ MAC​ PS2​

inSANE (Game)

Unknown Release

A horror game by Guillermo del Toro.

PC​ X360​ PS3​

Saints Row: Undercover (Game)

29 January 2016

Saints Row: Undercover is a cancelled game for the PSP that was planned to release in 2009. However the prototype was released on January of 2016 by Volition through Unseen64.

PSP​

Agents of Mayhem (Game)

15 August 2017

Inspired by Saturday-morning cartoons, this single-player spin-off of the Saints Row series pits a roaming squad of anti-heroes against a massive evil organization in near-future South Korea.

PC​ XONE​ PS4​

Saints Row (Game)

23 August 2022

A reboot of the open-world action-adventure series of the same name, pulling away from the wacky over-the-top elements of previous games. It is Volition's final game.

PC​ XONE​ PS4​ +3

Published Games

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Company details

Name

Deep Silver Volition, Inc.

Abbreviation

Founded

30 November 1996

Location

Champaign,IL,USA

Website

http://www.dsvolition.com

Aliases

Volition Incorporated

Developed Games

• Saints Row 2 (Game)
• Saints Row (Game)
• Red Faction (Game)
• Red Faction: Armageddon (Game)
• Summoner 2 (Game)
• Freespace 2 (Game)
• Descent: Freespace: Silent Threat (Game)
• Summoner (Game)
• inSANE (Game)
• Saints Row: Undercover (Game)
• Agents of Mayhem (Game)
• Saints Row (Game)
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Published Games

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Franchises

• Saints Row (Franchise)
• Red Faction (Franchise)
• Freespace (Franchise)
• Grand Theft Auto (Franchise)
• Summoner (Franchise)
• Wing Commander (Franchise)
• Descent (Franchise)
• Marvel (Franchise)
• TRON (Franchise)
• The Getaway (Franchise)
• The Punisher (Franchise)
• Tony Hawk (Franchise)

People

• Anthony Burch (Person)
• Ashly Burch (Person)
• Dan Wentz (Person)
• Dolph Lundgren (Person)
• Guillermo del Toro (Person)
• Ludwig van Beethoven (Person)
• Robert Loggia (Person)
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Person)

Characters

• Johnny Gat (Character)
• The Boss (Character)
• Pierce Washington (Character)
• Aisha (Character)
• Kinzie Kensington (Character)
• Oleg Kirrlov (Character)
• Shaundi (Character)
• Dex (Character)
• Donnie (Character)
• Jane Valderama (Character)
• Julius Little (Character)
• Matt Miller (Character)
• Professor Genki (Character)
• Admiral Aken Bosch (Character)
• Alec Mason (Character)
• Anthony "Big Tony" Green (Character)
• Asha Odekar (Character)
• Benjamin King (Character)
• Cyrus Temple (Character)
• DJ Veteran Child (Character)

Concepts

• Achievements (Concept)
• Male Protagonists (Concept)
• GOG.com (Concept)
• Ragdoll Physics (Concept)
• Steam (Concept)
• Ultor (Concept)
• Voice Acting (Concept)
• Blood (Concept)
• Blood Splatter (Concept)
• Crosshair (Concept)
• Cutscene (Concept)
• Explosion (Concept)
• Jump (Concept)
• Melee (Concept)
• Open World (Concept)
• PlayStation Trophies (Concept)
• Polygonal 3D (Concept)
• Reload (Concept)
• Side Quest (Concept)
• Third-Person Perspective (Concept)

Locations

• Clothing Store (Location)
• The United States of America (Location)
• Office Building (Location)
• Suburbs (Location)
• Weapon Shop (Location)
• Church (Location)
• City (Location)
• Factory (Location)
• Mars (Location)
• Prison (Location)
• Stilwater (Location)
• Bar (Location)
• Cemetery (Location)
• Dock (Location)
• Mine (Location)
• Penthouse (Location)
• Airport (Location)
• Alley (Location)
• Asteroid Field (Location)
• Automobile Repair Shop (Location)

Objects

• Rocket Launcher (Object)
• Gun (Object)
• Gloves (Object)
• Goatee (Object)
• Shotgun (Object)
• Sniper Rifle (Object)
• Ambulance (Object)
• Ammo (Object)
• Assault Rifle (Object)
• Beard (Object)
• Car (Object)
• Explosives (Object)
• Garbage Truck (Object)
• Grenade (Object)
• Mustache (Object)
• Pistol (Object)
• Submachine Gun (Object)
• Building (Object)
• Door (Object)
• Fedora Hat (Object)