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Volition, Inc. is a video game developer for consoles and Windows-based PCs. Volition is located in Champaign, Illinois. The company was created when Parallax Software (developers of the critically-lauded Descent series) was split in two. The other half was the now-defunct Outrage Entertainment who developed Descent³ and Alter Echo. | |||
With Interplay Entertainment as a publisher, Volition, Inc. developed the Descent: FreeSpace series of space simulation computer games. As Interplay tumbled towards bankruptcy, Volition, Inc. was acquired by [[THQ Inc.|THQ]]. Since then, Volition, Inc. has developed several acclaimed titles including the [[Red Faction]] series, the Summoner series, The Punisher, and the Saints Row series. | |||
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Volition is currently working on the upcoming release of the third in the Red Faction series, [[Red Faction: Guerrilla]]. | |||
== | The sequel to Saints Row, Saints Row 2 was released by Volition on October 14, 2008 in North America for the Playstation 3 and XBox 360. A PC version is due to be released on January 5, 2009. | ||
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*[[THQ Inc.]] | |||
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==External Links== | |||
*[http://www.volition-inc.com Volition's Official Website] | |||
Revision as of 23:42, 1 November 2008
Volition, Inc. is a video game developer for consoles and Windows-based PCs. Volition is located in Champaign, Illinois. The company was created when Parallax Software (developers of the critically-lauded Descent series) was split in two. The other half was the now-defunct Outrage Entertainment who developed Descent³ and Alter Echo.
With Interplay Entertainment as a publisher, Volition, Inc. developed the Descent: FreeSpace series of space simulation computer games. As Interplay tumbled towards bankruptcy, Volition, Inc. was acquired by THQ. Since then, Volition, Inc. has developed several acclaimed titles including the Red Faction series, the Summoner series, The Punisher, and the Saints Row series.
Volition is currently working on the upcoming release of the third in the Red Faction series, Red Faction: Guerrilla.
The sequel to Saints Row, Saints Row 2 was released by Volition on October 14, 2008 in North America for the Playstation 3 and XBox 360. A PC version is due to be released on January 5, 2009.