List of Volition games

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Volition was an American video game developer located in Champaign, Illinois. It was founded in 1993 by programmers Mike Kulas and Matt Toschlog as Parallax Software. The company grew to eight employees while developing its first game, the first-person spaceship shooter Descent (1995), which was released to widespread acclaim. After the release of Descent II (1996), the two founders split the company, with Toshlog moving to Michigan with some of the employees and founding Outrage Entertainment, while Kulas remained in Illinois and renamed the company to Volition. Outrage went on to develop Descent 3 , while Volition moved on to develop the space combat game Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War (1998), growing to around 20 employees during its development. After it successfully launched, Volition began four separate projects while expanding to around 40 employees; the first, FreeSpace 2 , was critically acclaimed but had lower sales than its predecessor; two other games—Descent 4 and Tube Racer—were cancelled; and Summoner (2000), was released as a PlayStation 2 launch title. Volition's previous games had been published by Interplay Entertainment, but the contract had expired and Interplay was not interested in publishing a role-playing video game from Volition; instead, THQ not only agreed to publish Summoner but bought Volition entirely during its development in 2000. [1] It purchased Outrage Entertainment as well in 2002, which remained a separate studio until its closure the following year. [2]

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Descent 4 had been cancelled due to Interplay abandoning the project; as Interplay owned the rights to the franchise, Volition reused the assets to make the first person shooter Red Faction (2001). It was followed by Red Faction II (2002) and Summoner 2 (2002). The third games in both of these series were cancelled after sales were lower than expected. At THQ's suggestion, Volition made a tie-in game, The Punisher , for the 2004 film of the same name, which sold well. Volition brainstormed ideas for a new project, and decided to make an open world action-adventure "gang simulator", Saints Row (2006), as the Grand Theft Auto franchise was the only major series in the genre. THQ was hesitant about the idea, but Volition convinced them that the humorous tone of the game would offset the subject matter. Volition expanded to over 100 employees working on the game during development. The game sold very well, and the company moved on to make Saints Row 2 (2008) as well as resuming the Red Faction series with Red Faction: Guerrilla (2009). Both series were followed by another installment in 2011, Saints Row: The Third and Red Faction: Armageddon , and a horror game project, Insane , was announced in 2010 as the first in a trilogy. [1] Kulas left the company in 2011, later founding Revival Productions with Toschlog in 2014. [3] [4]

In August 2012, THQ cancelled Insane, and in December it filed for bankruptcy. Volition was acquired by Koch Media for US$22 million, and merged with publisher Deep Silver to form Deep Silver Volition, while several franchises, including Summoner and Red Faction, were sold to Nordic Games, which later bought Koch Media in 2018. [5] [6] [7] In late 2022, Nordic's parent company Embracer Group split Volition away from Deep Silver to be a part of an operating group under Gearbox Entertainment, though still an independent studio. [8] Since leaving THQ in 2012 Volition grew to over 200 employees [9] and focused on the Saints Row franchise, producing Saints Row IV (2013), its stand-alone expansion Saints Row: Gat out of Hell (2015), and the franchise reboot Saints Row (2022). It additionally developed Agents of Mayhem (2017), a superhero-themed action-adventure game connected to the Saints Row franchise. In June 2023, Embracer, following the collapse of a multi-billion dollar deal, announced wide-ranging plans to restructure the company that would include studio closures and staff layoffs; Volition was shut down on August 31, 2023. [10] [11] In nearly 30 years of operation, Volition developed 18 titles, as well as at least 6 titles that were cancelled while in development.

Games

As Parallax Software

TitleDetails
Descent

Original release date:
March 5, 1995 [12] 		Release years by system:
1995 – MS-DOS, Mac OS [13]
1996 – PlayStation [13]
1998 – Acorn Archimedes [14]
Notes:
  • First-person shooter game, shoot 'em up game
  • Published by Interplay Entertainment [13]
  • Part of the Descent series
  • Expansion pack Descent: Levels of the World (1995) contains 99 level submissions from a design competition and one level from Parallax Software [15]
  • Descent: Anniversary Edition (1996) includes original game, Levels of the World, and twenty additional levels [16]
  • Original game and Levels of the World included in Descent I and II: The Definitive Collection (1997) compilation [17]
  • Sega Saturn version announced for release in December 1995, but canceled [18]
  • Nintendo 64 version announced for release in 1997 as Ultra Descent, but canceled [19]
  • Source code released in 1997, leading to unofficial mods and ports [20]
Descent II

Original release date:
March 13, 1996 [21] 		Release years by system:
1996 – MS-DOS, Mac OS, [22] Windows (The Infinite Abyss / Destination Quartzon) [23] [24]
1997 – PlayStation (Descent Maximum) [25]
2001 – Acorn Archimedes [26]
Notes:
  • First-person shooter game, shoot 'em up game
  • Published by Interplay Entertainment [22]
  • Part of the Descent series
  • Sequel to Descent; created as an expansion to the original game [1]
  • Version titled Descent II: Destination Quartzon (1996) included as tie-in game with hardware products [24]
  • Expansion pack Descent II: Vertigo Series (1996) contains additional levels and map builder [27]
  • Descent II: The Infinite Abyss (1996) release for Windows includes original game and Vertigo Series [23]
  • Released on PlayStation as Descent Maximum [25]
  • Original game and Vertigo Series included in Descent I and II: The Definitive Collection (1997) compilation [17]
  • Source code released in 1998, leading to unofficial mods and ports. [28]

As Volition

TitleDetails
Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War

Original release date:
March 19, 1998 [29] 		Release years by system:
1998 – Windows [30]
2001 – Amiga (FreeSpace: The Great War) [31]
Notes:
  • Space combat simulator game
  • Published by Interplay Entertainment [30]
  • Part of the Descent series
  • Expansion pack Descent: FreeSpace – Silent Threat (1998) developed by Volition and published by Interplay [32]
  • Original game and Silent Threat included in Descent: FreeSpace – Battle Pack (1998) and Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War/Silent Threat (2001) compilation releases [33] [34]
FreeSpace 2

Original release date:
September 30, 1999 [35] 		Release years by system:
1999 – Windows [36]
Notes:
  • Space combat simulator
  • Published by Interplay Entertainment [36]
  • Part of the Descent series
  • Sequel to Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War
  • FreeSpace 2: Sci-Fi Sim of the Year Edition (2000) includes original game and 20 additional levels [37]
  • Source code was released in 2002, leading to unofficial mods and ports such as the FreeSpace 2 Source Code Project [38]
Summoner

Original release date:
October 24, 2000 [39] 		Release years by system:
2000 – PlayStation 2 [40]
2001 – Windows, macOS [40]
Notes:
Red Faction

Original release date:
May 22, 2001 [41] 		Release years by system:
2001 – PlayStation 2, Windows [42]
2002 – macOS [42]
2003 – N-Gage [42]
2005 – Mobile phones [43]
Notes:
  • First-person shooter game
  • Published by THQ
  • Part of the Red Faction series
  • N-Gage version (2003) developed by Monkeystone Games and published by THQ [42]
  • Mobile phone version (2005) developed by Blue Beck and published by THQ [43]
Summoner 2

Original release date:
September 23, 2002 [44] 		Release years by system:
2002 – PlayStation 2 [45]
2003 – GameCube [46]
Notes:
  • Action role-playing game
  • Published by THQ [45]
  • Sequel to Summoner
  • Gamecube version (2003) developed by Cranky Pants Games and published by THQ [46]
Red Faction II

Original release date:
October 16, 2002 [47] 		Release years by system:
2002 – PlayStation 2 [48]
2003 – GameCube, Windows, Xbox [48]
Notes:
  • First-person shooter game
  • Published by THQ [48]
  • Part of the Red Faction series
  • Sequel to Red Faction
  • Windows and Xbox versions (2003) developed by Outrage Entertainment and published by THQ [48]
  • GameCube version developed by Cranky Pants Games and published by THQ [48]
The Punisher

Original release date:
April 12, 2004 [49] 		Release years by system:
2004 – Mobile phones [49]
2005 – Xbox, Windows, PlayStation 2 [50]
Notes:
Saints Row

Original release date:
August 29, 2006 [52] 		Release years by system:
2006 – Xbox 360 [53]
Notes:
Saints Row 2

Original release date:
October 14, 2008 [56] 		Release years by system:
2008 – Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 [57]
2009 – Windows [57]
2016 – Linux [58]
Notes:
  • Action-adventure game
  • Published by THQ [57]
  • Part of the Saints Row series
  • Sequel to Saints Row
Red Faction: Guerrilla

Original release date:
June 2, 2009 [59] 		Release years by system:
2009 – Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Windows [60]
2018 – Xbox One, PlayStation 4 (Re-Mars-tered Edition) [61]
Notes:
  • Third-person shooter game
  • Published by THQ [60]
  • Part of the Red Faction series
  • Sequel to Red Faction II
  • Three DLC packs released (2009) for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, including Demons of the Badlands expansion pack [62]
  • Re-Mars-tered Edition (2018), a remastered version with improved graphics, released for Windows, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One [61]
Red Faction: Armageddon

Original release date:
June 7, 2011 [63] 		Release years by system:
2011 – Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Windows [64]
Notes:
  • Third-person shooter game
  • Published by THQ [64]
  • Part of the Red Faction series
  • Sequel to Red Faction: Guerrilla
Saints Row: The Third

Original release date:
November 15, 2011 [65] 		Release years by system:
2011 – Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Windows [66]
2016 – Linux [58]
2019 – Nintendo Switch (The Full Package) [67]
2020 – Xbox One, PlayStation 4 (remaster) [68]
Notes:
  • Action-adventure game
  • Published by THQ
  • Part of the Saints Row series
  • Sequel to Saints Row 2
  • Three DLC packs released—Genkibowl VII, Gangstas In Space, and The Trouble With Clones—as well as smaller DLC content [69]
  • Saints Row: The Third: The Full Package contains original game and DLC [69]
  • A remastered version titled Saints Row: The Third Remastered (2020) developed by Sperasoft and published by Deep Silver [68]
Saints Row IV

Original release date:
August 20, 2013 [70] 		Release years by system:
2013 – Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Windows [71]
2015 – Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Linux (Re-Elected) [72] [73]
2020 – Nintendo Switch (Re-Elected) [74]
Notes:
  • Action-adventure game
  • Published by Deep Silver
  • Part of the Saints Row series
  • Sequel to Saints Row: The Third
  • 2 DLC packs released— Enter the Dominatrix (2013) and How the Saints Save Christmas (2013)—as well as numerous smaller DLC pieces [75] [76]
  • Saints Row IV: Game of the Century Edition (2014) and Saints Row IV: National Treasure Edition (2014) contain original game and differing amounts of DLC [77] [78]
  • Saints Row IV: Re-Elected version (2015), co-developed with High Voltage Software, includes all DLC [72] [79]
Saints Row: Gat out of Hell

Original release date:
January 20, 2015 [72] 		Release years by system:
2015 – Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Windows, Linux [72] [80]
Notes:
  • Action-adventure game
  • Co-developed with High Voltage Software [79]
  • Published by Deep Silver [79]
  • Part of the Saints Row series
  • Standalone expansion to Saints Row IV
Agents of Mayhem

Original release date:
August 15, 2017 [81] 		Release years by system:
2017 – Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Windows [82]
Notes:
  • Action-adventure game
  • Published by Deep Silver [81]
Saints Row

Original release date:
August 23, 2022 [83] 		Release years by system:
2022 – Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows [83]
Notes:
  • Action-adventure game
  • Published by Deep Silver [83]
  • Part of the Saints Row series
  • Reboot of Saints Row (2006) [83]

Canceled

TitleDetails
Tube Racer [1]

Cancellation date:
By 1999 [1] 		Proposed system release:
Xbox, PlayStation 2
Notes:
  • Open world action game
Descent 4 [1]

Cancellation date:
By 2000 [1] [84] 		Proposed system release:
Windows
Notes:
  • First-person shooter game, shoot 'em up game
  • Part of the Descent series
  • Intended as a prequel to Descent
  • Much of the concept material was used in Red Faction [1] [84]
Underground [1]

Cancellation date:
2001 [1] 		Proposed system release:
Xbox, PlayStation 2
Notes:
Summoner 3 [1]

Cancellation date:
By 2003 [1] 		Proposed system release:
N/A
Notes:
  • Action role-playing game
Red Faction 3 [1]

Cancellation date:
By 2003 [1] 		Proposed system release:
N/A
Notes:
  • First-person shooter game
Insane

Cancellation date:
August 6, 2012 [85] 		Proposed system release:
Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Windows [86]
Notes:

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<i>Summoner</i> (video game) 2000 video game

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<i>Agents of Mayhem</i> Action-adventure video game

Agents of Mayhem is an open world action-adventure video game developed by Volition and published by Deep Silver. The game was released in August 2017 for PlayStation 4, Windows, and Xbox One. The game's themes are based on Saturday-morning cartoons and superhero films. It is set in a parallel universe of Volition's Saints Row series, and includes several plot and character crossovers. Agents of Mayhem received mixed reviews; it was generally praised for its humor, characters and combat, but criticized for its repetitiveness. It was a commercial disappointment, which lead to layoffs at Volition.

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