Volition, the developer behind Saints Row franchise, is officially closed

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Michael McWhertor
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Saints Row and also Red Faction designer Volition disappears. The workshop’s proprietor, Embracer Group, has actually shut Volition “effective immediately,” according to a declaration uploaded on Volition’s LinkedIn account. The closure of the Champaign, Illinois-based firm comes soon after the studio celebrated its 30th anniversary in June.

Volition created in the declaration that the workshop’s closure is the sufferer of a general restructuring program at proprietor Embracer. In June, the Swedish gaming company and media conglomerate announced plans to close multiple studios and cancel games following information that a bargain worth $2 billion in revenue had actually failed. Axios later on reported that the Saudi government-funded Savvy Games Group was the event that revoked a financial investment take care of Embracer. (Savvy Games formerly committed $1 billion to Embracer.)

Here’s Volition’s complete declaration on the workshop’s closure:

The Volition group has actually happily produced first-rate amusement for followers around the world for three decades. We’ve been driven by an enthusiasm for our area and also constantly functioned to supply delight, shock, and also joy.

This previous June, Embracer Group introduced a restructuring program to enhance Embracer and also preserve its setting as a leader in the video clip game market. As component of that program, they reviewed tactical and also functional objectives and also made the challenging choice to shut Volition efficient right away.

To aid our group, we are functioning to supply task support and also assistance smooth the shift for our Volition member of the family. We thank our consumers and also followers worldwide for all the love and also assistance for many years. You will certainly constantly remain in our hearts.

Volition’s newest game was a reboot of the Saints Row franchise business. The new Saints Row released in February 2022 as a refresh of the open-world criminal activity franchise business, however underperformed seriously and also readily, according to a 2023 financial report from Embracer.

An advancement source at Volition stated that the closure was unforeseen — beyond the total restructuring at Embracer — and also swift. An “emergency meeting” was contacted Thursday early morning and also the workshop was shut mins later on, according to a now-former worker.

Polygon has actually connected to Plaion, the author that has Deep Silver, which Volition belonged to, for talk about the workshop’s closure and also will certainly upgrade when it reacts.

 

Source: Polygon