volition inc. type subsidiary industry computer and video games predecessor parallax software founded november 1996 ; 19 years ago 1996 11 founders mike kulas matt toschlog headquarters champaign illinois united states key people dan cermak products red faction 2001 11 saints row 2006 present number of employees 300 2014 1 parent deep silver website www.dsvolition.com deep silver volition llc formerly volition inc. commonly referred to as volition is an american video game developer located in champaign illinois . the company was created when parallax software was split into two companies volition and outrage entertainment led by mike kulas and matt toschlog in november 1996 . 2 contents 1 history 2 games developed 3 cancelled games 4 references 5 external links history edit when interplay entertainment was the publisher volition inc developed the freespace series of space simulation video games . when interplay tumbled towards bankruptcy volition inc was acquired by thq in september 2000 . 3 since then volition inc has developed several acclaimed titles including the red faction series the summoner series the punisher and the saints row series . insane a game developed in collaboration with guillermo del toro was announced at 2010 spike video game awards but volition s version of the game was cancelled in 2012 . del toro has since announced that insane is still currently in development from an as of yet undisclosed developer . when thq filed for bankruptcy a number of companies showed interest in the assets of thq . 4 general manager of volition inc. dan cermak said that warner bros. electronic arts take two ubisoft deep silver and an unnamed group from chicago undertook site visits in the weeks preceding the sale . 5 eventually volition was acquired by koch media for 22.3 million usd . 6 the only other bid was 5.4 million usd by ubisoft . 5 volition was the second most expensive thq asset sold during the auction after relic entertainment . the price was understood to be largely due to the success of games such as saints row the third which by early 2012 had sold around 4 million copies . thq also claimed that the game s downloadable content packages were performing much better than anticipated . 7 as part of thq s bankruptcy in january 2013 volition inc and the saints row franchise were acquired by koch media with future titles being published under its deep silver brand . 8 volition s red faction and summoner franchises were not acquired with the company by deep silver instead being acquired by video game publisher and developer nordic games . games developed edit year title platform s gc os x win linux nge ps2 ps3 ps4 xbox x360 xone 1998 freespace the great war no no yes no no no no no no no no 1999 freespace 2 no no yes no no no no no no no no 2000 summoner no yes yes no no yes no no no no no 2001 red faction no yes yes no yes yes no no no no no 2002 summoner 2 yes no no no no yes no no no no no 2002 red faction ii yes no yes no no yes no no yes no no 2005 the punisher no no yes no no yes no no yes no no 2006 saints row no no no no no no no no no yes no 2008 saints row 2 no no yes yes no no yes no no yes no 2009 red faction guerrilla no no yes no no no yes no no yes no 2011 red faction armageddon no no yes no no no yes no no yes no 2011 saints row the third no no yes yes no no yes no no yes no 2013 saints row iv no no yes yes no no yes yes no yes yes 2015 saints row gat out of hell no no yes yes no no yes yes no yes yes 2017 agents of mayhem no no yes no no no no yes no no yes cancelled games edit insane saints row undercover references edit handrahan matthew july 15 2014 . volition plans to add 100 people to its team . gamesindustry.biz . gamer network . retrieved july 15 2014 . hanson ben march 30 2011 . the secret history of volition . game informer . gamestop . retrieved july 6 2012 . thq acquires volition in stock transaction . los angeles times . september 12 2000 . the break up bankrupt thq s assets sold at auction . forbes . april 18 2012 . retrieved april 24 2013 . a b volition had six interested buyers report . gamespot . january 30 2013 . retrieved april 24 2013 . ray alexa january 23 2013 . koch media offers 22.3 m for volition and 5.8 m for 4a games metro franchise in thq auction . polygon . retrieved april 24 2013 . thq s fourth quarter results got a boost from saints row . destructoid . retrieved april 24 2013 . thq dissolved saints row company of heroes darksiders devs acquired . ign . retrieved january 23 2013 . external links edit official website volition inc. archived by internet archive v t e volition freespace series descent freespace the great war freespace 2 summoner series summoner summoner 2 red faction series red faction red faction ii red faction guerrilla red faction armageddon saints row series saints row saints row 2 saints row the third saints row iv other games the punisher insane agents of mayhem related companies deep silver thq outrage parallax v t e deep 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