Red Faction

Volition · Deep Silver

Released: Aug 5, 2009
Platforms: Windows
Last updated: 03 Sep 2026, 23:09 GMT

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31 Aug 2023Rock, Paper, Shotgun
Embracer close Volition, developer of Red Faction and Saints Row
Embracer Group have announced that they're closing down Volition, the Illinois, US-based developer best known today for Saints Row and Red Faction. The announcement - which coincided with the predictably uproarious lifting of Starfield's review embargo, though I'm sure the timing
02 Sep 2021VG247
THQ Nordic turns 10, celebrates with a showcase of upcoming games
THQ Nordic is celebrating its 10th birthday this month, and it’s throwing a party for the fans with a showcase of upcoming games. It’s happening September 17th , and will be livestreamed on YouTube , Twitch , and Steam at 12 PM PT / 3 PM ET / 8 PM BST . Hosted by Geoff Keighley,
08 Aug 2019Rock, Paper, Shotgun
Have You Played Red Faction?
Red Faction is a story about a moron. (more…)
03 Jul 2018Developer post
It's Hammer Time: Red Faction Guerrilla Re-Mars-tered Edition out now
Time to wreak havoc on Mars with your sledgehammer once more Vienna/Austria, July 3rd, 2018: In 2125 there is no mining your own business on Mars: The Earth Defense Force (EDF) is strong-arming everyone into work and sending the resulting hard-earned resources back to Earth. Supp
Time to wreak havoc on Mars with your sledgehammer once more
Vienna/Austria, July 3rd, 2018: In 2125 there is no mining your own business on Mars: The Earth Defense Force (EDF) is strong-arming everyone into work and sending the resulting hard-earned resources back to Earth. Suppression, executions, violence everywhere… it’s no wonder a famous resistance group rises once more. And you? You will be their best guerrilla fighter. Welcome to the Red Faction.
Red Faction Guerrilla Re-Mars-tered Edition is out now on Steam:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/667720/Red_Faction_Guerrilla_ReMarstered/
Players who already own the 2009 version of Red Faction: Guerrilla on Steam will automatically receive the Re-Mars-tered edition for free in their accounts. From now on, these players can simply download Red Faction Guerrilla Re-Mars-tered from their Steam library and start swinging their sledgehammers.
Check out our new trailer for PC: https://youtu.be/_OKenNxyLmA
One more random fun fact about Mars (in real-life): If you weighed 200 lbs on Earth, your Mars-weight would only be 76 lbs. But don't try the "Mars-Diet" at home – we recommend neither eating only Mars bars, nor trying to lower the gravity in your neighbourhood.
Red Faction Guerrilla Re-Mars-tered features:
Fully reworked graphics – heavily reworked textures and graphic features adding, for example, specular maps
Improved shadow rendering
Improved lighting
Reworked shaders and postprocessing
Native 4k support on PC
Enjoy!
Your THQ Nordic team
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21 Mar 2017PC Gamer
Get up to 80 percent off THQ Nordic games in Humble Store sale
Yesterday brought word of Square Enix's up-to-75-percent-off sale , and today brings with it news of Humble Store's THQ Nordic Week limited-time discount period. Offering up to 80 percent off select games, the THQ Nordic Week sale casts its wallet-friendly net over some of the pu
08 Jan 2013Kotaku
Do You Want To Own The Saints Row Series? Or Just Buy Red Faction? Bids For Parts of THQ Must Be In By January 22.
THQ, the troubled publisher of Saints Row, WWE games, Company of Heroes , Metro: Last Light , the new South Park role-playing game, Red Faction and more, may still be sold in its entirety to an investment group called Clearlake as part of a bankruptcy sale, according to a court r
THQ, the troubled publisher of Saints Row, WWE games, Company of Heroes, Metro: Last Light, the new South Park role-playing game, Red Faction and more, may still be sold in its entirety to an investment group called Clearlake as part of a bankruptcy sale, according to a court ruling.
But other interested parties may also bid on pieces of the company, which is why word has been making the rounds that Warner Brothers and possibly EA as well as other parties of interest might want to pick off some of THQ's franchises.
All bids for THQ's stuff must be in by 9am ET on January 22, THQ reported this morning in an update regarding the bankruptcy court proceedings. There will be a hearing on the sale the day after. The sale(s) close on January 24.
The results could be similar to what happened with the shuttering Midway. Warner Bros. snatched Mortal Kombat. EA wound up with NBA Jam at some point.
So start the parlor game... which companies or people would you like to see take control of the various THQ series/studios?

Company of Heroes

Homeworld (assuming THQ still owns it)

Metro

Saints Row

Darksiders

Red Faction

Relic

Vigil

THQ Montreal (Patrice Desilet's studio)

Volition
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11 Sep 2012Announcement
Midweek Madness - Red Faction Franchise 75% off!
Save 75% on the Red Faction Franchise during this week's Midweek Madness*! Wreak havoc across the vast, open-world environment of Mars in the the critically acclaimed, best-selling Red Faction Franchise. Rebel against the Ultor Corporation, replace the dictator Sopot to restore p
28 Jul 2011Kotaku
Red Faction's Art Is Now Buried Beneath the Dust
Despite the guilty pleasures of Red Faction: Guerilla , all it took was one sub-par game in the series ( Red Faction: Armageddon ) for publisher THQ to, at least temporarily, pull the plug on the series . Which is a damn shame. In memory of a franchise (or at least its contempora
27 Jul 2011Eurogamer
THQ abandons Red Faction franchise
THQ has pulled the plug on its Red Faction franchise following poor sales of RF: Armageddon. Speaking at an investor call today, CEO Brian Farrell confirmed that "we do not intend to carry forward with that franchise in any meaningful way." He added that the development team at V
27 Jul 2011Kotaku
Adios, Red Faction
Poor sales of Red Faction: Armageddon this year means the end of the franchise, publisher THQ said in a conference call today. Brian Farrell, the THQ chief executive, told investors that "we do not intend to carry forward with that franchise in any meaningful way." Volition, the
03 May 2011Kotaku
Here's How To Get That Rainbow-Shitting Unicorn in Red Faction: Armageddon
Remember when we told you that Mr. Toots, a wee unicorn with a powerful, rainbow-spraying ass , would come to Red Faction: Armageddon ? Well, here's your official confirmation from THQ who also reveals how we'll get our hands on Mr. Toots incredibly destructive rectum. It's going
02 May 2011Kotaku
Red Faction: Origins Trailer Transports Us to Made-For-TV Mars
THQ and SyFy have teamed up to produce Red Faction: Origins , a made for television movie that spans the time period between 2009's Red Faction: Guerrilla and 2011's Red Faction: Armageddon . No longer do you have to settle for simple stills of this Red Faction origin story, as T
02 May 2011Kotaku
Ten Years of Red Faction Coalesce in Armageddon
Ten years ago the original Red Faction gave PlayStation 2, PC, and Mac gamers their first taste of the future of humanity on Mars. Developer Volition explains how the three games before led up to next month's Red Faction: Armageddon . We've come a long way since Red Faction came
26 Apr 2011Kotaku
Get A Taste of Red Faction Armageddon On May 3
Get your ass to a limited portion of Mars with the Red Faction Armageddon demo, currently slated to come to Xbox Live and PlayStation Network on May 3. Sorry, PC gamers, but there won't be a demo for you.
25 Apr 2011Kotaku
Get A Look At The Red Faction Movie In These Production Photos
Syfy's live-action take on the Red Faction universe, Origins, will make its debut on June 4 . If you were wondering what the thing looks like, well, wonder no more. It's hard to make out what's going on, other than the fact there are people on Mars and some of them are wearing cl
01 Apr 2011Kotaku
The Complete History Of An Under-Appreciated Games Developer
You may know Volition as the developers behind the Saints Row and Red Faction games. But its history is actually a lot longer, and more illustrious, than that. A film crew from Game Informer has, during the course of some studio visits, got a little sidetracked and catalogued the
04 Dec 2010Kotaku
Red Faction SyFi Movie Releasing May, Not March
The Red Faction movie to air on SyFi will begin shooting in January and air in May, concurrent with the release of Red Faction: Armageddon, says the publisher. THQ's Danny Bilson, the company's president for core games publishing spread the word over his Twitter account . The one
19 Sep 2010Kotaku
Three Weapons That (Sadly) Aren't In Red Faction: Battlegrounds
THQ offered us a peek at a playable version of its downloadable Red Faction spin-off, the four-player vehicular combat action game Red Faction: Battlegrounds, at this week's Tokyo Game Show. What did we learn? Well, not too much more beyond what was featured in the downloadable g
19 Aug 2010Kotaku
Guillermo Del Toro Working With Red Faction Developers?
Guillermo Del Toro, the man behind movies like Hellboy, Pan's Labyrinth and The Devil's Backbone, has said he wants to make video games . Could he be making them with THQ? That's the impression you get reading an interview over on Eurogamer with THQ's Danny Bilson, where he says:
16 Aug 2010Kotaku
Your First Look At Red Faction: Battlegrounds
The first downloadable Red Faction game was officially named and detailed earlier today, but publisher THQ is making its latest game announcement officially official with new Red Faction: Battlegrounds media. The Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network game is coming in 2011, co

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Midweek Madness - Red Faction Franchise 75% off!