Saints Row studio Volition has been closed 'immediately' as part of Embracer's restructuring plan
A year after the underwhelming release of the Saints Row reboot, and just two months after celebrating 30 years of operation, Volition has been closed.
Word of the shutdown initially emerged from employees reporting their layoffs on Twitter, and was later confirmed in a statement released by Volition.
«This past June, Embracer Group announced a restructuring program to strengthen Embracer and maintain its position as a leader in the videogame indsutry,» Volition said. «As part of that program, they evaluated strategic and operational goals and made the difficult decision to close Volition immediately.
»To help our team, we are working to provide job assistance and help smooth the transition for our Volition family members. We thank our customers and fans around the world for all the love and support over the years. You will always be in our hearts."
Volition was founded in 1993 as Parallax Software, and made an immediate splash with the 6DOF shooter Descent. Renamed to Volition a few years later, it followed up with the brilliant Freespace space combat sims and the famously destructible Red Faction FPS games, and the Saints Row series. It was acquired by THQ in 2000, and then after THQ went under it ended up with Deep Silver.
Saints Row was Volition's biggest and best-known series, but the most recent entry in the series, a reboot that came out last year, did not do well. Parent company Embracer vowed to stick with it, but shifted responsibility for Saints Row to Gearbox; Volition's fate was sealed in June when Embracer announced major layoffs and studio closures following the collapse of a $2 billion deal with an unknown partner.
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