Volition shut down by THQ Nordic

[flyingjohn]

Saints row soy edition wasn't a flop, it was a huge financial flop( 50+ million budget ). There is no way any dev would still be open after a fuckup like that. Add to that that the previous game(agents of boredom) was a another flop, it ain't no wonder why they are getting shut down.

 

[toro]

Embracer has begun killing studios.

 

[Paul_cz]

Not exactly surprising. Volition's Gat Out of Hell bombed. Agents of Mayhem bombed. Saints Row bombed.

They were given huge budget, shit ton of time, and still produced commercial AND critical failure.

I bet they tried to shop the studio around and nobody was interested. Axe it is.

 

[Modron]

Did Gat Out of Hell have a huge budget? It was just a dlc expansion, to a dlc expansion they stretched thin into a full game (SR4), that they stretched thin into a full game. I imagine the costs were smaller than you might think.

 

[Spacer's Nugget]

RIP in pieces.

The last arguably "good" game they made was Saints Row 3 (for me it was Red Faction: Guerrilla, the sequel wasted so much potential).

Hopefully, Embracer won't touch Slipgate Ironworks, I need those DNF (in Phantom Fury), DX (in Core Decay), and C&C (in Tempest Rising) spiritual successors/ripoffs.

 

[orcinator]

Like I said in the main thread I wholeheartedly recommend everyone go watch the last 3-4 missions of NuSaints to see what happens when you let a catlady write a gangster game.

 

[DeepOcean]

RIP Volition, Tyler Durden's rich bitch fat soap company would probably make a more productive use of the office space.

 

[markec]

 

[Immortal]

LMFAO The replies.. this dude is getting absolutely demolished .. he's coping so hard right now too trying to avoid taking the L.



OH NO NO NO..

 

[Ivan]

I actually really enjoyed Red Faction: Armageddon. RIP

 

[soutaiseiriron]

As I said in the other thread: 80% of that studio has been paycheck stealers for years.
Save the world design team and perhaps a few others, and put them in a decent studio. The game designers, marketers, producers and definitely the writing teams need to have a great, wonderful, healthy life, just one that's away from video games.

 

[thesecret1]

Embracer has begun killing studios.

And nobody's deserved it more

 

[ferratilis]

Piranha Bytes next

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[SpaceWizardz]

Piranha Bytes next

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Studio is only ~30 people and their games receive government funding, probably not in any danger.

 

[toro]

RIP in pieces.

The last arguably "good" game they made was Saints Row 3 (for me it was Red Faction: Guerrilla, the sequel wasted so much potential).

The last great game from them was Freespace 2.

 

[duskvile]

What saddens me the most Volition had a powerful engine created internally. This is very remarkable today in the era of Unreal and Unity dominance.

What happens now with the engine? Will be discontinued?

 

[flyingjohn]

What saddens me the most Volition had a powerful engine created internally. This is very remarkable today in the era of Unreal and Unity dominance.

What happens now with the engine? Will be discontinued?

Embracer owns the engine and if they want they can use it for any game they publish/develop.

 

[jaekl]

I wished for their demise every day after I saw the trailer for the saint's row reboot and now my wish has come true. Now I've got to decide who to focus the power of pure hatred on to next...

 

[Fedora Master]

 

[Assisted Living Godzilla]

 

[Roguey]

Piranha Bytes next

Spoiler

Studio is only ~30 people and their games receive government funding, probably not in any danger.

The same was also true for Mimimi who just gave up.

 

[markec]

I wished for their demise every day after I saw the trailer for the saint's row reboot and now my wish has come true. Now I've got to decide who to focus the power of pure hatred on to next...

Bioware is my choice, it is a easy bet since already it is just a walking corpse.

 

[flyingjohn]

The same was also true for Mimimi who just gave up.

It didn't help that their latest game was a antithesis to all their previous work in terms of gameplay.

 

[Dodo1610]

Mimimi got killed by the current economy. A couple of years ago they could have probably survived with their profit margins, but these days finding funding for such a niche game has become nearly impossible.

If THQ Noridic shuts down PB now it will look bad for their big upcoming Gothic Remake, I wouldn't be surprised if they will keep them on life support until that game's release.

 

[dbx]

I wished for their demise every day after I saw the trailer for the saint's row reboot and now my wish has come true. Now I've got to decide who to focus the power of pure hatred on to next...

Larian?