Volition (company)

Volition, Inc.

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Company type	Subsidiary of Koch Media
Industry	Video games
Founded	November 1996
Defunct	31 August 2023
Headquarters	Champaign, Illinois, U.S.
Key people	Dan Cermak, general manager
Owner	Koch Media
Parent	Koch Media
Website	http://www.volition-inc.com/

Volition, Inc. is an American video game developer. Volition is located in Champaign, Illinois. The company was created when Parallax Software (developers of the Descent series) was split in two, led by Mike Kulas in November 1996. The other half was the now-defunct Outrage Entertainment who developed Descent³ and Alter Echo.

With Interplay Entertainment as a publisher, Volition, Inc. developed the FreeSpace series of space simulation computer games. As Interplay tumbled towards bankruptcy, Volition, Inc. was acquired by THQ in September 2000. Since then, Volition, Inc. has developed several acclaimed titles including the Red Faction series, the Summoner series, The Punisher, and the Saints Row series.

As part of THQ's bankruptcy and dissolution in January 2013, Volition will be acquired by Koch Media, who will publish its games through Deep Silver (Publishers of Dead Island).

List of video games

Year	Title	Platform(s)
		Mac	NGage	NGC	PS2	PS3	Win	Xbox	X360
1998	Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No
1999	FreeSpace 2	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No
2001	Summoner	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No
2001	Red Faction	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No
2002	Summoner 2	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
2002	Red Faction II	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No
2005	The Punisher	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No
2006	Saints Row	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
2008	Saints Row 2	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
2009	Red Faction: Guerrilla	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
2011	Red Faction: Armageddon	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
2011	Saints Row: The Third	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
2013	Saints Row 4	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
2015	Secret Project Y	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes

External links

• Official website