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From 1999 to 2011, Red Faction carved a unique piece out of the open world, FPS, and third-person shooter genres, providing unparalleled destruction with Volition's Geomod technology. However, since the release of Red Faction Armageddon, the franchise has remained dormant. What happened to Red Faction?

Sources:
Descent 4
https://web.archive.org/web/20070222091516/http://www.planetdescent.com/site/articles/asrale/9-11-00-asrale-volition.asp

Mutual Split, Red Shift:
https://www.eurogamer.net/the-making-of-red-faction

Kotaku Retrospective
https://kotaku.com/red-faction-started-blowing-the-hell-out-of-everything-1777979589

Guerilla Concept Art
https://web.archive.org/web/20090913092257/http://www.massiveblack.com/MBwebolution/projects/RedFactionGuerrilla

Guerrilla Interview
https://www.destructoid.com/interview-rick-white-producer-of-red-faction-guerrilla/

How Red Faction’s Geomod’s work
https://web.archive.org/web/20100109011210/http://john.slagel.com/Geomods.html

Red Faction B.E.A.S.T.
https://www.unseen64.net/2009/01/11/red-faction-beast-wii-proto-cancelled/

Armageddon Interview:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15yWaO3fwbU

Developer on Armageddon’s Failure
https://www.vg247.com/volition-consistency-in-red-faction-armageddon-was-lost-during-development

Insane Cancelled:
https://www.polygon.com/gaming/2012/8/6/3224188/thq-cancels-production-on-guillermo-del-toros-insane-video-game

Closure of Locomotive
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/thq-latest-to-suffer-lay-offs-across-multiple-studios

Koch Acquires Volition
https://www.polygon.com/2013/1/23/3908254/koch-media-bidding-on-volition-and-metro-franchise

Nordic getting a lot of THQ’s assets. Also references a quote from Mike
https://www.polygon.com/2013/4/22/4252414/nordic-games-thq-ip-auction-darksiders-red-faction-homeworld

Evolution Leak
https://www.pcgamer.com/red-faction-evolution-may-have-just-leaked-via-the-nvidia-ansel-website/

Where was Red Faction at 2019 E3?
https://www.gamerevolution.com/guides/692904-red-faction-thq-nordic-showcase

IP Franchise Swap
https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/volition-reunited-with-red-faction-in-franchise-swap-deal/

Red Faction II Development
https://youtu.be/mCsIWjlUyjA


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