Volition will soon become part of Gearbox following a disappointing reception to its Saints Row reboot, Embracer Group has announced.
In a statement released alongside its second quarter earnings results, Embracer CEO Lars Wingefors explained that Volition will be switching operative groups from Plaion (formerly Koch Media) to Gearbox Entertainment.
“The reception of Saints Row did not meet the full expectations and left the fanbase partially polarized,” he said.
“The game development studio, Volition, has been working hard to improve the player experience.”
While the game disappointed critically, Wingefors said: “Financially, Saints Row has performed in line with management expectations in the quarter.
“Going forward, Volition will transition to become part of Gearbox which has all the tools, including an experienced management team in the US, to create future success at Volition.
“This is the first internal group transfer where we transfer a major studio between operative groups, but it is not necessarily the last.”
The decision coincides with the release of the first major update for Saints Row, which went live on Wednesday. It contains over 200 improvements with “a particular focus on stability and co-op gameplay issues”.
According to Volition, this major update “is just the start of our ongoing support for Saints Row in 2022 and beyond”.
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i guess thouth if without a legit key the installation was rolling back we are all fucking then
It's always good news when lousy games fail, maybe that will lead to Embracer being more respectful towards the audience of their other franchises in the future. But who knows really, there's little logic involved in our godforsaken gaeming world.
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