| Red Faction: Guerrilla Announced |
AGOURA HILLS, Calif. February 20, 2008 - THQ Inc. (NASDAQ: THQI) today
announced that Volition, Inc.’s critically acclaimed Red Faction®
franchise will make its open-world, next-generation debut with Red
Faction®: Guerrilla™. Set 50 years after the climactic events of the
original Red Faction, this third-person open-world action-shooter will
return to Mars and once again re-define the limits of destruction-based
game-play. Red Faction: Guerrilla is currently in development for
Microsoft Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft,
Sony PLAYSTATION® 3 computer entertainment system, and Windows-based
PC, and is scheduled to ship in THQ’s fiscal year 2009.
"Red Faction is one THQ’s most successful and critically acclaimed
original franchises to date, with a huge global base of loyal fans
waiting to join the new revolution," said Brad Carraway, director of
global brand management, THQ. "With the game’s unique pairing of true
physics-based destruction, fast-paced guerrilla warfare style combat,
and a massive world to explore – Red Faction: Guerrilla will redefine
the limits of open-world gaming.”
“Red Faction: Guerrilla expands the signature destruction elements
of the series and pushes the boundaries of next-gen gaming on a
massive, terra-formed Mars where gamers can literally tear down the
enemy EDF presence brick by brick,” said Mike Kulas, president of
Volition, Inc. ”With a new 3rd person perspective, a full cover system
that allows for guerrilla style tactics and a diverse planet to explore
we’re excited to revitalize the gripping world of Red Faction for
high-definition platforms.”
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