{"id":27588,"date":"2023-09-29T21:27:24","date_gmt":"2023-09-30T01:27:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vgu.tv\/?p=27588"},"modified":"2023-09-29T21:27:27","modified_gmt":"2023-09-30T01:27:27","slug":"special-podcast-rest-in-peace-volition-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vgu.tv\/?p=27588","title":{"rendered":"Special Podcast: Rest in Peace, Volition Games"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" data-attachment-id=\"27589\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/vgu.tv\/?attachment_id=27589\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vgu.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Volition-RIP.png?fit=3840%2C2160&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"3840,2160\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Volition-RIP\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vgu.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Volition-RIP.png?fit=1080%2C608&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vgu.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Volition-RIP.png?resize=1080%2C608&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27589\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vgu.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Volition-RIP.png?resize=1080%2C608&amp;ssl=1 1080w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vgu.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Volition-RIP.png?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vgu.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Volition-RIP.png?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vgu.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Volition-RIP.png?resize=1536%2C864&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vgu.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Volition-RIP.png?resize=2048%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vgu.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Volition-RIP.png?resize=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vgu.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Volition-RIP.png?w=3000&amp;ssl=1 3000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As of August 31, 2023, the creators of Red Faction, Saints Row, and more, Volition, has closed after 20 years of service. The company and the developers that worked there were responsible for some of our favorate games here at VGU.TV, so we wanted to stop and talk about thier legacy a bit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They had pretty humble beginings and some fascinating stops along there road to sucess, but ultimately, factors outside of their control led to their demise. But what were those factors? What were our favorate games from Volition? Ans how do we thing it could have gone differently? 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