Red Faction: Armageddon is a
third-person shooter video game developed by
Volition and published by
THQ in association with the TV network
Syfy. It is the fourth and final installment in the
Red Faction series, and was released for
Microsoft Windows,
PlayStation 3 and
Xbox 360 in various countries around the world between June 7 and June 10, 2011.
Critics liked the new weaponry, but were puzzled at the change from an open world game to a linear shooter and that it threw out the strong points of its predecessor. Poor sales resulted in
THQ's decision to stop releasing games in the
Red Faction franchise and negatively impacted their financial quarter. The rights to the series were owned by
THQ Nordic, yet they would later be transferred to its sister company
Koch Media, which would place it under its
Deep Silver label in 2020.
Development:
The game was announced in the form of a short teaser trailer on June 4, 2010 on
GameTrailers TV. The game was also showcased at the
E3 2010 from June 15 to 17, 2010. During Comic-Con in San Diego, 2010, a promotional comic book titled
Red Faction: Armageddon #0 was presented as a free giveaway. A downloadable vehicle-based multiplayer game called
Red Faction: Battlegrounds was released in April 2011.
Additionally, the
Syfy network produced a
direct-to-television film that bridges the story gap between
Guerrilla and
Armageddon, titled
Red Faction: Origins. It was released in June 2011. A playable demo for the game was announced in April, and was released on May 3, 2011 for the
XBOX 360. The playable demo for
PlayStation 3 was released on June 2, 2011. A playable demo of the Windows version was released exclusively through the
OnLive service.
To promote
Red Faction: Armageddon,
THQ released
Red Faction: Battlegrounds, a
multi-directional shooter in April 2011. The game was developed by
THQ Digital Warrington and released on
Xbox Live Arcade and
PlayStation Network.
Red Faction: Battlegrounds is a top-down twin-stick vehicle-based shooter with gameplay similar to a
demolition derby.
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