Red Faction: Armageddon

Red Faction: Armageddon
Cover art
Developer(s)Volition
Publisher(s)
Designer(s)David Abzug
Composer(s)Brian Reitzell[1]
SeriesRed Faction
Platform(s)
Release
  • NA: June 7, 2011
  • AU: June 8, 2011
  • EU: June 10, 2011
Genre(s)Third-person shooter
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

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[2] 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.[3][4][5] 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.

  1. ^ Richard Mitchell (May 10, 2011). "Red Faction: Armageddon soundtrack coming from Sumthing Else". Engadget (Joystiq). Oath Inc. Retrieved June 21, 2018.
  2. ^ JC Fletcher (July 19, 2010). "Red Faction: Origins movie to debut on SyFy in March 2011". Engadget (Joystiq). Oath Inc. Retrieved June 21, 2018.
  3. ^ Pete Haas (July 27, 2011). "Red Faction: Armageddon Sales Disappoint, No Sequels Planned". Cinemablend. Gatewayblend Entertainment. Archived from the original on December 27, 2012.
  4. ^ Maurice Tan (February 22, 2011). "Red Faction: Armageddon is ending your world on May 31st". Destructoid. Enthusiast Gaming.
  5. ^ Brendan Sinclair (April 28, 2011). "Red Faction: Armageddon delayed to June 7". GameSpot. CBS Interactive. Retrieved June 21, 2018.