Red Faction Series Put on Hold Indefinitely

Pour out a 40 for the Red Faction franchise, it is no more. While we don't know how poorly the recent Red Faction: Armageddon sold, we do know it wasn't well enough to even make into the top ten list after its release back in June. THQ is saying that the games poor sales are a large part of the company having a poor quarter, so they're ending the franchise.

"Red Faction: Armageddon did not meet our expectations," said Brian Farrell, THQ CEO, on an earnings call today. "While this title has a passionate niche following, the title did not resonate with the sufficiently broad console audience. In today's hit-driven core gaming business, even highly polished titles with a reasonable following like Red Faction face a bar that continues to move higher and higher."

Red Faction developer Volition is currently working on Saints Row: The Third, as well as Guillermo del Toro's planned horror trilogy Insane.

"Given that that title now in two successive versions has just found a niche, we do not intend to carry forward with that franchise in any meaningful way," says Farrell.

So it's unlikely we'll be getting a new Red Faction anytime soon.

It seems unlikely that we'll be getting another.