Koch Media buys out Saints Row devs Volition & Metro series.

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Volition, the Illinois-based developer of the Saints Row series has been acquired by the European publishing company Koch Media as part of this week's THQ IP auction.

The final amount which the company lashed out on Volition was a hefty $22.3 million, beating Ubisoft who was also interested in the developer.

Former THQ executive Danny Bilson confirmed in November 2011 that work on Saints Row 4 had begun at Volition, which was promised to be even 'wilder' than the most recent addition addition to the Saints Row series, Saints Row: The Third.

Koch Media was also the winning bidder on the Metro series, which was purchased for $5.8 million. The latest game in the Metro series, Metro: Last Light, developed by 4A Games, is due for release in March 2013.

In case you have not heard already, THQ recently declared itself bankrupt and its assets were auctioned for sale on Wednesday. THQ will now close down completely.


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MortarPosted:

Toll Sad to hear this Saints Row was fun to cure when you are bored

Centurial Maybe they will make Saints Row now?


It is possible that they may work on a 4th instalment of Saints Row at a later date.

CentPosted:

Maybe they will make Saints Row now?

KelcyPosted:

Sad to hear this Saints Row was fun to cure when you are bored

ZyphrPosted:

Saints Row gone? :o

SOGPosted:

Dunno if this is a good or bad thing :/

ImNotPhlegmAnymoreOKPosted:

Moan
Afghani Sad to see them go bankrupt


Sad to see any company go bankrupt.


Yea them and Atarai.

Can't wait to see how the new GTA and Saints Row compare though.

neboPosted:

Afghani Sad to see them go bankrupt


Yeah, THQ had a lot of good games I used to play

MoanPosted:

NikolaiLoverG935
DLT Hopefully some of the devs from SR will go over to Koch then they can carry on making the game how they want.


Koch isn't making the game. If you even read it right, it says Koch bought the company who made it. Meaning they'll still make the game, but THQ won't be publishing the game. Koch is publishing it, but Volition is still making SR4.


I didn't know that was hard to understand..

Big-FootPosted:

SR4!

MoanPosted:

Afghani Sad to see them go bankrupt


Sad to see any company go bankrupt.


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