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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RelikPosted:

I love the "Saint's Row" series :)

CyberPunkPosted:

Koch media produce games under the label deep silver they helped with dead island , Catherine , stalker etc , they seem to work more on pc gaming and the Nintendo systems.
they are a ten year old company founded in 2002 but Koch media was in 1995 or 1997 and focused on software mainly

AnkokuPosted:

So no Saints Row 4 then eh?

Z61Posted:

Good night sweet prince, you will be missed THQ.

CentPosted:

I wonder if they will make saints row better. I myself didn't like Saints Row 3 that much. Hopefully they will make it better.

ImNotPhlegmAnymoreOKPosted:

I liked Volition's work with Saints Row, but excited to see what will be new for the series.

AE86Posted:

Its sad that THQ is now closing down they put out some pretty amazing games, too bad this happend :(

IglesiasPosted:

I never imagined Saints Row to be bought out but I guess it has..

SovietRussiaPosted:

Looks like they acquired two promising game series. They can easily turn a profit

fever308Posted:

ExoticWolfs Good, they really did bad on Saints Row The Third. Hope these people do better and are good, although never heard of them.


Well the same people are making it, it's just another publisher.


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