Saints Row Developer Volition Joins Gearbox

Yesterday, the Swedish holding Embracer Group revealed that Saints Row developer Volition will transfer to Gearbox, the creator of the Borderlands series.

The announcement coincided with the release of the major update for Volition's reboot dubbed The Bright Future. The Saints Row reboot came rather unsuccessful – in addition, to negative reviews that noted the game is full of outdated concepts with its open world looking too boring and featureless, players complained about multiple technical issues that are unlikely to be fixed by the first-day patch.

In a press release, the studio noted that in this update, it packed in "as many fixes and improvements as we could" and said that it was "just the start" of support for Saints Row "in 2022 and beyond."

Last month, Volition stated that they plan to support the game in the long-term, however, it noted that it would have preferred "to be talking about roadmaps and expansions" instead of focusing on removing bugs and improving the Saints Row experience which it has to do now.

It's unclear how the news that Volition has joined Gearbox will influence the studio's plans for the game's support. However, Embracer noted that Gearbox can provide the studio with all the necessary tools and expertise "to create future success at Volition." Still, Embracer didn't specify how the plans for Saints Row will be going forward.

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