Volition Company Profile

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Company Name	Volition
Website	dsvolition.com
Snippet	Deep Silver Volition, LLC (formerly Parallax Software Corporation and Volition, Inc.) is an American video game developer based in Champaign, Illinois. The company was founded as Parallax Software in June 1993 by Mike Kulas and Matt Toschlog, and developed Descent and Descent II. The company split in two, wherein Toschlog founded Outrage Entertainment, while Kulas stayed with Parallax, which was renamed Volition in November 1996. Volition was acquired by THQ in August 2000, and when THQ filed for bankruptcy and had its assets sold off, Volition changed hands to Deep Silver in January 2013. Volition is best known for its Red Faction and Saints Row series of games.
Type	Subsidiary
Parent	THQ, (2000–2013), Deep Silver, (2013–present)
Founded	1993
Website	dsvolition.com
Formerly	Parallax Software Corporation, (1993–1996), Volition, Inc., (1996–2013)
Founders	Mike Kulas, Matt Toschlog
Industry	Video games
Products	Descent series, (1995–1996), FreeSpace series, (1998–1999), Summoner series, (2000–2002), Red Faction series, (2001–2011), Saints Row series, (2006–present), Agents of Mayhem, (2017)
Key people	Mike Kulas, (general manager), Jim Boone, (studio development director)
Headquarters	Champaign, Illinois, US
Number of employees	~200 (2020)

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