While we had some nominal fun with Saints Row (2022), the game was quite a disappointment to a majority of others. As a result of low expected sales, Embracer Group will lump developer Volition under another big company.

That company is Gearbox Entertainment. In a statement released along with Embracer Group’s second-quarter earnings results, CEO Lars Wingefors said that Volition will be switching operative groups from Plaion to Gearbox.

“The reception of Saints Row did not meet the full expectations and left the fanbase partially polarized. The game development studio, Volition, has been working hard to improve the player experience.

Going forward, Volition will transition to become part of Gearbox which has all the tools, including an experienced management team in the US, to create future success at Volition. This is the first internal group transfer where we transfer a major studio between operative groups, but it is not necessarily the last.”

This announcement happened alongside the major Saints Row (2022) update which went live recently, featuring 200+ improvements and fixes to the game’s stability and co-op.