Talking with Joystiq at GDC, THQ’s executive VP of Core Games Danny Bilson (biggest business card ever) has upgraded the expected release date of the next Red Faction game from simply “fiscal 2011” to something a bit more solid — March 2011.
“The new game takes [Red Faction] to a whole new place, it kind of goes back to the old Red Faction because about 80% of it is underground,” he explained. Does this mean we get to create tunnels again? If so, I can certainly dig it. That seemed to be one of the bigger complaints with RF: Guerrilla.
He then goes on to drop the word “structured,” which has me feeling uneasy. Crafting your own outlandish tales in the last installment was the best part of the game, in my opinion. It’s what made Guerrilla so memorable in a sea of open-world games.
Finally, Bilson comments on why THQ was willing to give away the current game to anyone who bought Darksiders: “Giving away the stock now, on Red Faction, is getting more people exposed to the IP because we’re going bigger on Red Faction next time.” Nice answer!
Next Red Faction planned for March 2011, focus on franchise’s roots [Joystiq]
