Red Faction: Guerrilla green-lit for June 9

By Tor Thorsen, GameSpotPosted Apr 1, 2009 1:03 pm PT

THQ confirms that third installment in its Mars-set, destructible-environment-filled PC, 360, and PS3 shooter will arrive the week after E3.

Six years and four months after Red Faction II shipped for the PC, GameCube, PlayStation 2, and the original Xbox, its sequel will finally arrive. This morning, THQ confirmed to GameSpot that Red Faction: Guerrilla will launch on June 9, the week after E3. Rated M for Mature, the game will be available for the PC, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360.

Developed by recently downsized Saints Row maker Volition Inc., Red Faction: Guerrilla is set on a terraformed and colonized Mars that saw a Total Recall-like uprising of miners in the first two games. The forthcoming entry will depict the struggle between descendants of a Martian mining colony and the totalitarian Earth Defense Force looming over them.

As the game's title implies, players will be part of the resistance, waging hit-and-run attacks in an effort to disrupt the EDF's control of the planet. Various Guerrilla missions will be available in a variety of locations in the open-world game, which will also update the series' signature "geo-modding" destructible environments for the current generation of consoles.

For more details on Red Faction: Guerrilla, check out GameSpot's previous coverage. To see the game's destructible environments in action, check out the video below:

20 Comments

  • Samurai_Musaki

    Posted Apr 4, 2009 1:28 pm PT

    I am getting this. Looks sweet as, like a cross between GTA and Halo 3. As long as you can blow up more things than you could in the 2nd one, I'm happy as, to quote the Cat Empire, "A Puppy Gettin' Lucky With a Lassy".

  • Willza92

    Posted Apr 2, 2009 4:31 pm PT

    same date as Batman: Arkham Asylum (i think), i guess that means i wont be getting Red Faction3, pity, the first one was my first ever FPS =/

  • iowastate

    Posted Apr 2, 2009 9:32 am PT

    a new red faction announced on April 1st?

  • Makhdoom82

    Posted Apr 2, 2009 1:28 am PT

    It's amazing how all of a sudden they announce this. I played red faction a long time back and happy to know that it's coming back. The mighty all destructible engine

  • joelgargan

    Posted Apr 2, 2009 12:01 am PT

    Yes... Cant wait, looks great from the videos. As long as they make the 3rd person more realistic, I'll have me a copy.

  • kingisaactheiv

    Posted Apr 1, 2009 11:26 pm PT

    only thing that prevented this game from being a solid hit was the horrid, uninteresting storyline....hopefully it has drastically improved

  • hi-buzz

    Posted Apr 1, 2009 10:03 pm PT

    the first Red Faction was great FPS ..the second RF game sucked, now lets hope this 3rd person sequel brings back that action (destructible environments) the first game was known for.....

  • HuskyMuffin495

    Posted Apr 1, 2009 4:34 pm PT

    @ IcyToasters don't worry the gun sound and looks great u r not the only one

  • HuskyMuffin495

    Posted Apr 1, 2009 4:31 pm PT

    how does it remind people of mercs 2 that game sucks

  • ryan15778

    Posted Apr 1, 2009 4:02 pm PT

    YES, comes out on my birthday, lol, awesome fake news.

  • Viral-venom13

    Posted Apr 1, 2009 3:17 pm PT

    Alllllllriiiiiiiiiiiiiiight, come June, let the quirky humor and massive destruction to environmental terrain begin!!

  • Nerevarine-

    Posted Apr 1, 2009 3:04 pm PT

    that guy runs f a s t.

  • bigd575

    Posted Apr 1, 2009 2:58 pm PT

    Some great news.

  • DoomZaW

    Posted Apr 1, 2009 2:09 pm PT

    YEEEHAW!

  • BattleSword1

    Posted Apr 1, 2009 2:08 pm PT

    I need this game NOW.

  • IcyToasters

    Posted Apr 1, 2009 2:07 pm PT

    Looks good. Is it wrong that I'm amazed by how the assault rifle-looking gun looks and sounds? :/

  • Soldier2165

    Posted Apr 1, 2009 1:57 pm PT

    This reminds me of mercs 2 but this looks way better.

  • EnderSR388

    Posted Apr 1, 2009 1:50 pm PT

    I loved the first Red Faction. I first played it on the PS2, then awhile later I rebought it on the PC, which was even more awesome. Actually, I still own the game! RF2 wasn't as good, in my opinion. Hopefully RF:Guerrilla will be cool, even though it's a departure from it's FPS roots.

  • TheArcade

    Posted Apr 1, 2009 1:37 pm PT

    Wasn't this once exclusive to PS2?

  • vanhalen316

    Posted Apr 1, 2009 1:30 pm PT

    Lookin good

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