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Volition has been at it for a while now. Created from the ashes of Parallax Software, the folks behind Descent, they have had a rather convoluted history, going everywhere from space combat sims to open-world gang games. However, no game series has defined them quite as much as the Red Faction series. Despite all of their fooling about with other genres, it is this series which has established a sort of miniature continuity for them. With the latest entry having been on consoles for a while and being released to PC soon, it's a good time to take a look back on the first two games and just how much they are reflected in Volition's work. This is not a review of any kind, but rather a retrospective on the life of an extraordinary series.

We've got yet another nice little pre-order offer to give you a heads-up on today. Stardock's Impulse PC game download service has the PC version of the recent console action game Red Faction Guerilla available for pre-order. The PC port of the Volition-THQ game will be released via download on Impulse on August 25.

However, all pre-orders for the game will be able to get not one but two free games; the original Red Faction (first released in 2001) and its sequel Red Faction 2 (released for the PC in 2003). Yep, that's two free games for the price of buying Red Faction: Guerilla for $39.99. Not bad at all.