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Syfy and THQ partnered in a first-of-its-kind transmedia deal to bring fans Red Faction: Origins, a new, original movie based on the critically acclaimed, best-selling Red Faction® video game franchise.   Red Faction: Origins follows the children of rebel hero Alec Mason, set during a period between the Red Faction Guerrilla and Red Faction Armageddon video games.  Starring Brian J. Smith (“Stargate Universe”), Robert Patrick (Terminator 2) and Kate Vernon (“Battlestar Galactica”),  this highly anticipated project enjoyed its world premiere on Syfy Saturday, June 4th, 2011. Fans can ownRed Faction: Origins on DVD on August 30, 2011 from Universal Studios Home Entertainment, Universal Cable Productions, Syfy and THQ.

25 years have passed since Alec Mason (Robert Patrick, Terminator 2: Judgment Day) led the Martian Colonies to freedom … and 12 years since vengeful enemies killed his wife, kidnapped his daughter Lyra (Tamzin Marchant, “The Tudors”), and left a broken hero in their wake. Jake Mason (Brian J. Smith, “Stargate Universe”), Alec’s last surviving son and an officer in the Red Faction Militia, has his world turned inside out when he discovers that now, 12 years after her kidnapping, his sister is still alive.  As a powerful new enemy swarms across the planet, Jake goes out to find her, only to learn that his lost sister is one of them…a cold-blooded soldier sworn to destroy the Red Faction.  Jake must now battle the relentless regime and somehow reunite a family torn apart by war.

Meanwhile, Armageddon is upon us with the release of Red Faction: Armageddon, available now on the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Windows PC.

As destruction expert Darius Mason, your journey will take you from the frozen poles to the molten core of Mars as you wage war against the Red Faction’s greatest enemy yet. Built on the groundbreaking Geo-Mod 2.0 destruction engine, players can take advantage of total environmental destruction, collapsing huge Martian structures on their enemies. Rebuild all that you destroy with the Nano Forge’s incredible repair ability, creating new gameplay scenarios never before possible.

In addition to the single-player campaign, players will earn points in the explosive Ruin Mode as they creatively destroy the world around them, chaining together explosive combos as they smash entire buildings into each other. In the four-player cooperative Infestation Mode, defend the colonies against wave after wave of alien invaders and carry over weapon upgrades and cheats such as the hilarious Mr. Toots unicorn cannon for use in the single-player campaign.