Volker Schlöndorff which cast her as both a terrorist and a prostitute. The newspaper is based upon the real right-wing German tabloid "Bild-Zeitung", whose publisher Axel Springer was the inspiration for the character Werner Tötges. In Schlöndorff's view, West Germany had fallen into political hysteria over the activities of the terrorist group the Red Army Faction. The police and journalistic activities in both Böll's novel and Schlöndorff's film portrayed the Red Army Faction era as reminiscent of McCarthyism in 1950s USA, including illegal police raids, phone tapping and tabloid smears. Alhough Böll was heavily attacked after the publication of the novel, both
Red Faction: Armageddon back scabs, and the trademark destructo-physics reduced to a carnival sideshow, "Red Faction: Armageddon" slips comfortably into the heavily stained underpants of fourth place." The PS3 and Xbox 360 versions of the "Path to War" DLC received "mixed" reviews according to Metacritic. The sales of "Red Faction: Armageddon" were poor and the game was considered a commercial failure by THQ. Because of this, on June 27, 2011, THQ announced that plans for future installments had been cancelled. The disappointing sales of "Armageddon", along with other factors, had led THQ to lose $38.4 million in a fiscal year. While no actual