Bankruptcy Auction Ends THQ
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I couldn't find a video on youtube of someone crying that wasn't stupid, so trust me when I say WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIrridium said:
That, and also give them free reign to do whatever they want with the franchise.Soviet Heavy said:
There has yet to be a single relic game set in the 40k universe that was bad. Not a single one.
Funny how this worked out with the GW IPs though isnt it?
Corven said:
Yeah..... Deep Silver. Ehm. Okay. Yeah I don't have a warm and fuzzy feeling about them. They're not very... AAA are they? Not that I want to see it in the hands of EA or Activision, but hrm, I feel this could've gone better.Rednog said:
GenGenners said:-snip-
Also, Saints Island anyone?
MAYBE WANT. Wait we've already had the Saints fight zombies, what the heck are they gonna face now?Full said:
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I see your funeral music and raise you Murray Gold:deathbydeath said:
Oddly appropriate, vale means farewell.
I know right? There's still hope though, with SP Studios having filed some kind of legal action in the courts the sale may yet be made null and void and the IP will to it's rightful caretakers, Matt and Trey. If Ubisoft gets to keep it, well then I guess I won't be buying it.Irridium said:
And that's what I'm wondering as well. Apparently it was one of a number of things that "didn't get sold", which would mean that THQ still owns it...but THQ is no longer a thing. I wonder if some neutral entity maintains the licensing or something to be sold whenever someone does have an interest in it or if it's officially gone. Apparently Vigil Studios was specifically what did not get sold (therefor, by extension, the Darksiders IP), so I wonder what happens to them? Do they go under as well or just start shopping around for a new publisher to pick them up?Quazimofo said:
I'm still holding out hope that a new Darksiders will still come out, I just have no idea what's going on with it...and the fact that it didn't get sold can't be good.
The thing that jumps out for me is take two buying an IP that the general public knows almost nothing about. It makes me curious what exactly Evolve is?
Both Empire, and to a lesser extent, Napoleon are still going strong. They haven't peaked spectacularly (partially due to their somewhat rocky launches), but last I heard Empire still had significant sales figures, and that's years down the line. They're not putting out CoD-like high-scores of units moved at launch, but they're anything but duds.Soviet Heavy said:
I liked Empire because it had some bold ideas. The naval warfare was a good addition, if not perfect (no hotkeys for the broadsides? Seriously?). But it had it's flaws. The AI was not up to par and it was fucking bugged. The sound of the cutscenes bugged out on me and quite a few others. I also had more then one campaign in which the AI caused a CTD and there was no way to prevend it. This made some of my campaigns impossible to complete. It also seemed to be a common issue, they never fixed.Soviet Heavy said:
But over all I think it braught the franchise forward in some aspects. It's just a shame that expansions like Kingdoms are not to be expected anymore.
Medieval II Kingdoms truely was the pinnacle of the franchise. And it was published by Sega. There is hope and I will cling to it.
Medieval II was developed by Creative Assembly Australia, who had started working on it while Rome was just finishing up development by the UK branch. Unfortunately, the Australia division no longer exists.CorvusFerreum said:
"Homefront (IP) - purchased by Crytek for $500,000"
And that's really one of the reasons for all this. Triple A shooter IP only thought to be worth half a million?
I hope Saints Row is still fully supported, THQ's humble bundle has worked in making me a huge fan of the IP.
Other than that, Ubisoft better fund South Park and I imagine that THQ Montreal is going to be shut down and merged with Ubisoft Montreal
And that's really one of the reasons for all this. Triple A shooter IP only thought to be worth half a million?
I hope Saints Row is still fully supported, THQ's humble bundle has worked in making me a huge fan of the IP.
Other than that, Ubisoft better fund South Park and I imagine that THQ Montreal is going to be shut down and merged with Ubisoft Montreal
Through all this, I realised how many games THQ owned that I like. I'm most interested in Saints Row and Relic and also Metro. Sad for everyone who lost their jobs though. THQ had it kinda coming but most employees who lost their jobs, didn't do anything wrong. Oh well, nothing we can do now. I'm just happy now that most franchises have found a good new home. Except Darksiders, I wonder what will happen now to the IP. I've heard that Vigil employees are already looking for new jobs.