Bankruptcy Auction Ends THQ

[go-10]

COME ON! Darksiders II was the best selling game of August and not one bidder I really wanted to see the series grow
I hope Vigil goes to kickstarter or something, I really want Darksiders 3 T__T

 

[latiasracer]

I Hope there are some die hard Homeworld fans at SEGA, the problem with THQ is they didn't seem to have any intention of doing anything with the franchise.

It's been over 10 years, we deserve a part 3!

 

[Mr F.]

I am actually totally ok with Relic going to Sega. Seriously.

Southpark IP being sold to Ubi, that doesn't please me in the slightest.

Nothing else bothers me really.

 

[Clowndoe]

Hey, if SEGA can handle Total War without too much BS (excessive monetizing of Shogun factions is bad but not too bad for me), I'll trust them with Copany of Heroes.

 

[Fimbulvetr3822]

Evening,

I can't honestly think of anywhere i would rather have Relic end up than Sega. The learned their lesson from the issues caused by trying to rush Empire (that i thought was great (over 1000 hours played on steam) but i understand others didn't). They also seam to understand that only by letting developers take risks do you get truly interesting products.

The best but is it opens the way for a fully integrated WH40K game and the potential for a "total war" style warhammer RTS.

Good times, good times.

Cheers,

Fim

 

[DarkhoIlow]

I really hope someone will grab Vigil studio since I enjoyed both of the Darksiders games and I would
like to play Darksiders 3.


PS: Hope it will be a company that won't make it a console exclusive else I will get pissed.

 

[Korzack]

Violition and Metro going to the guys who run Deep Silver (of Dead Island fame)... Oh. I've not seem them put enough games out to really get a view of them, but they'll probably be fine with letting dev teams go nuts. Ubisoft getting South Park I frankly couldn't give a toss about. Relic going to Sega could be cool, although Relic were terrible at milking the DLC for their games as it was, combine that with Sega trying to scrape a little more for factions in Shogun 2 and we have potential for some real Horror stories if Warhammer: Dawn of Total War or something comes out if that's not handled well.

 

[chozo_hybrid]

COME ON! Darksiders II was the best selling game of August and not one bidder I really wanted to see the series grow
I hope Vigil goes to kickstarter or something, I really want Darksiders 3 T__T

I have yet to finish 2, but I am loving it. I agree, with more time, this franchise would have become quite the series.

 

[TheSYLOH]

I just realized.
Sega owns Total War.... Relic still might have the rights to Warhammer 40k stuff....
So does that mean we might get Total Warhammer 40k?!?

Imagine a Titan and full Space Marine Company taking on a horde of Orks in the Total War engine!
That would be fucking awesome.

 

[saintdane05]

Ubisoft won't be putting DRM on Stick of Truth. They said they were abandoning that, remember?

 

[Little Gray]

Hey, if SEGA can handle Total War without too much BS (excessive monetizing of Shogun factions is bad but not too bad for me), I'll trust them with Copany of Heroes.

The monetizing of the factions in Shogun goes back to the first one where every faction was the exact same so its probably not an indication of what you can expect from them in the future.

Well any hope of the Saints Row getting back on track is gone with the jackasses behind Dead Island working on it. RIP THQ you were the first company I ever remember good ol' Spongebob Squarepants on the PS2, those were the days. Then I found Saints Row and was glad to see you still were there but then Saints Row the Third happened which I won't mention since I'm trying to have good memories.

correct me if I'm wrong but violition was bought buy kosh media....not just the IP so technically they could have the same epole working on it

That is something that a lot of people are forgetting. The majority of the people currently working at the studios that were bought will keep their jobs. There is no point in not letting them keep there jobs if you are going to keep the studio open. There could be a change in upper management though.

 

[Nouw]

I just realized.
Sega owns Total War.... Relic still might have the rights to Warhammer 40k stuff....
So does that mean we might get Total Warhammer 40k?!?

Imagine a Titan and full Space Marine Company taking on a horde of Orks in the Total War engine!
That would be fucking awesome.

That is entirely up to Gamesworkshop. If SEGA was to make a 'Total Dawn of War,' they wouldn't need Relic aside from advice on lore.

 

[mitchell271]

They were bought by Ubisoft Montreal for $5.8 million. Yes, you read that right. Only $5.8 million.

 

[Stampede]

The Dark Gods frown upon Sega... Then again, Warhammer 40K - Total War?!?? *cheer* At this point I just want to see some new WH40K content... On the other hand, I have zero faith in Sega. They wouldn't know a good franchise if one actually took a chainaxe to every Bayonetta poster in Sega HQ.

Big-picture-wise, I am both glad and brooding for THQ. The company has been teetering for months now and I am glad we can finally move things along. I sincerely hope most of their employees get relocated. YES! EVEN YOU RELIC STAFF WHO MADE SPACE MARINE MULTIPLAYER P2P BASED... I forgive you, good luck and godspeed!

 

[Wil213]

It's sad to see THQ go. Was one of the companies from my childhood. Hope those laid off can find swift employment again.

And just hope the moved IP/companies don't get cocked up because of the shift-about.

... Big-picture-wise, I am both glad and brooding for THQ. The company has been teetering for months now and I am glad we can finally move things along. ...

With you there.

 

[Wolfhowl the shadow lurker]

I hope to see more warhammer games some day, they did show me the meaning of RTS by being damn awesome we will miss ya THQ you where not the best but you sure as hell where not the worse.

Sad to see it go.

 

[Zer_]

So what does this mean for the South Park game?

Hm... Ubisoft is not a company to just drop IP I think. South Park Studios will probably remake the deal with them. At least I'd hope so. As far as I know, Ubisoft has a pretty good reputation as a publisher, ignoring idiotic DRM.

On top of that, Ubisoft has been doing rather well for themselves lately. Their DRM methods are far better, uPlay really isn't all that bad.

 

[Yellowfish]

Something tells me that my post will contain nothing that wasn't already said a million times in this very thread, but...
PHEW, could've been much worse! I mean, Sega bought Relic, the studio I was really worried about. Sega already owns Creative Assembly, and the Total War games are pretty decent, right? Also, Sega now has a monopoly over the strategy genre, owning the only two studios in the industry capable of producing really good and innovative strategy games. Maybe we'll even see another Honeworld!

Ubisoft buying the rights to South Park is kinda sad, becasue they'll shoehorn that appaling of theirs DRM into the game as usual, but aside from that I don't really think these are reasons to worry about the game itself. Okay, that probably means that I personally won't buy it, but the game itself will most likely be decent.