SpacePirate Ridley
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Saints Row the third is one of my favourite games ever.
I hope Volition and its IP find a new good home.
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Rumor: THQ Cancels Their 2014 Line-Up & MMO, Looking For Buyers [Up: THQ Responds]
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Saints Row the third is one of my favourite games ever.
I hope Volition and its IP find a new good home.
Warner Brothers is my hope, I could see them picking up Volition, along with inSane and Saint's Row. Get a game by Del Toro, and a big open world series, with an acclaimed third instalment. Also Red Faction. I could also see them grabbing Relic and Patrice's studio... Vigil I could see getting picked up by them too, but I don't know if WB wants to effectively pull a Midway again.
B_Rik_Schitthaus
Banned
Sad but probable.
I can only see a complete buyout being by a outside the industry group, existing publishers will just wait and pick at the body.
Also, I'll go fucking nuts if whoever picks up the WWE licence uses Yukes.
Lasthope106
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I hope 4A games is able to continue to fund superior pc games after this. Metro 2033 is one of the best FPS of the last decade.
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Deleted member 80556
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Oh God. So it's getting worse for one of the big publishers. Damn.
I bet Patrice is regretting having joined THQ right now. I hope that everyone lands on their feet, or that at least a publisher buys them out for the good of all the devs.
I bet Patrice is regretting having joined THQ right now. I hope that everyone lands on their feet, or that at least a publisher buys them out for the good of all the devs.
I wonder if he wishes he stayed at Ubi now.
shaowebb
Member
This really. All the signs were there and its no shock at this point. Hopefully Someone like Capcom who is trying to acquire studios grabs them up and tries to make something out of their ideas and talent pool. It'd help these guys a lot to benefit from the combat coders Capcom has in some of their games.
Still at this point its not a matter of who would be the best fit for them, but simply who will try buying them. Hopefully the people in their company get bought up and saved from becoming unemployed.
That...thats actually a pretty good idea. I know Saints Row and Red Faction don't exactly scream Nintendo, but these are styles of games that Nintendo hasn't really got a lot of experience tackling. Crudity aside filling the gaps in their game library with titles based around these sort of open world/ physics based environments would really be nice on the Wii U to show something new. Hate to see Saints Row go away though. Be nice if they did get bought and they kept producing them.
Now we just wait for that sweet trickle down.
And Vigil. Seriously.
DXB-KNIGHT
Member
Konami is a good candidate, they'll buy THQ and then kill their IPs slowly and painfully in front of the fans eyes.
As long as the developers and IP survive it's okay i guess. Hope someone buys them out.
Given the tax breaks, THQ Montreal is one of the most likely studios to get picked up.
DerZuhälter
Member
Wow... and I wanted them to release Homeworld 3 so badly.
Would have probably rammed the dagger in quicker.
Would have probably rammed the dagger in quicker.
perfectnight
Banned
Yup. We need someone to keep making awesome WH games.
Step 1: Buy Vigil
Step 2: Give them Zelda
Step 3: ???
Step 4: Profit!
The only positive thing that might result out of this is no more wrestling games by Yukes.
they can get saint row ip and milk it
He'll still get a job almost wherever he wants. And his game was still in pre-production/planning stage anyway.
I could see Square Enix buying THQ Montreal to merge it with Square Enix Montreal, their new studio.
And Crytek UK can get shutdown for a lack of project, because that studio is unrelated.
Keyser Soze
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The more I think about this, the more I don't like it. I quite liked a lot of THQ's efforts in 2011 (Saints Row, Space Marine, deBlob 2). However, at least WWE games might now be on the road to get fixed... maybe.
I wonder what happens with the Saints Row 3 season pass?
I wonder what happens with the Saints Row 3 season pass?
Don't you see! They can finally make Timesplitters! :/
Exterminieren
Banned
Judging by the prominence Darksiders 2 had at the Wii U unveiling, I could very well see this happening.
This is a shame, but it can't be said the writing wasn't on the wall. Hope all involved land on their feet.
I'd honestly be fine if Nintendo bought the carcass of THQ. Would have to wonder how much outstanding debt they have though.
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Deleted member 20415
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This is a bummer... they were never the best, but they put out some seriously good games over the last few years.
Just get UFC Undisputed 3 out of the door and I can be satisfied for a while...
I guess this means that a new developer might get the WWE license. Metro: Last Light will come out, one way or another... even if only PC.
Serious bummer.
Just get UFC Undisputed 3 out of the door and I can be satisfied for a while...
I guess this means that a new developer might get the WWE license. Metro: Last Light will come out, one way or another... even if only PC.
Serious bummer.
B_Rik_Schitthaus
Banned
Wouldn't shock me if we had a thread like this for Konami in a few years.
NihonTiger90
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They just need to find a new publisher, perhaps. Or WWE signs off a new deal and the new publisher goes to Yukes for development.
Several experienced studios already trained and equipped to work on HD games, as well as several high profile licenses that could be be spun to their advantage.
walking fiend
Member
Devil's Third director, can't remember the name; was actually happy that he wasn't working for Japanese managers any more... and now THQ is going to be sold to a Japanese publishers...
THQ, although wasn't financially stable, has some very solid IPs and one of the best PC devs; I wonder how things will pan out.
THQ, although wasn't financially stable, has some very solid IPs and one of the best PC devs; I wonder how things will pan out.
how does superior cod map packs sound?
Lionel Mandrake
Member
Someone better pick up Volition.
Aren't they working on Timesplitters 4 or something Next-Gen related?
Double Fine owns both. THQ was just a publisher.
Problem with this scenario: Nintendo already has a treasure trove of great IPs they ignore because they don't find the M.O. anymore.
By M.O., I'm talking 10 million sellers like Mario, Mario Kart, Mario Party, SSB, Wii Sports, Animal Crossing, etc. Going after hardcore titles with limited sales potential is not something that really interests Nintendo anymore (unless it's the RPGs for the Japanese home market, which these titles are most certainly not).
Nevermind, I think they're publishing it.
I doubt it, I'm sure he had very good reasons to leave Ubi.
And shove all their shit onto origin exclusively, so we can join MP games of Company of Heroes: Modern Warfare through our browsers.
I don't trust any of the big publishers with Relic.
Either they self-distribute, or they join up with Valve (Get bought?).
I have a a bad feeling Relic is going to get fucked over.