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Kifimbo · May 15, 2012

From Twitter:

@patrickklepek: THQ "in discussion" with other companies regarding Itagaki's Devil's Third. No longer "fits THQ's profile."

Jim Reilly ‏ @jimreilly
The future of Devil's Third is up in the air.

Devil's Third is Itagaki new game (at Valhalla).

Seraphis Cain · May 15, 2012

Kinda figured this would happen eventually.

BlazingDarkness · May 15, 2012

lol oh dear

kami_sama · May 15, 2012

I thought it was one of the project they would fund until their death. It seems I was wrong.

east of eastside · May 15, 2012

by "profile" do they mean financial demise?

MMaRsu · May 15, 2012

Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

ITAGAKI SAN ARE YOU OK

come on PlatinumGamesJP give us another God Hand will you? Only you can save the future of 'beat em up' action games.

Stumpokapow · May 15, 2012

Not really a surprise.

1) THQ is in a dire, possibly near-death situation
2) Japan->US crossover hit: unlikely. Smash success from new studio: unlikely.
3) Not ready until 2013, the whole platform ecosystem is up in the air.

Bummer for Itagaki.

StealthGoblin · May 15, 2012

First inSANE, now this.

Clearing the decks before their doom.

dinosaur_hunter2 · May 15, 2012

This is so sad

test_account · May 15, 2012

Man, that gotta suck for Itagaki. But not a big surprise concidering the financial trouble THQ is facing.

Dresden · May 15, 2012

I wonder what aerosmith song he'll be listening to right now.

Liamario · May 15, 2012

Sell the game to Platinum, where it would fit into their style quite easily.

Tiktaalik · May 15, 2012

Not unexpected given THQ's issues at the moment. I hope a publisher picks this up.

SolidSnakex · May 15, 2012

Liamario said:
Sell the game to Platinum, where it would fit into their style quite easily.

Platinum doesn't publish games.

jbug617 · May 15, 2012

I wonder if Microsoft would have any thoughts of picking this up?

Auto_aim1 · May 15, 2012

east of eastside said:
by "profile" do they mean financial demise?

THQ isn't in a good shape, so they are not going to fund projects that they think won't be commercially successful.

Sad really, the game looked pretty fun

Relaxed Muscle · May 15, 2012

Someone must pick up this....

I would be fine with EA even.

Bebpo · May 15, 2012

Dresden said:
I wonder what aerosmith song he'll be listening to right now.

;_;

IdreamofHIME · May 15, 2012

Tecmo's gonna pick it up.....

Stumpokapow · May 15, 2012

Liamario said:
Sell the game to Platinum, where it would fit into their style quite easily.

Platinum isn't a publisher, and Platinum itself has no guarantees for ongoing publishing opportunities (not implying anything about Platinum, just that independent devs with records of quality but commercially mixed products aren't exactly in the best position right now, and we've already heard musings about Sega folding Bayonetta 2)

rvy · May 15, 2012

Let's go, Microsoft. You need exclusives.

BHK3 · May 15, 2012

we were all waiting for it.

Tashi · May 15, 2012

Ahh damn that sucks. I'm curious to see who will pick it up though.

Strife91 · May 15, 2012

EA will pick this up.

CrunchinJelly · May 15, 2012

Did the Bayo2 rumour end up true? If so, could mean both Devil's Third and Bayo2 being shopped around to pubs at the same time.

After the success of well-known IP like Ninja Gaiden 3 you have to wonder who is gonna want to invest.

I would love to know why this has taken so long to come out. Makes me think THQ should have managed the project better and been harsher with deadlines. It was announced over two years ago.

iavi · May 15, 2012

Dresden said:
I wonder what aerosmith song he'll be listening to right now.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txlXcJDtDwM

:'(

This injustice was on the shortlist.

JustAnotherOtaku · May 15, 2012

Shit

Really hope this finds another publisher.

Liamario · May 15, 2012

I suspect the game isn't finished yet, and it could be finished over at Platinum with Itagaki's team moving over.
Of course, what I am saying is complete and utter fantasy.

FStop7 · May 15, 2012

Tiktaalik · May 15, 2012

I know nothing about this game, but I do know that Itagaki has a penchant for developing games with lots of boobs and blood. Maybe an opportunity for Nintendo to show they have hardcore gamer cred?

Draconian · May 15, 2012

Maybe he can join the EA Partners program for the stupendous perk of an online pass with as little advertising as possible.

slaughterking · May 15, 2012

Woah.

I kinda forgot about this game.

Kaizer · May 15, 2012

I was wondering when this game would get put out to pasture.

wrowa · May 15, 2012

Galvanise_ said:
First inSANE, now this.

Insane got cancelled?

SolidSnakex · May 15, 2012

Draconian said:
Maybe he can join the EA Partners program for the stupendous perk of an online pass with as little advertising as possible.

THQ has online passes also and it's not like they had any money to advertise it.

.la1n · May 15, 2012

BHK3 said:
we were all waiting for it.

This. Wasn't even sure he would deliver in the end but still never wanted him to not be able to see it through so hope someone will pick it up.

Muchi Muchi Pink · May 15, 2012

jbug617 said:
I wonder if Microsoft would have any thoughts of picking this up?

If it's remade to be a kinect game? Sure they will. Otherwise? LOL.

Liamario said:
I suspect the game isn't finished yet, and it could be finished over at Platinum with Itagaki's team moving over.
Of course, what I am saying is complete and utter fantasy.

Itagaki and Kamiya working together? HAHAHA.

slaughterking · May 15, 2012

cjelly said:
I would love to know why this has taken so long to come out. Makes me think THQ should have managed the project better and been harsher with deadlines. It was announced over two years ago.

I think the pretty much announced the game with a 2012 release or something. They knew they would need a lot of time to develop the game, which I thought was pretty weird back then.

Blablurn · May 15, 2012

Maybe they should change it to a next gen launch title to get some more attention. Even if it costs a lil more... Of course they need a new publisher first.

Pie and Beans · May 15, 2012

Metal Gear Rising Revengeance to be the last big japanese action combat title ever.

Jesus Carbomb · May 15, 2012

Liamario said:
I suspect the game isn't finished yet, and it could be finished over at Platinum with Itagaki's team moving over.
Of course, what I am saying is complete and utter fantasy.

Dream on

Dream until your dreams come true. ;_;

Nemo · May 15, 2012

Was only a matter of time, shame tho

Shining Sunshine · May 15, 2012

Strife91 said:
EA will pick this up.

That's not gonna happen.

EA's financial report show they're trying to reduce # of titles release per year.

Instro · May 15, 2012

I hope someone picks it up, looked pretty sweet.

WickedLaharl · May 15, 2012

After red faction and this THQ is dead to me now. Not that it will take much longer anyways...

darkwing · May 15, 2012

jbug617 said:
I wonder if Microsoft would have any thoughts of picking this up?

yes, let's Kinect this

Vilam · May 15, 2012

Galvanise_ said:
First inSANE, now this.

For what it's worth, Volition launched their brand new website like a week ago, and inSANE was (and still is) listed there as one of their upcoming games.

ThoughtsOfSpeaking · May 15, 2012

Pie and Beans said:
Metal Gear Rising Revengeance to be the last big japanese action combat title ever.

I'm getting that feeling too. No hyperbole.

Today is a fucking sad sad sad day.

Glix · May 15, 2012

Is it possible even in my wildest dreams that ATLUS could pick this up?

HigherLevel · May 15, 2012

What needs to happen: Microsoft buys Itagaki's studio. Then give Tecmo enough money to buy the Ninja Gaiden IP. Then have Itagaki revive the series after the UT Team Ninja Dog used on the series with NG3.

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