So recent replay of Darskiders 2 Deathinitive got me thinking again about what happened to all THQ franchises since than.
So I made this Summary of companies and ex-THX franchises and what they did with them:
Crytek
Koch/Deep Silver
Sega
Take 2
Ubisoft
Gearbox
Nordic Games
all in all some got nice development and some seems to be forgotten. Nordic games got quite a lot of them and so far they started to do the full-on sequels for their ex-JoWood franchises (Aquanox 3, The guild 3, Spellforce 3 or port/remaster of Legend of Kay) so I am pretty sure they will start doing ex-THQ franchises aswell.
What you thing will happen next with some of those franchises?
So I made this Summary of companies and ex-THX franchises and what they did with them:
Crytek
- Crytek USA( ex-Vigil) - created to work on Homefront 2, but that was pushed to Crytek UK instead , studio almost dissolved and now serves as US support for CryEngine ,their Hunt game is most likely dead, some remnants founded Gunfire studios
Koch/Deep Silver
- Metro series - so far they released great Redux remasters of both games and there are rumorus of new entry in development in 4A
- Saints Row series+Volition - they revived the "Enther the dominatrix" DLC project and turned it into full-on sequel, they also released smaller demonic spin-off, no news on what's next
- Homefront franchise - Deep Silver took over development of Homefront 2 after Crytek's failure , developed by Dambuster studios (ex FreeRadical / ex Crytek UK)
Sega
- CoH franchise + Relic - live and well, released CoH2 and currently doing their 5-year dlc/support plan for that game, W40koW3 rumoured for quite a long time
Take 2
- Evolve - helped the Turtle-Rock to finish the game , future of the series unknown , 2K views it as "pernament franchise", but average 400 players on steam isnt that optimistic
- WWE series - releasing on yearly basis with mediocre quality , 2015 was the first appearance on Steam
Ubisoft
- South Park RPG series - helped Obsidian to finish the game after various problems, now developing sequel on its own San Fransisco Studio - no news since the reveal
Patrice Désilets' amsterdam 1666 project - possibly dead with P.D. leaving Ubi and doing Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey
Gearbox
- Homeworld series - released great remaster for original 2 games, and got the Hardware: Shipbreakers project from original HW devs under their wings and will release it as Homeworld: Shipbreakers
Nordic Games
- Darksiders series - got remastered for NextGen as Dathinitive edition , developed by Gunfire studios(ex-Vigil/ex-CrytekUS), Nordic wants to evaluate franchise for sequel potential
- Red Faction series - Guerilla got steamworks treatment by Volition , which removed GfwL and further patched the game, nothing else since then
- MX vs. ATV series - MX vs. ATV Unleashed got revieved on steam, There is mediocre Supercross Encore sequel ,which got finally released after various problems. Most likely dead from now on
- Titan Quest series - Nordic promised to do similar treatment Red Faction got (steamworks implementation and revive MP) , was in sequel talks with Crate (ex- Iron lore, Grim Dawn devs ) - went nowhere , team is busy
- Impossible Creatures series - old relic series , recently revived for new systems on steam, Nordic wants to evaluate franchise for sequel potential
- Summoner series - Summoner 1 revived on steam in 2014, but has various issues, no plans for Summoner 2 (lost source code), no news since then
- Juiced series - not real news , rumours for steam re-appearance
- Destroy All Humans! series - no real news
- Panzer Elite series - Panzer Elite Action was re-released as Gold edition on steam in 2014, nothing else since then
- Full Spectrum Warrior series - no real news
- De Blob series - no real news
- bunch of smaller series with no real news
all in all some got nice development and some seems to be forgotten. Nordic games got quite a lot of them and so far they started to do the full-on sequels for their ex-JoWood franchises (Aquanox 3, The guild 3, Spellforce 3 or port/remaster of Legend of Kay) so I am pretty sure they will start doing ex-THQ franchises aswell.
What you thing will happen next with some of those franchises?