Yeah they could, but I was specifically talking about buying up the whole studios .
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Rumor: THQ Cancels Their 2014 Line-Up & MMO, Looking For Buyers [Up: THQ Responds]
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Yeah they could, but I was specifically talking about buying up the whole studios .
Neuromancer
Member
Who's this guy tweeting and is he credible and in a position to have this info? I only ask because I've never heard of him.
They already had exclusive Itagaki games in Japan, they didn't do shit. Itagaki games aren't really that popular.
Shadowlink
Member
This sucks! WWE All Stars was a good game, and I was hoping we'd get a WWE All Stars 2. The Saints Row Series was also a fun series, and I have yet to play Darksiders, but heard good things about it. Hope this rumor isn't true. 
godhandiscen
There are millions of whiny 5-year olds on Earth, and I AM THEIR KING.
What will happen to Volition? Someboby please pick them up, Saints Row The Third is amazing!
What about Valhalla? Devil's Third? This is horrible news.
What about Valhalla? Devil's Third? This is horrible news.
Not sure about Warhammer, but I believe -Unless I'm mistaken- they own the entire IP for Darksiders (so everything games,comic,names...ect)
Nintendo will most likely let them make St. Mario The Third, first mature Mario game..with flying mecha dildos.
Because Darksiders recieved great word of mouth
crimsonheadGCN
Banned
Epic should still be around too. I think Valve and Epic are really the only two developers that can remain independent without any trouble.
That was just one of their ideas. I'm not joking. (It looked worse in motion)
If that is from DMO then it looked pretty good in the trailer that was released in 2010:
http://youtu.be/odTtU9Tdtbk
Sold like 1mil copies. Not really a massive seller, but if the budget for the games is well controlled, they could be profitable. (then again I recall some THQ exec saying the first one wasn't really a success and they hoped the second ones would sell better)
Agent Icebeezy
Welcome beautful toddler, Madison Elizabeth, to the horde!
Darksiders 2 and the next Metro needs to happen.
AKI Man says fuck you to THQ though.
AKI Man says fuck you to THQ though.
Neuromancer
Member
Oh. Well I guess he would know. =(
TDLink
Member
Pretty sure both Darksiders 2 and Metro: Last Light were due out this year so those should still be ok.
jim-jam bongs
Member
It's the THQ catch-22; market something like crazy, get good sales but don't turn a profit, or don't market, get terrible sales and still don't turn a profit.
V
Vilix
Unconfirmed Member
Damn shame. WH40K: Space Marine was a good came with excellent gun/melee gameplay mechanics. I had hoped they make it into a series. The first one made money. Obviously not enough though.
Nah, it was was from a clunky dunky never realized prototype from a now closed studio.
Neuromancer
Member
EA.
B_Rik_Schitthaus
Banned
As KingJ2002 said, EA seems the most likely and they did make 2 Def Jam games with AKI...
I'm looking forward to a change, even if it's not AKI at least there's a chance the next WWE game would a yet another Yukes mess.
crimsonheadGCN
Banned
Was there anything more released about that game? I would like to know who was developing it and what the premise of it was.
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Deleted member 81567
Unconfirmed Member
Homefront 2 will be out before then right?
crimsonheadGCN
Banned
No, that was 2014.
The pitch evolved into Killteam.
B_Rik_Schitthaus
Banned
There will be... no Homefront 2!
I believe this...
True story last month- THQ offered my friend a great job - he accepted - gave his current company 3 weeks notice and would take a 1 week vacation before starting - left the company was about to join THQ in 2 days - THQ calls and tells him his job is cancelled due to funding.
This guy has a family and basically is screwed and already set up a successor at his last company. So yah - screw THQ.
True story last month- THQ offered my friend a great job - he accepted - gave his current company 3 weeks notice and would take a 1 week vacation before starting - left the company was about to join THQ in 2 days - THQ calls and tells him his job is cancelled due to funding.
This guy has a family and basically is screwed and already set up a successor at his last company. So yah - screw THQ.
LazerRanger
Member
Really depressing news, fingers crossed all the exciting products (really cant wait for Darksiders 2 and was hyped for patrice desilets and Del Toro projects) they had in the works find new publishers and the talented dev teams are able to stay together.
Traumnovelle
Member
Man, I wonder what will happen to inSane and the new Turtle Rock game.
B_Rik_Schitthaus
Banned
If it's not to personal a question, What part of THQ was it?
Either outright canned or we'll see them when we would have before, just with a different logo on the cover.
VG247 is now carrying the story and THQ still won't comment: http://www.vg247.com/2012/01/15/rumour-thq-cancels-2014-slate-and-offers-self-for-sale/
That would be nice to have Aki back. Hopefully they wouldn't give it to whoever did EA MMA. I'd like to see someone pick up the WWE All Stars studio and give them another shot at it.
THIS!
Impeccable
Member
EA, please take the UFC license.
AceBandage
Banned
Another one bites the dust...
Phoenician_Viking
Banned
I thought Homefront made money for THQ. I guess i was mistaking. I thought that they had like 600k in preorders alone or something.
I hear staff might be axed starting monday but I'm unable to confirm at this time.
snoopeasystreet
Member
They also had a huge marketing blitz. Those balloons dont come cheap.
Rebel Leader
THE POWER OF BUTTERSCOTCH BOTTOMS
I thought we were gonna buy it
So was Tim Langdell at one point
j/kYeah, even if there were still only rumors by an unnamed source it's pretty damn obvious that THQ is on it's way out for anyone who's been following them for the past couple of years. It's only a matter of when and who gets to keep what in the end.
Pff, they couldn't even award it GOTY. =/
EternalGamer
Banned
This is the entire problem with publically traded companies.
Saints Row 3 makes money but "not enough."
Darksiders makes money but "not enough."
Space Marine made money but "not enough."
If these were private companies, they'd be fine. Everybody keeps their job and keeps on truckin making the great games these studios are clearly capable of making.
Crazymoogle
Member
Jeezus. This is big. Hope they can keep shit together. I was in Vancouver when Slant Six, UFG, and Radical (among others) had their project-dropping meltdowns, and the result is basically what you think it was: slash-city. Employers dropping half or more of their employees in a day if needed, simply because it takes too long to line up another project while burning money (or, as UFG did, hooked up their existing project with a new publisher).
UFG and Slant survived because they were independent. Radical survived because Activision kept them on life support (and wasn't in danger of collapsing). Here? Well if THQ's front office dissolves them, that's it. There's no studio action. Hopefully a buyer steps in and keeps the core studios alive.
THQ Montreal in particular had huge expansion plans, big tax breaks and a big name at the front so losing that would really be crushing for the company.
UFG and Slant survived because they were independent. Radical survived because Activision kept them on life support (and wasn't in danger of collapsing). Here? Well if THQ's front office dissolves them, that's it. There's no studio action. Hopefully a buyer steps in and keeps the core studios alive.
THQ Montreal in particular had huge expansion plans, big tax breaks and a big name at the front so losing that would really be crushing for the company.
Neuromancer
Member
So was Tim Langdell at one point
Yeah, even if there were still only rumors by an unnamed source it's pretty damn obvious that THQ is on it's way out for anyone who's been following them for the past couple of years. It's only a matter of when and who gets to keep what in the end.
Pff, they couldn't even award it GOTY. =/
Saints Row looked up and shouted 'Save us!' and Giant Bomb looked down and whispered 'No.'
MesserWolf
Member
this is a problem of liquidity, of credit, not of value of the company.
The issue is having a open credit line to ensure the normal operation of the company ....
being a public company has nothing to do with this basically
a Master Ninja
Member
Somebody better publish Devil's Third.
With Crackdown sent to an early grave, Microsoft would be smart in securing a good, exclusive open world franchise and developer.
Cow Mengde
Banned
de Blob was a sleeper hit on the Wii selling almost 1 million copies. The sequel went multiplatformed and bombed taking out Blue Tongue as I recall.
Anyway, sucks for the people working at THQ, and I'm surprised this company lasted this long.
