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[LiK]

They published the PC version of Alan Wake. (The physical release, anyway.)

Hmmm

 

[Danthrax]

This is the most depressing buyout I've ever witnessed. Hope you guys weren't expecting the franchises to live on. Since I've given up all hope.

Also drawn to life for 3 million?
Can't believe that was so sought after.

$.3 million. $300,000, in other words. Pocket change.


[edit] I acknowledge I have been beaten by Duckroll.

[edit 2] and Schuelma.

 

[zerokoolpsx]

Who's Nordic Games? RIP Darksiders?

 

[Chuck]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JFfN5pKzFU

 

[Gonzo The Great]

Who's Nordic Games?

 

[ShockingAlberto]

So who does this money go to? The bank that gave THQ their loans?

 

[Acorn]

Gearbox is bound to do something

Spoiler

shitty

with Homeworld.

Gearbox flush with that Sega cash.

 

[Jawmuncher]

.3 million. Not 3 million.

$.3 million. $300,000, in other words. Pocket change.


[edit] I acknowledge I have been beaten by Duckroll.

Ok that makes sense.
That . Changes everything.

 

[Huevos de Oro]

Gearbox is bound to do something

Spoiler

shitty

with Homeworld.

At the very least they are willing to release the originals on DD. Speaking as someone who never played them but heard a lot about them, I'd say that's better than nothing.

 

[Crazymoogle]

So does this pay off the debt that THQ had or were they better off selling to that company Jason Rubin wanted to sell to?

Nowhere near pays off debt. But they made more money on individual auction (all together) than on the private equity firm deal.

 

[Ceebs]

Nordic Games owns JoWooD, Dreamcatcher, and The Adventure Company.

Well say goodbye to those franchises. JoWooD is a god awful publisher.

 

[grandjedi6]

So did no one buy the de Blob license?

Nordic did; it was part of the "Other Software" lot. Just assume that Nordic owns everything but Homeworld and Drawn to Life.

 

[Relaxed Muscle]

They're a regional publisher.

They probably wanted the IPs primarily for legacy sales.

Yeah. Darksiders is dead.

 

[jett]

This has just been one sad affair.

 

[djplaeskool]

All those IPs for under $7MM?
Damn. Nobody wanted them.

 

[Goldmund]

And suddenly, with $6.55 million in hand, THQ is back in the game.

 

[mnz]

Puts a perspective on what the major publishers think of mid-tier games. These are peanuts, a joke.

 

[JDSN]

Im guessing Nordic games will flip that stuff separately later.

 

[SpudBud]

Depressing. I can't believe how little they went for.

 

[erpg]

Just lost all interest in a Homeworld reboot.

 

[Game Guru]

Nordic Games? Are they the same Nordic Games who published the Spellforce and Painkiller games?

 

[LycanXIII]

This is the most depressing buyout I've ever witnessed. Hope you guys weren't expecting the franchises to live on. Since I've given up all hope.

Also drawn to life for 3 million?
Can't believe that was so sought after.

$0.3 million. So $300k.

Edit: Beaten badly. :/

 

[Shard]

They're a regional publisher.

They probably wanted the IPs primarily for legacy sales.

IS it wrong that I know these guys by the title the ruiners of the Gothic games?

 

[Diprosalic]

So Darksiders will now be at best some crappy F2P bullshit?

well not much worse than the crappy bullshit it was before.

 

[Ninja Scooter]

With how Darksiders 2 sold I'm not surprised there was no interest. The IP really is worthless without the talent at Vigil behind it.

 

[Mdk7]

That Darksiders thing feels like a direct stab to my poor heart.
FUUUUUUUUUUU
Howcouldanyonedothis.jpg

 

[Mr.Awesome]

Weren't there 6 lots? So 3 of them did get any bids? Or did Nordic buy 4 lots?

 

[duckroll]

Im guessing Nordic games will flip that stuff separately later.

I don't think they're going to be able to "flip" anything. If someone seriously wanted any of these IPs to make a game with, they would have gotten them. These are rock bottom prices. Nordic is probably just going to sit on the IPs and make money from legacy titles sales over the years, which could be a decent investment.

Weren't there 6 lots? So 3 of them did get any bids? Or did Nordic buy 4 lots?

Nordic bought 5 lots, Gearbox bought 1 lot, 505 bought IPs from one of Nordic's lots.

 

[Dawg]

I remember when Darksiders 2 was announced and I was so happy, since I completed the first one a few weeks before and I really really liked it.

I'd like to go back to that time.

Spoiler

;_;

 

[statham]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JoWooD_Entertainment

 

[BY2K]

Fuck everything. Goddamn bullshit! GOD DAMN IT!

Not being bought at all would have been better than this for Darksiders! And Red Faction!

 

[-COOLIO-]

i feel like the most valuable thing in all of this is the red faction geo-mod patent.

that bullshit, bullshit patent.

 

[Valnen]

I don't think they're going to be able to "flip" anything. If someone seriously wanted any of these IPs to make a game with, they would have gotten them. These are rock bottom prices. Nordic is probably just going to sit on the IPs and make money from legacy titles sales over the years, which could be a decent investment.

That Steam Sale money I guess. Bleh.

 

[Woorloog]

I don't think they're going to be able to "flip" anything. If someone seriously wanted any of these IPs to make a game with, they would have gotten them. These are rock bottom prices. Nordic is probably just going to sit on the IPs and make money from legacy titles sales over the years, which could be a decent investment.

So, RIP Red Faction?

 

[Salsa]

With how Darksiders 2 sold I'm not surprised there was no interest. The IP really is worthless without the talent at Vigil behind it.

I think series was dead as soon as Joe Mad left

some people hate the art but that whole world's design was sort of the staple, you cant do Darksiders 3 with a different look

 

[Jb]

Nordic Games?
Their website is so bad I can't figure out what games they've published.

 

[grandjedi6]

I don't think they're going to be able to "flip" anything. If someone seriously wanted any of these IPs to make a game with, they would have gotten them. These are rock bottom prices. Nordic is probably just going to sit on the IPs and make money from legacy titles sales over the years, which could be a decent investment.

They'll probably try to flip the licensed stuff though since those deals are going to run out sooner than later. Might even try to sell them back early to the licensee.

 

[CaptainTiptop]

This really couldn't have turned out any weirder.

 

[Jawmuncher]

So, RIP Red Faction?

Yep.
No way in hell its coming back.

 

[djplaeskool]

Poor one out for my homies.
Most of these IPs are dead now.

 

[Fare Godmace]

Kinda surprised about Drawn to Life being so cheap. If it costed only 300k$, couldn't 5th cell attempt to outbid them?

 

[faridmon]

Holy Shit: 505 got a sweet deal out of this. Drawn to Life are always million sellers so that is successful business.

 

[Valnen]

Kinda pissed off Crytek did all that talk about buying Darksiders and giving it back to Vigil only to not put a bid down. Fuck them.

 

[MechDX]

Nordic Games?
Their website is so bad I can't figure out what games they've published.

http://www.nordicgames.at/index.php/product

 

[Kazerei]

Gearbox and Homeworld? ... lol

 

[wrowa]

Nordic and 505 won bids? Holy shit the major publishers didn't give a shit about this auction, did they?

Why would they? None of THQ's IPs are particularly succesful and developing new games costs a ton of money. Being able to pick the IPs up for cheap isn't enough if you don't want to invest 20 million and more into development. It's much smarter to use the IPs you already own and build up.

Logically, we've only seen the publishers present who don't own any well-known IPs. So, even a C-tier IP is still worth something to them.

 

[Meier]

Good lord talk about cut rate. I am surprised Crytek didn't get the Darksiders IP after acquiring the team. Wonder what they'll do instead.

 

[TheUnknownForce]

Holy Shit: 505 got a sweet deal out of this. Drawn to Life are always million sellers so that is successful business.

Until they release a crappy iteration and just about murder the franchise. Still, they could get it right. Right?

 

[Waaghals]

That's not a bad price for the Homeworld franchise, all things considered.
it's worth around a quarter of the rest of THQ's back catalogue.

Then again, maybe that's saying more about THQ's games than anything.