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[Sid]

Glad to see Nintendo acquire Darksiders...

 

[Haunted]

huh.

 

[duckroll]

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.

Oh yeah that is a possibility. But I think in general we can expect that Darksiders and Red Faction are pretty much dead IPs at this point in terms of possible future games. If no one wants to even pay 1-2 million for the IPs, no one is going to invest 10 million into an actual game. RIP.

 

[Jintor]

Gearbox got Homeworld?

Fucking Gearbox?

Jesus christ. Hell has risen and all the demons are here.

 

[mnz]

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

Every franchise that comes out of this mess successfully will be a sweet deal. It's been bargain after bargain, if you know what to do with them, atleast.

 

[LiK]

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

Ok thanks

 

[Haunted]

Fun fact, I did not know that 505 Games was Italian.

 

[CassidyIzABeast]

So Crytek wasn't willing to put up 4 million for the Darksiders IP? dayum

 

[Squire]

Hmmm

They'll probably just collect revenue from the games that are already out there.

 

[Alrus]

What the hell is Jowood going to do with the Darksiders IP? They're a C tier publisher and the games are kinda costly to make...

 

[ArjanN]

They're a regional publisher.

They probably wanted the IPs primarily for legacy sales.

Probably this, yeah.

 

[Meier]

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.

I thought the original was great but didn't play DS 2 due to all the negative reactions to it. I didn't find the IP itself to be particularly compelling so it's no big loss. I'll be interested to see what they do next though.

 

[Aquamarine]

What the hell is Jowood going to do with the Darksiders IP? They're a C tier publisher and the games are kinda costly to make...

Re-release it and sit on it, passively making royalties for the next decade.

In other words, dead.

RIP Darksiders
RIP Red Faction
RIP Destroy All Humans
RIP Summoner
RIP Supreme Commanader
RIP De Blob
RIP Deadly Creatures

 

[Jawmuncher]

What the hell is Jowood going to do with the Darksiders IP? They're a C tier publisher and the games are kinda costly to make...

Like everyone else has said.
They're just going to go for legacy sales at this point. Doubt they'll make a new game

 

[Valnen]

I thought the original was great but didn't play DS 2 due to all the negative reactions to it. I didn't find the IP itself to be particularly compelling so it's no big loss. I'll be interested to see what they do next though.

Both Darksiders 1 and 2 are fun games. It's a huge loss.

 

[JehutyRunner]

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

If Crytek had gotten the IP as it said it would, it would have ended up becoming "crappy F2P bullshit" anyways.

It was always going to be a lose-lose situation.

 

[Jawmuncher]

The only decent thing I can think of is of Nordic at least ports these all to PC or rereleases them.

Stuff like summoner is love to play again.

 

[LiK]

FYI, even if they decide to make DS3, it won't have Joe Mad involved so it'll look different anyway.

 

[twinturbo2]

Fun fact, I did not know that 505 Games was Italian.

I don't think anybody did.

 

[Mario]

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.

Yeah, that would be my guess.

 

[fastballspecial]

Maaaan. WTF? This is a bummer. So hoping that some of these IP's would find new life.

 

[Meier]

Both Darksiders 1 and 2 are fun games. It's a huge loss.

Why? Vigil got bought out and can make a new game instead of just making Darksiders 3. They're talented guys, I'm sure they can do something cool again.

 

[RPGCrazied]

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

What have they developed, or you think they will license the ip to other devs?

 

[Celine]

Look at those prices. It seems to indicate no major publisher was interested in any of them at all. Lol.

Of course.
Who would invest major money to fund new games in those not-so-good selling IP.

 

[Htown]

Who the heck is Nordic Games?

http://store.steampowered.com/search/?category1=998&publisher=Nordic Games

 

[wrowa]

Fun fact, I did not know that 505 Games was Italian.

I thought they were British. :S

 

[duckroll]

Why? Vigil got bought out and can make a new game instead of just making Darksiders 3. They're talented guys, I'm sure they can do something cool again.

Vigil didn't actually get bought out...

 

[boingball]

Nordic Games? I wonder what their business model is buying all those IPs from bankruptcies. Just milking the cash flow? Don't see them becoming a new Koch/Deep Silver (who are trying to become a respected publisher, first with Dead Island and now Saints Row).

Depressing outcome.

 

[faridmon]

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

Yeah, that might be the problem. But I can see them making them alright and it would sell gangbusters just for the name alone.

 

[Valnen]

Why? Vigil got bought out and can make a new game instead of just making Darksiders 3. They're talented guys, I'm sure they can do something cool again.

I wanted at least 4 Darksiders games before seeing the IP die. I would have vastly preferred Darksiders 3 to anything else.

 

[smr00]

Re-release it and sit on it, passively making royalties for the next decade.

In other words, dead.

RIP Darksiders
RIP Red Faction
RIP Destroy All Humans
RIP Summoner
RIP Supreme Commanader
RIP De Blob

Red Faction was already on life support and Summoner? There hasn't been a Summoner game in 11 years.

 

[Squire]

What have they developed, or you think they will license the ip to other devs?

Like Nirolak said, I think they just got the IPs for legacy sales.

 

[Lonestar]

Was hoping Volition carried Red Faction with them, but oh well. Hope they can use the destruction engine again, in something.

Or buy the Freespace/Descent IP.

 

[RPGCrazied]

Oh. I kinda like Adventure Company. I'm a big adventure fan though. A Darksiders adventure game "could" be decent.

 

[TheNatural]

Called it. Some nobody would get these, no coherent publisher needs a slew of failed IPs.

 

[Huw_Dawson]

Expect all of those IPs bought by Nordic to be in £5 bargain bins for a decade. That's not a serious publisher.

 

[gabbo]

Has Gearbox ever made a non-FPS? It seems odd they'd jump on this other than to release it on DD with PR line similar to the one given when they acquired the Duke Nukem license

 

[Aquamarine]

Red Faction was already on life support and Summoner? There hasn't been a Summoner game in 11 years.

I know that....it's just giving them a proper eulogy.

Today, those IPs are officially dead.

 

[Nirolak]

Has Gearbox ever made a non-FPS? It seems odd they'd jump on this other than to release it on DD with PR line similar to the one given when they acquired the Duke Nukem license

They made Samba de Amigo for the Wii.

 

[ThoughtsOfSpeaking]

If Crytek had gotten the IP as it said it would, it would have ended up becoming "crappy F2P bullshit" anyways.

It was always going to be a lose-lose situation.

It would of at least been a good game underneath it all and may still have been a visual showcase.

Now its gameloft status.

Shame Platinum didn't think it viable to bid for whatever reason.

 

[TheNatural]

Expect all of those IPs bought by Nordic to be in £5 bargain bins for a decade. That's not a serious publisher.

So, basically it's like THQ still owning them?

 

[RPGCrazied]

Like Nirolak said, I think they just got the IPs for legacy sales.

So what does that mean? Just sit on the IP?

 

[FaustsBoon]

Who the heck is Nordic Games?

Joakim Mogrin.


Did ju rike it?

 

[Aquamarine]

So what does that mean? Just sit on the IP?

Yes.

 

[Nirolak]

So what does that mean? Just sit on the IP?

Sit on the IP, sell the games that already exist, collect cash for doing basically nothing.

It's conceivable they could publish an MX game since those sold pretty well and it could cost very little to make.

 

[Relaxed Muscle]

So what does that mean? Just sit on the IP?

Basically? yes. And then wait to make money over time.

 

[Yawnier]

Well, RIP Darksiders and Red Faction then.

 

[RPGCrazied]

Sit on the IP, sell the games that already exist, collect cash for doing basically nothing.

That's a shame. Since I hardly doubt the 2 games are selling that much? Even the 2nd game.

The ip might as well be dead then.

 

[smr00]

I know that....it's just giving them a proper eulogy.

Today, those IPs are officially dead.

Red Faction sure but let's be real.. Summoner has been dead.

There was never any talk about a 3rd Summoner in the past 11 years.

 

[LycanXIII]

So Crytek wasn't willing to put up 4 million for the Darksiders IP? dayum

Probably wasn't 4 million just for the DS IP, that total is for all the packages.