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THQ to Receive $6.55 Million in Sale of IP to Nordic Games, Gearbox, and 505
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Sentenza
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Fun fact: I'm Italian and I didn't know 505 Games existed at all.
Is that how it works? By buying the IP they also own all the previous games with that IP?
This should be in the OP.
Freezie KO
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The THQ IPs aren't worth the cost to develop them it seems. It's a shame.
I wonder if WB Games ever consulted with 5th Cell about buying Drawn to Life, given their relationship with Scribblenauts.
I wonder if WB Games ever consulted with 5th Cell about buying Drawn to Life, given their relationship with Scribblenauts.
Sounds like Nordic Games cleaned up.
To me Darksiders and Red Faction are some tier IPs and they also acquired some solid (in that there were some good games in those franchises and they could be revived) IPs too like Destroy All Humans!, Deadly Creatures and MX vs ATV.
I've never thought of Nordic Games having the publisher muscle (cash and promotion) to make big budget/epic AAA...ish retail games (not to say games they published in the past are not great and of good quality as I think they did retail PC game releases of Tourchlight, Painkiller and Alan Wake) so it will be interesting to see how this changes Nordic Games or what happens to those IPs.
With the IP they have picked up I would like to see Nordic Games start to make a big push and compete with some console publishers and use the IP they acquired or sell off the bigger name IPs to a big name developer studio or publisher. If they want to publish the games themselves I don't think they need to scale up to a EA or Activision size publisher but it might be good to see a return of the mid-tier publisher.
To me Darksiders and Red Faction are some tier IPs and they also acquired some solid (in that there were some good games in those franchises and they could be revived) IPs too like Destroy All Humans!, Deadly Creatures and MX vs ATV.
I've never thought of Nordic Games having the publisher muscle (cash and promotion) to make big budget/epic AAA...ish retail games (not to say games they published in the past are not great and of good quality as I think they did retail PC game releases of Tourchlight, Painkiller and Alan Wake) so it will be interesting to see how this changes Nordic Games or what happens to those IPs.
With the IP they have picked up I would like to see Nordic Games start to make a big push and compete with some console publishers and use the IP they acquired or sell off the bigger name IPs to a big name developer studio or publisher. If they want to publish the games themselves I don't think they need to scale up to a EA or Activision size publisher but it might be good to see a return of the mid-tier publisher.
Miles Quaritch
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Top-down? No thanks. I want/hope for a return to roots. First person with geomod 2.0 - give it to me. GIVE IT TO ME NOW!!!
Miles Quaritch
Member
After DmC, I'd be interested to see what they could do with the IP.
It really should.
Nordic Games does not want to sit on the Darksiders IP, they want to find a dev team and make the third game!
TheVoidDragon
Member
All of THQ's IPs are dead now, it seems. No chance of anything they release being good. This and Gearbox getting Homeworld were some of the worst possible outcomes.
I think Volition kept their engines and Geo-mod tech(so Deep Silver own that now).
Miles Quaritch
Member
Really? Well now I've lost all interest in a Red Faction. It's pretty pointless to have s RF without the crazy level of destruction that was in Guerilla.
funkystudent
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Did double fine get stacking and costume quest?
Macho Madness
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"Moo" said the cow.