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.
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.Holy Shit: 505 got a sweet deal out of this. Drawn to Life are always million sellers so that is successful business.
Hmmm
They're a regional publisher.
They probably wanted the IPs primarily for legacy sales.
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.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.
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...
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...
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.
So Darksiders will now be at best some crappy F2P bullshit?
Fun fact, I did not know that 505 Games was Italian.
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.
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.Both Darksiders 1 and 2 are fun games. It's a huge loss.
They published the PC version of Alan Wake. (The physical release, anyway.)
Of course.Look at those prices. It seems to indicate no major publisher was interested in any of them at all. Lol.
http://store.steampowered.com/search/?category1=998&publisher=Nordic GamesWho the heck is Nordic Games?
Fun fact, I did not know that 505 Games was Italian.
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.
Until they release a crappy iteration and just about murder the franchise. Still, they could get it right. Right?
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.
Red Faction was already on life support and Summoner? There hasn't been a Summoner game in 11 years.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
What have they developed, or you think they will license the ip to other devs?
Red Faction was already on life support and Summoner? There hasn't been a Summoner game in 11 years.
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
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.
Expect all of those IPs bought by Nordic to be in £5 bargain bins for a decade. That's not a serious publisher.
Like Nirolak said, I think they just got the IPs for legacy sales.
So what does that mean? Just sit on the IP?
So what does that mean? Just sit on the IP?
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.
Red Faction sure but let's be real.. Summoner has been dead.I know that....it's just giving them a proper eulogy.
Today, those IPs are officially dead.
So Crytek wasn't willing to put up 4 million for the Darksiders IP? dayum