Support NeoGAF

[Succinct Verbosity]

Do we know how active THQ Nordic are? It seems like they used all their money to buy these IP's and haven't got any to actually create games.

 

[Saint of Killers]

So the people who bought up Darksiders IP also got the THQ name?

 

[jmizzal]

They have 2 games in the works for Switch, I hope its Deadly Creatures and Full Spectrum Warrior

 

[Nikodemos]

Holy shit.

Codename: Panzers, Jagged Alliance, Aquanox, Imperium Galactica, Nexus: TJI, Tachyon: the Fringe, Delta Force, Spellforce?

It's like these guys own every single single-A-tier IP of the late 90s to early 00s.

Wouldn't surprise me if they become an IP farm.

 

[Hero of Legend]

Do we know how active THQ Nordic are? It seems like they used all their money to buy these IP's and haven't got any to actually create games.

They only made one new THQ game so far and that was MX vs ATV Supercross. They said it was meant to be a retail game but with the scale of a downloadable game, which works, but it didn't get so good reviews from what I recall. They expanded it as MX vs ATV Supercross: Encore Edition on PS4 and XBO so they can add to it, but still.

They've mostly done remasters, so far they did two THQ remasters; Darksiders 2: Deathinitive Edition and Darksiders: Warmastered Edition.

The other major remaster was Legend of Kay Anniversary though that was a JoWood IP. They make new games of their other IPs and new IPs too.

They have 2 games in the works for Switch, I hope its Deadly Creatures and Full Spectrum Warrior

Yep, but I think they'll just have Kaiko port over both Darksiders remasters (they did DS1 and only the XBO version of DS2) to start since those are their big games right now. Honestly folks see them as the current Darksiders guys from what I can tell so it makes sense. Also DS1 is still MIA on Wii U and DS2 wasn't patched properly as intended for Wii U before THQ and Vigil closed.

But also they said Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy was specifically a great fit for Switch, so that's basically a 3rd game (they can't already be underway with that as they just bought it a week or so ago).

 

[ElMexiMerican]

Expecting their output to be all ports/remasters, and Darksiders 3.

 

[SilentRob]

Im pretty sure the Gothic license actually belongs to developers Piranha Bytes. Went back to them this or last year.

 

[KeyBladerXIII]

I will beg for another Splashdown game. Rides Gone Wild was fucking amazing with tracks that changed with every lap, awesome characters, and a great soundtrack.

 

[Tesser]

Do we know how active THQ Nordic are?

ELEX, Spellforce 3 & The Guild 3 are all confirmed titles currently in development and releasing sometime in 2017. They've also confirmed that there are a few more unannounced projects though given the size of their now-acquired portfolio, that could be anything. The two confirmed titles/ports for Switch would suggest there's at least half a dozen games that THQ Nordic are publishing for 2017.

 

[JetSetRadio]

Ah Splashdown, the wave race bluestorm killer.

 

[Spiral Insanity]

I'm happy to see them actually release some of these IP's on GOG.

 

[W.S.]

There's some good ones there.

Darksiders obviously but Splashdown, Red Faction, and deBlob are worth pursuing new iterations of.

 

[Armoured Priest]

would love to see them take a crack at Titan Quest

Titan Quest did get a major update a few months ago.


Just remembering that Nordic ended up with a sizable chunk of the leftovers no-one else wanted after THQs assets were sold off.

 

[NMFried]

Would love a new Lock's Quest.

So does 5th Cell own Drawn To Life/Scribblenauts? Or is it Warner Bros.?

 

[explodet]

This sounds like a roster for the worst Smash Bros. clone ever.

 

[Real_Madrid]

I'm happy to see them actually release some of these IP's on GOG.

Isn't that their strategy? Buying lots of IP's and putting them on almost any store they can. It's a small but relevant revenue stream if you count all their IP's.

But I wouldn't count on many new games for their IP's.

 

[TheGreyHulk]

Pretty much nothing of huge value IMO. Darksiders and red faction arent much brand wise either.

 

[Durante]

There are some fantastic games in that list. It's obviously not what they are going for (and I don't think anyone looking to make money would right now), but a VR Arx Fatalis sequel or spiritual successor is right up there with my most desired projects.

 

[Jawmuncher]

I really hope THQ Nordic can start getting a small port team to put a lot of these back on PC. They don't gotta be super remasters ether.

 

[Fisty]

So I guess we can count on never getting another Sine Mora... bastards

 

[ViciousDS]

Splashdown 1 is still my favorite wave runner game of all time.

 

[Protome]

I hope they keep doing doing ps2 releases on ps4 of things they own. I'd buy Summoner 2 without a second thought.

 

[Shard]

THQ Nordic is currently developing sequels to some of its Jowood stuff, Spellforce, The Guild and Aquanox.

 

[metalmania4evr]

Bring back Delta Force! I played so much DF2 and black hawk down back in the day.

 

[Defect]

And the only one worth using is Destroy all Humans.

 

[Regginator]

The only one I'm interested in is Darksiders to be honest. Maybe Red Faction as well.

 

[nacimento]

I hope the new Guild and Spellforce games are good, The Guild 1 and Spellforce 1 & 2 were fantastic.

 

[Mass_Pincup]

And none of them will get a new game...

Ok I'm being a bit to negative, JoWood will definitely work on something.