They were making Homefront 2 for THQ.
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They were making Homefront 2 for THQ.
snoopeasystreet
Member
I wonder who'd buy them. They have a couple of good IP/licences. As long as it's not a console manufacturer or EA, I don't really care.
B_Rik_Schitthaus
Banned
Everything about Homefront is so generic all they would need to do is come up with a new name and logo and they could shop it around.
They let themselves so big that the profitable parts of their company couldn't cover them any more.
I know that, but if your publisher goes away so do the games from xbla and psn. Double fine would have zero problem self publishing on PSN, but I am unsure about xbla.
I wonder who Asian firm will buy them.
Probably Konami.
Is Konami really in a position to buy anything? Somehow I doubt it.
Now that I think about it, isn't THQ also distributing all the KEOI games here in Europe? I always see them on the back of the box.
I wonder who Asian firm will buy them.
Probably Konami.
Konami could, because they don't have many games to release besides Metal Gear and PES.
Probably Capcom, they like/love western devs. Moreover they can use Itagaki's team to make the next Devil May Cry.
Dr. Feel Good
Banned
I remember when Acclaim went out officially there were a lot of comparisons made to THQ, and people questioned how they managed to stay in business. Their long standing contract deals with WWE, Nick, Disney, etc. obviously helped with that, but apparently that has bottomed out. Sucks to because I feel like this generation they really attempted to branch out creatively and make a name for themselves.
Who would have thought a tablet would have been what took them out?
Who would have thought a tablet would have been what took them out?
SneakyStephan
Banned
That'll teach em for making good games!
The fuck is wrong with this industry :\
I own darksiders , dawn of war II and expansions.
Have you done your part?
The fuck is wrong with this industry :\
I own darksiders , dawn of war II and expansions.
Have you done your part?
Face it Tiger..
Banned
*buys THPS2HD*
Cerebral Assassin
Member
Unless you are specifically talking about NOA I disagree, Nintendo have published many games this gen that had no real chance of getting close to a million (let alone 10 million) sales.
PinkCrayon
Member
Hopefully Red Faction can find a good home where people actually know what they're doing.
Asian company means to my here something more along the lines of chinese internet whatever bullshit.
GillianSeed79
Member
I wonder who will get the WWE license and if this means we might actually get a good wrestling game. (All Stars being the exception)
THQ has been around since the late 80s or early 90s so it's kind of sad to see them go. This gen has been brutal.
THQ has been around since the late 80s or early 90s so it's kind of sad to see them go. This gen has been brutal.
That's Activision.
Certain parts of THQ's IP have the capability to at least break a million sales world wide to where it'd be worthwhile to them. Even if they don't use all of the IP, the specific development teams would definitely help Nintendo's transition into HD development.
The mass consumer rather buys what he has been buying for the last 10 years.
B_Rik_Schitthaus
Banned
Way more then that, from wiki.
THQ Studio Montreal in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, founded in October 2010 is THQ's first North American studio that was not acquired. It is also described to be THQ's largest studio hiring more than 500 employees.
This ones gonna' sting.
I don't expect a publisher to pick up THQ as a whole because that would've happened much earlier. I guess Volition/Vigil/etc. will be picked up by different buyers when THQ folds. Otherwise Nintendo, Microsoft, EA and others will just wait for the studios to close and pick up the people they need when they do. So Vigil staff moves to Retro, Crytek UK(?) staff gets to work at MGS Soho and Volition's staff might be interesting for Rockstar. The same thing happened when Bizarre closed. No one bought the entire studio, they just all offered jobs to some key people.
Unless Microsoft is really adventureous the future seems grim.
Unless Microsoft is really adventureous the future seems grim.
SpacePirate Ridley
Member
We forgot Turtle Rock new game. Made of list of upcoming games from THQ.
Confirmed:
Devil's Third
inSANE
Patrice Désilets' new game at THQ Montréal
South Park RPG (distributor only)
Darksider II
Next WWE
UFC 3
Homefront 2
Metro Last Light
Nexuiz
Warhammer 40,000: Dark Millennium
Saints Row 4
Turtle Rock new game
Adidas mi coach (dead ?)
Rumored:
Company of Heroes 2
Dawn of War 3
Other THQ franchises:
Homeworld
Red Faction
de Blob
Studios owned by THQ
Relic Entertainment
THQ Studio San Diego
Vigil Games
Volition
THQ Studio Montreal
Feel free to add.
Confirmed:
Devil's Third
inSANE
Patrice Désilets' new game at THQ Montréal
South Park RPG (distributor only)
Darksider II
Next WWE
UFC 3
Homefront 2
Metro Last Light
Nexuiz
Warhammer 40,000: Dark Millennium
Saints Row 4
Turtle Rock new game
Adidas mi coach (dead ?)
Rumored:
Company of Heroes 2
Dawn of War 3
Other THQ franchises:
Homeworld
Red Faction
de Blob
Studios owned by THQ
Relic Entertainment
THQ Studio San Diego
Vigil Games
Volition
THQ Studio Montreal
Feel free to add.
Phoenixazure
Member
I know good people from Relic and Volition is one of my favorite companies, hope they come out of this clean, same with Patrice and his new studio.
On the other hand, hope that means the WWE license can go to another company and we can get a new engine for the series finally
On the other hand, hope that means the WWE license can go to another company and we can get a new engine for the series finally
No. I like PC versions of Volition games.
I can't find a number yet, but I'd suspect 1000-2000+ if literally everyone lost their job.
PinkCrayon
Member
Hopefully, the good studios will be bought by other publishers.
I'm talking a lot about NOA because Nintendo wouldn't be buying THQ for the Japanese market. It would have to be done for the western divisions. And when NOA shows zero interest in these type of projects, what would be the point?
B_Rik_Schitthaus
Banned
MS and Sony could grab some amazing 1st party games for the launches of their systems from this.
funkystudent
Member
I hope volition can get through it ok. SR3 was something special. I hope its not remembered as THQ's last gasp.
Anyone rumored to have been in talks with the company? I know THQ buyout rumors have been around for a bit but I havent been fallowing them.
Anyone rumored to have been in talks with the company? I know THQ buyout rumors have been around for a bit but I havent been fallowing them.
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qizah
Unconfirmed Member
Pretty sad to see this happening.
How many publishers/devs have gone under or come close this gen? It seems like there have been a ton ... Bizarre Creations, Blue Tongue, Cing, Clover Studios, Ensemble Studios, Factor5(US Branch), Incognito, Krome Studios (meh), Midway, Pandemic Studios, Team Bondi and now THQ.
Seems more than last gen to me.
How many publishers/devs have gone under or come close this gen? It seems like there have been a ton ... Bizarre Creations, Blue Tongue, Cing, Clover Studios, Ensemble Studios, Factor5(US Branch), Incognito, Krome Studios (meh), Midway, Pandemic Studios, Team Bondi and now THQ.
Seems more than last gen to me.
Vigil is a wholly owned subsidiary of THQ.
So is Relic.
THQ dies, they die unless they're sold off.
Absorbing Vigil into Retro Studios (both Austin studios) would be cool and give Nintendo a big new team for another project, which would be great since Vigil was one of the first devs who demonstrated/talked about Wii U development.
Of course if it's cheaper, they'd just wait and cherry pick individual people who leave the studio.
Of course if it's cheaper, they'd just wait and cherry pick individual people who leave the studio.
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
I don't think that was their bad decision. Their bad decision was pouring money into huge projects that nobody wanted. They saw the success of de Blob and decided to give it a sequel with a bigger budget on all three platforms, tie in merchandise, and even a SyFy Kids cartoon series. The latter two fell through because despite being good it was one that nobody asked for, there was no real market for, and thus it tanked.
uDraw did pretty well on the Wii. Their dipshit financial analysts projected that the tablet would do just as well on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, so THQ threw money behind that. We have them piling up in the store. Nobody wants them.
THQ could have done a better job of making things people were asking for, but their money sink was putting tons of cash into things nobody was asking for. They were throwing money away.
Technosteve
Banned
they have been dead for a long time, their corpse was kept warm from the 40k ip
WWE vs. Saturday Night Slam Masters.
B_Rik_Schitthaus
Banned
Nooooooooooooooo, I want more DS not those people working some shitty old Nintendo IP no one else wants.
Lasthope106
Member
Valve could pick it up again like they did with L4D. They are basically an independent arm of Valve anyway.