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[Nirolak]

We probably don't have much time left to guess.

With regard to the remaining six lots of intellectual property, 17 final bids were received, and the aggregated revenues are expected to be between $6 million and $7 million. Game Informer has been told that a statement will be issued on Monday regarding the disposition of these assets.

Source: http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/...rmation-on-wwe-and-bids-for-other-assets.aspx

Easy Copy/Paste Format:
Lot 1 (Red Faction):
Lot 2 (Homeworld):
Lot 3 (MX):
Lot 4 (Darksiders):
Lot 5 (Owned Software/Original IPs):
Lot 6 (Licensed Software):

Note: Paradox and Stardock have mentioned they were the third and second highest bidders for Homeworld respectively, so don't list them as the buyer for Lot 2.

 

[Takao]

uDraw

No one.

I wonder if 5th Cell could buy Drawn to Life ...

Edit: Oh wait, those are both being sold in the same lot. Seems like one of the weaker lots overall.

 

[guit3457]

Lot 1: EA
Lot 2: SEGA
Lot 4: Crytek

 

[Kifimbo]

Gamasutra is saying we won't know until mid-may.

Although we'll have to wait until mid-May to find out who has successfully bid on each of THQ's remaining IPs at auction, recent court documents show that a total of 17 bids were recorded for the properties.

http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/190954/The_final_bids_on_THQs_remaining_properties_are_in.php

 

[Nirolak]

Gamasutra is saying we won't know until mid-may.



http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/190954/The_final_bids_on_THQs_remaining_properties_are_in.php

The final fillings/approvals won't be done until May, but supposedly we find out the preliminary results today.

 

[Zia]

Too bad Stacking and Costume Quest were included in that massive lot. Totally could've seen Dracogen working with Double Fine to obtain them.

Stil think Sega swooped back around to grab Homeworld.

 

[Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew]

Lot 1 (Red Faction): EA
Lot 2 (Homeworld): Sega
Lot 3 (MX): Ubisoft
Lot 4 (Darksiders): Crytek
Lot 5 (Owned Software/Original IPs): Nintendo
Lot 6 (Licensed Software): Zynga Sony for shits and giggles.

 

[Raxus]

No matter who wins, we will never see another Darksiders again

 

[Stumpokapow]

Too bad Stacking and Costume Quest were included in that massive lot. Totally could've seen Dracogen working with Double Fine to obtain them.

Note that as far as I can tell these are just the remaining publishing rights for the XBLA/PSN versions of Stacking/Costume Quest, not the IP themselves, and I think the rights revert to Double Fine at a subsequent time anyway.

 

[Nirolak]

I should note that EA mentioned recently that they're vastly dialing down on the acquisitiveness for those guessing them for Red Faction.

 

[jamesinclair]

Nintendo, all of it.

 

[kswiston]

Too bad Stacking and Costume Quest were included in that massive lot. Totally could've seen Dracogen working with Double Fine to obtain them.

Stil think Sega swooped back around to grab Homeworld.

The massive lot is just the rights to continue publishing that stuff on existing platforms for the rest of the licensed term I think. Pretty sure Double Fine owns the IP rights to Stacking and Costume Quest.

EDIT: Beaten. But ya, the Marvel stuff (and title) makes it clear that the final lot is not THQ owned IP.

 

[statham]

Lot 1 - Ubisoft
Lot 2 - Sega
Lot 3 - Sony
Lot 4 - Activision
Lot 5 - Nintendo or EA

 

[Santiako]

Lot 1 (Red Faction): Koch
Lot 2 (Homeworld): Sega
Lot 3 (MX): Nobody
Lot 4 (Darksiders): Koch
Lot 5 (Owned Software/Original IPs): Ubi
Lot 6 (Licensed Software): Nobody

 

[Zia]

Note that as far as I can tell these are just the remaining publishing rights for the XBLA/PSN versions of Stacking/Costume Quest, not the IP themselves, and I think the rights revert to Double Fine at a subsequent time anyway.

Oh, cool.

 

[18-Volt]

Lot 1 (Red Faction): Square-enix (they love to pick up random IP's)
Lot 2 (Homeworld): Square-enix
Lot 3 (MX): Activision
Lot 4 (Darksiders): Crytek
Lot 5 (Owned Software/Original IPs): Majesco
Lot 6 (Licensed Software): Majesco or Ubisoft

 

[Sephzilla]

Lot 1 (Red Faction): Ubisoft
Lot 2 (Homeworld): SquareEnix
Lot 3 (MX): Activision
Lot 4 (Darksiders): Crytek
Lot 5 (Owned Software/Original IPs): Ubisoft
Lot 6 (Licensed Software): Activision

 

[darkside31337]

Lot 1 (Red Faction): Ubisoft
Lot 2 (Homeworld): Sega
Lot 3 (MX): Sony
Lot 4 (Darksiders): Platinum Games
Lot 5 (Owned Software/Original IPs): Nintendo
Lot 6 (Licensed Software): Activision

 

[TheUsual]

Lot 1 (Red Faction): Warner Bros

That's the only one I'm gonna guess at.

 

[Jamie OD]

I forgot THQ was at one point associated with the Worms franchise.

 

[duckroll]

Okay gonna throw some random guesses out.

Lot1 = Koch
Lot2 = Beamdog
Lot3 = Some local bike shop looking to give away old games for free with new bike purchases
Lot4 = Crytek
Lot5 = My Toilet
Lot6 = Whatever publisher is looking to make a few quick (lol?) bucks from old DD games

 

[R0nn]

Why is everyone predicting Crytek to aquire Darksiders? Is there some news I missed on this?

 

[Gonzo The Great]

Lot 1 (Red Faction): EA
Lot 2 (Homeworld): Sega
Lot 3 (MX): Ubisoft
Lot 4 (Darksiders): Crytek
Lot 5 (Owned Software/Original IPs): Nintendo
Lot 6 (Licensed Software): Zynga

Nintendo is too cheap to save their own partners from bankruptcy. This will never happen.

 

[kswiston]

Okay gonna throw some random guesses out.

Lot1 = Koch
Lot2 = Beamdog
Lot3 = Some local bike shop looking to give away old games for free with new bike purchases
Lot4 = Crytek
Lot5 = My Toilet
Lot6 = Whatever publisher is looking to make a few quick (lol?) bucks from old DD games

Really hope that Beamdog doesn't get Homeworld. I'd like to see the first two games on GOG.

 

[JehutyRunner]

Do we actually know what time specifically these results are going to be revealed?

 

[hammster]

Yeah, are the people guessing Nintendo GENUINE?

Seems fairly unlikely.

 

[kswiston]

Why is everyone predicting Crytek to aquire Darksiders? Is there some news I missed on this?

Crytek hired a bunch of former Vigil devs.

 

[frankie_baby]

Why is everyone predicting Crytek to aquire Darksiders? Is there some news I missed on this?

someone from crytek said they were interested and most of vigil now work there

 

[Emitan]

What happened to Titan Quest? Surely Crate doesn't own the IP?

 

[darkside31337]

Yeah, are the people guessing Nintendo GENUINE?

Seems fairly unlikely.

the minimum bid required solely for the purposes of destroying all uDraws remaining

Spoiler

not really serious

 

[Nirolak]

Why is everyone predicting Crytek to aquire Darksiders? Is there some news I missed on this?

Crytek explicitly said they would bid.

What happened to Titan Quest?

Lot 5.

 

[Emitan]

Lot 5.

I am blind.

 

[EatChildren]

Lot 1 (Red Faction): Crytek
Lot 2 (Homeworld): Nintendo
Lot 3 (MX): Atlus
Lot 4 (Darksiders): Telltale
Lot 5 (Owned Software/Original IPs): Square Enix
Lot 6 (Licensed Software): Warner

 

[Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew]

Nintendo is too cheap to save their own partners from bankruptcy. This will never happen.

It will be the most reasonable thing to do, IMO. God knows Nintendo needs more IPs and games than Mario/Zelda/Metroid. A lot of the games in Lot # 5 are tailor-made to Nintendo.

 

[Glass Rebel]

Lot 1 (Red Faction): Deep Silver
Lot 2 (Homeworld): SEGA
Lot 4 (Darksiders): Crytek

 

[snoopeasystreet]

1 + 3 + 5 will end up going to Ubi.

 

[R0nn]

Lot 1 (Red Faction): Crytek
Lot 2 (Homeworld): Nintendo
Lot 3 (MX): Atlus
Lot 4 (Darksiders): Telltale
Lot 5 (Owned Software/Original IPs): Square Enix
Lot 6 (Licensed Software): Warner

This will happen!

 

[Relaxed Muscle]

Lot 1 (Red Faction): D3 (Red Faction to become an EDF spin-off set in Mars.)
Lot 2 (Homeworld): Sega
Lot 3 (MX): LOL
Lot 4 (Darksiders): EA
Lot 5 (Owned Software/Original IPs): Activision
Lot 6 (Licensed Software): GOG? (lol)

 

[gabbre]

Lot 1 (Red Faction): Koch
Lot 2 (Homeworld): SEGA
Lot 3 (MX): don't know/don't care
Lot 4 (Darksiders): Crytek US
Lot 5 (Owned Software/Original IPs): don't know/don't care
Lot 6 (Licensed Software): don't know/don't care

 

[Muchi Muchi Pink]

Lot 1 (Red Faction): Koch
Lot 2 (Homeworld): Ubisoft
Lot 3 (MX): Activision-Blizzard
Lot 4 (Darksiders): Platinum Games
Lot 5 (Owned Software/Original IPs): not sure
Lot 6 (Licensed Software): not sure

 

[ArjanN]

I predict a lot of them will go here:

 

[Nirolak]

Lot 1 (Red Faction): Crytek
Lot 2 (Homeworld): Nintendo
Lot 3 (MX): Atlus
Lot 4 (Darksiders): Telltale
Lot 5 (Owned Software/Original IPs): Square Enix
Lot 6 (Licensed Software): Warner

While I know you're joking, a The Walking Dead style Darksiders game wouldn't be the worst thing in the world.

 

[ULTROS!]

Lot 1 (Red Faction): Activision
Lot 2 (Homeworld): Sega
Lot 3 (MX): Some unknown company
Lot 4 (Darksiders): Ubisoft
Lot 5 (Owned Software/Original IPs): EA
Lot 6 (Licensed Software): Maximum Family Games

 

[Anustart]

All of them: Apple.

All these properties to become iOS exclusives.

 

[Jb]

Stacking and Costume Quest were published by THQ? Weird.

Lot 1 (Red Faction): Koch
Lot 2 (Homeworld): Sega
Lot 3 (MX): 505
Lot 4 (Darksiders): Crytek

Lot 5 (Owned Software/Original IPs):

Lot 6 (Licensed Software):

 

[Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew]

On second thought, I updated Lot 6 to Sony. They'll "benefit" from it the most as they're already familiar with most of the games in that list.

Also, for shits and giggles.

 

[Nirolak]

Easy Copy/Paste Format:
Lot 1 (Red Faction): Koch
Lot 2 (Homeworld): Sega
Lot 3 (MX): 505 Games
Lot 4 (Darksiders): Crytek
Lot 5 (Owned Software/Original IPs): Southpeak
Lot 6 (Licensed Software): 505 Games

 

[RPGamer92]

Lot 4- Nintendo
Just imagine

 

[Refyref]

Isn't Lot 6 just publishing rights for old games, maybe even only specific releases? I doubt many companies would be interested in that.

 

[Meelow]

Lot 4- Nintendo
Just imagine

Nintendo would have Zelda and Darksiders? Lol.