Kinda hoping this will magically get Deep Rock Galactic out of early access at some point...
Seriously good for those guys though, sounds like THQ plan on giving them a lot of freedom and autonomy. So all it really does is give THQ more cool stuff to fund and publish, and Coffee Stain Studios more stability and security to keep doing the things they do.
I mean, what's wrong with it? It's a solid, fun game right now as is. And they do at least monthly major updates to it with constant Dev communication. It'd say it's a model of early access.
DRG will be out of EA when it’s done, every update they’ve added to the game has been of phenomenal quality and I certainly don’t want them rushing it.
Man THQ nordic is buying all the titles and studios, hopefully they can breathe life into many of them
Oh man, more funding for Satisfactory can only be a good thing. I can't wait for that game to come out.
Yeah. They should buy Square Enix and ask them what the fuck they think their decade-long dev cycles look like.
really anything that gives the wreckfest guys more funding is awesome. there's so much passion in that game.
Man, does THQ Nordic have infinite money or something? Seems like every week they're buying a new studio or franchise.
Coffee Stain, huh? Maybe now we might see a Sanctum 3. Shame they became known only for Goat Simulator; the Sanctum games are pretty good.
While I'm glad they're picking up all these studios and IPs and seem to have good intentions with them, I'm a little concerned that Nordic might be stretching themselves thin to be honest. They keep buying up all this stuff but to my knowledge so far their output has been mostly smaller titles and remasters of old THQ properties. It hardly seems like the sort of thing that makes big bank. Darksiders 3 is probably the biggest upcoming title by them, and I have a suspicion that it won't sell very well since it releases later this month and the only advertising I've even seen for it since it was initially revealed has been a sponsored lets play of the first two games and a demo of 3 by Two Best Friends Play. Obviously I'm not privy to their finances but from an outside perspective you have to wonder if their purchases are sustainable with the money they make.
I honestly don't know how I feel about this.
But at least it isn't some shitty publisher like Ubishit.
THQ Nordic, to broaden their horizons with Indie Devs like Coffee Stain Studios would actually strengthen their company.
In fact. If we look at other things they've acquired it paints a pretty picture:
"On 15 August 2018, it was announced that the company have acquired the rights to the TimeSplitters franchise and Second Sight."
That on its own merit is quite juicy.
I actually totally forgot about goat simulator until a little while ago when I saw they were still making DLC for it.
neat little game, the gimmick gets old pretty quick though
The DLCs make the game somewhat replayable at least.
Ubisoft are great publishers. Say what you will about their marketing strategy and games, but developers under their wing are treated nicely and are given pretty much full creative freedom on what they can do.
Go to 23:48 with Reflections experience after they were acquired by Ubisoft after a rushed and messy development with Driv3r. Driver San Francisco is a passion-driven project and it shows how much the developers care to make it and Ubisoft wanting it to make it a reality. Reflections are burnt out now from creating another game in the series and pursued to smaller titles and assistance in Ubisoft's other games. Even then, Ubisoft pretty much are open to the developers to create another Driver game if they wanted to and aren't being nuzzled down forcefully with deadlines and demand on certain features.
https://youtu.be/oBRqVZObvu0?t=1428
I suspect that it might be the case that THQ Nordic is demonstrating what a publisher can do when they don't focus on making all the money.
Rather than stuffing their coffers with millions in profits and giving their executives 6-digit bonuses every fiscal quarter, I think it might be possible that THQ is actually investing that money in developers to, gasp, make more good games. Not profitable games - good games.
This is purely speculation, and I really don't know much about THQ Nordic to back this up. I could be completely off-base. But from what I've seen them do in recent months, they strike me as a publisher who actually cares about publishing good games more than the care about making obscene profits that will never re-enter the economy.
Wreckfest got so much better after they bought them out.
I will admit that they have been doing better than they have been.
But there's also no denying their failures. Aside from that, they did manage to pull of some good titles.
Unless it goes against their chinar overlords.
Isn't making and releasing so many games what killed THQ in the first place?
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