THQ's franchises will be auctioned off 'title by title' on Jan. 22 - Polidicks

[QUOTE=wraithcat;39134666]I think they've reaquired homeworld as well - (relic)[/QUOTE] Yeah THQ got the rights to Homeworld back - bought them from Sierra (which had merged with Activision), there was lots of speculation that HW3 was coming but nothing came of it.

WWE games on the Source Engine.

Warhammer 40k to Creative Essembly please. They already got the fantasy licence.

Maybe Valve'll get their hands on one of the franchises? I'm not sure if I [I]really[/I] want them to, though.

Souns like THQ is really standing with their back against the wall, selling franchises sounds like the last solution to actually get some money. Although I fear that it might go into wrong hands. Also I really doubt that Valve would get any of those.

If Valve were to buy any of these franchises, if at all, they'd probably just absorb the company into Valve itself, as they normally do with most game ideas that take their interest (Left 4 Dead, Original Portal Concept). However, they probably don't have the room to just do that, and when has Valve ever published for anyone? The only thing they would do is offer the developers a spot on Steam.

[QUOTE=blacksam;39133636]Good luck to Saint's Row. Hopefully you'll recover.[/QUOTE] too late, its terminal

Saint's Row was the only THQ franchise that really meant anything to me. If EA, Activision, Ubisoft or Microsoft got their mitts on it, I feel things would get bad quickly. I could be wrong though, I'm only basing it on the current faults of each company(if its not apparent why I feel Microsoft would be bad, I feel they'd go out of their way to make it XBox only, gypping PC Gamers). On a more serious note, who will scoop up the other ultra lucrative properties, like UDraw and all those Nickleodeon franchises THQ has/had right to? They are missing out on Call Of Ren & Stimpy, Rugrats extreme skating and other sure fire hits!!!1

[QUOTE=Wiggles;39133566]If EA buy Metro or Company of Heroes then fuck that judge.[/QUOTE] Kinda hoping Ubisoft buy COH 2 and Metro. They seemed to have dropped that DRM malarkey and they're a good publisher in my opinion.

I hope whoever gets Red Faction decides to resurrect it. It saddened me greatly when THQ basically killed off the entire franchise because Armageddon sold poorly...

[QUOTE=SatansSin;39133763]VALVE, PICK UP METRO. PLEASE.[/QUOTE] As much as I want this, Valve's way of game making seems to be creating their own IP in a unique style as opposed to picking a popular one up. Contributing to the franchise? I'd like to see that. I agree with your post though, it's a thing I think Valve could really do.. Metro seems like a great setting for them. But the question remains.. would we see Metro move to the source engine? EDIT: But hey, look at DOTA as a previous user has suggested.

[QUOTE=Mr. Agree;39136612]As much as I want this, Valve's way of game making seems to be creating their own IP in a unique style as opposed to picking a popular one up. Contributing to the franchise? I'd like to see that. I agree with your post though, it's a thing I think Valve could really do.. Metro seems like a great setting for them. But the question remains.. would we see Metro move to the source engine? EDIT: But hey, look at DOTA as a previous user has suggested.[/QUOTE] And technically TF, Portal, and L4D.

hopefully EA gets them all except Metro, and Ubisoft gets Metro

Why does this shit have to happen to decent companies?

I like how people are worried about the 40k series. Games workshop will just find another suitable company. I don't even think EA would try to snag it from THQ if they could. Games workshop are the most sue happy motherfuckers I've ever heard of.

Pretty damn worried about CoH and metro not worried about dawn of wars and space marine because as stated by others games workshop keep their stuff in a tight leash. I mean if EA or activision buys company of heroes and does something silly with it (3rd person cover based online shooter with cartoonish graphic style or somesuch) i'd be devastated.

If the worst we have to worry about from EA is Day 1 DLC and a tacked on multiplayer then Saints Row doesn't have too much to worry about.

It's such a shame THQ has cane to this but also so very surprised.

What will happens with the studios THQ owns ? Games Workshop buying Relic Entertainment?

I hope Relic (or if the worst happens the people from Relic) find somewhere they can work on Dawn of War 3 without destroying it.

Fuck, Warhammer 40k is one of my fave interlectual properties, this is most disconcerting as ive been an avid fan since i was very young. although my guess is THQ doesnt have the rights to sell the warhammer IP on -as that falls to gamesworkshop itself- GW will still need to find a new company to publish their games from now on. Considering Gamesworkshop's main bussiness is table top minitures and sci-fi novels as opposed to computer games, its really not such a stretch to imagine them suckered into a contract by a company like activision or EA when they go looking for candidates. frankly, the warhammer 40k universe needs to be handled with care, the fanbase is prone to epic fits of nerd rage when games portray characters weapons and factions incorrectly, and i just cant see any company doing a better job than THQ + Relic, after all remember what happened last time somebody ballsed up a 40k game..... [img]http://1d4chan.org/images/f/fd/Baldeale.jpg[/img]

Whelp, good bye Warhammer 40k and Darksiders.

[QUOTE=junker|154;39136002]Souns like THQ is really standing with their back against the wall, selling franchises sounds like the last solution to actually get some money. Although I fear that it might go into wrong hands. Also I really doubt that Valve would get any of those.[/QUOTE] The problem is, as far as I know, the lenders disagreed with the sale to clearlake and keeping thq intact, basically believing that they'll get more cash in a piecemeal sale. Even now they're trying to block the franchise sale and instead want a title sale.

Anyone know if Dmitry Glukhovsky has any say when it comes to the Metro 2033 name? I mean he is the author of the books and if he does have some sort of say in it I imagine he'd want the series to go to someone that wouldn't butcher it.

I'm gonna miss you COH and Metro.

Activision should buy it.

[QUOTE=Sir Spicy Buns;39133747]I'm really worried about warhammer 40k :([/QUOTE] dow2 already had its fair share of costume DLC. Not to mention dow2 is inferior to CoH.

[QUOTE=ironman17;39133582]Let's hope that EA doesn't get a single IP, and Valve acquires at least one; if Valve got the 40K rights that could potentially be amazing. That being said, it is sad that this is happening to THQ; personally I blame those penny-cunts that ruined the THQ Bundle. Such cunts don't DESERVE to play video games if their unacceptable anti-pittance sabotages the chances of one of the only good-guy publishers out there.[/QUOTE] so you blame consumers for taking advantage of something the developers willingly did, and allowed them to do? are you a fucking retard? also THQ was far from a good guy. they simply had good licences. that's all.

[QUOTE=Aiksey;39134030]tbh this video always sort of annoyed me (aside from the fact that it's posted everywhere), it feels like it's missing the point because it blames people for buying "bad" games over and over again and paints valve as the "good guy". EA is a mass-consumption company - their games target the biggest audience and when they release a game it must be playable on as many platforms as possible. Whereas Valve caters only to PC games and acts as an online reseller. The only thing valve has in common with EA is that they're here to make as much money as possible, other than that they can't be compared at all. Besides, who the hell cares if a lot of people buy tons of call of duty games and enjoy it? That video stinks "wah ea makes a lot of money and valve deserves it more!", it screams butthurt valve fanboy There are other things that are much more worth being pissed off at in the "gaming" industry than "who makes more money than who".[/QUOTE] Fucking this. EA isn't Satan, they just have bad business practices. Same as Valve too. I want to get a refund for games that I didn't like and get Steam Money back to use to buy another game for myself or a friend. But Valve doesn't do that. And need I have to bring up the business with the Halo in TF2? and speaking of TF2, how it was a huge testing ground for their other projects? Again what I'm saying does not equal me hating Valve. I fucking love Valve, they introduced me to quality PC games. But to see EA get trumped just because they've had to focus on a larger group of folks that aren't as heavily invested in video games as say you or I, is just bad on it's own. No one person can be perfect.

[QUOTE=ironman17;39133582]Let's hope that EA doesn't get a single IP, and Valve acquires at least one; if Valve got the 40K rights that could potentially be amazing. That being said, it is sad that this is happening to THQ; personally I blame those penny-cunts that ruined the THQ Bundle. Such cunts don't DESERVE to play video games if their unacceptable anti-pittance sabotages the chances of one of the only good-guy publishers out there.[/QUOTE] Do you understand how investors, publisher + developer relationships, sales margins, hell, even money works? It's not like these guys are literal demons that enslave developers with "EVIL" publishers for no fucking reason. [editline]7th January 2013[/editline] Also, this "wahhh EA will ruin it" bullshit is pretty annoying. There's plenty of EA-titles that haven't been destroyed by "day 1 required multiplayer-only hashed out DLC," like Dead Space and Mirror's Edge.