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

There's no way Metro is going to go to EA, I don't think Dmitriy Glukhovsky is going to ever allow them to create a multiplayer game out of it. That being said, whoever *does* end up acquiring it, if they do make DLC's, then they should be based around the short novellas people keep writing for the series rather than being item-based. That newest one, [I]Britannia,[/I] or the ones set in St. Petersburg or Kursk comes to mind. People will probably eat me but 2K or Bethesda getting Metro might not be a bad idea because of that, as they don't generally do DLC if it isn't at least substantial and act more as expansion packs rather than content packs. I suppose I wouldn't mind Metro being a bit less on-rails and slightly more open-world but I think with the delivery they intend (essentially half-way between an interactive novel and a freeform shooter) that might not work, so hopefully they'll just leave the format alone entirely. If any IP's are acquired by Valve, it would probably be something like Saint's Row. Ubisoft will probably look into Company of Heroes (I wonder if the owners of Total War might be interested at SEGA), but I don't really know which of the companies would even be interested in Warhammer. And then of course you have to consider how much of a savior Square Enix was last year, rescuing Deus Ex, Sleeping Dogs, among others. (Square Enix wouldn't be bad for Metro, either, I'd actually hope they, if anyone end up getting it)

Hopefully someone buys Red Faction and makes a good reboot out of it.

[QUOTE=darkrei9n;39133748]THQ likely does not have the right to sell the rights to make a WH40k game, so that's probably safe.[/QUOTE] It's probably dead unless games workshop can find someone else to adopt it. [editline]9th January 2013[/editline] [QUOTE=nikomo;39140670]Gabe will descend from his mighty throne and buy all the titles, and then they will create sequels for every single one of them and use them as launch titles for the new Steam console. Hallelujah.[/QUOTE] Valve doesn't have nearly enough money or staff to adopt even half of THQ's stuff.

[QUOTE=Pvt. Martin;39138296]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] EA suck in particular because they have been notorious and have bad business practices throughout most their history. Buying out an enormous amount of near bankrupt game developers, terrible customer support, EA Sports is practically a predecessor to the development model of Call of Duty, not to mention the whole Spore/SecuROM bullshit that went on a few years ago. Their business practices are [I]bad,[/I] have [I]been bad[/I] and that is why people think they are [I]bad.[/I]

Don't forget the 3 installs only before you have to buy the game again they tried to pull, that stuff really was just bullshit.

oh god valve please buy the WWE franchise!!!

I love how many of you guys hate on electronic arts and microsoft(not in this thread, but pretty much same amount of hate) probably without realizing that many of the games you love and play wouldn't be around without them.

Not sure if it has been said, but metro is completely safe as the franchise and all rights are owned by 4A studios, a seperate company. Really this news story only applies to THQ subsidiaries like relic, so mainly the only 2 franchises worth anything are company of heroes (without relic a generic WW2 RTS), and saints row. If THQ goes completely under 4A can just find a favorable deal with any publishing company out there.

[QUOTE=YourFriendJoe;39149775]I love how many of you guys hate on electronic arts and microsoft(not in this thread, but pretty much same amount of hate) probably without realizing that many of the games you love and play wouldn't be around without them.[/QUOTE] I don't hate EA in particular, but I haven't played an EA game in years.

[QUOTE=Phycosymo;39149067] Their business practices are [I]bad,[/I] have [I]been bad[/I] and that is why people think they are [I]bad.[/I][/QUOTE] uhm if EA's the one with bad business practices, then why is THQ the bankrupt one

[QUOTE=Nemisis116;39140486]I hope Saints Row goes to a decent home Silly and colorful are on EA's 'no fun allowed' list of rules[/QUOTE] Well actually the completely over the top nature killed Saints Row 3 for me in replayability. I'd prefer Saints Row 2's subtley, where it got goofy depending on what you're character was wearing during the very serious and sometimes dramatic cutscenes.

[QUOTE=Sprockethead;39139988]How Ea has convinced some of you that its not all that bad is beyond me. [/QUOTE] or maybe some of us dont care [QUOTE=Sprockethead;39139988]Ea has repeatedly crashed and burned, bought, drained and split talented developers.[/QUOTE] [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occam%27s_razor[/url] what's more likely: A. EA closed down developers because they were incapable of delivering on promises, return on investments, or in the case of Westwood, complete mismanagement B. EA hates you and everyone you care about and will do its best to fuck with you because fuck you thats why [QUOTE=Sprockethead;39139988] Killed countless franchises, and still have the licenses in strangleholds despite never doing anything with them. Perpetuated the very worst cliche's and solidified gaming as "something for nerds".[/QUOTE] idk where you pull this shit from, ea easily started at least as many franchises as were killed, franchises that would never have gotten anywhere with EA money anyway; not to mention the idea that they "solidified gaming as 'something for nerds'" doesn't make any sense considering EA essentially perfected sports games

[QUOTE=thisispain;39152343]uhm if EA's the one with bad business practices, then why is THQ the bankrupt one[/QUOTE] EA's gettin there. lowerin stocks, They were kicked out of nasdaq, etc.

[QUOTE=Phycosymo;39149067]terrible customer support[/QUOTE] I've had to turn to EA tech support twice in the past year and it was an entirely efficient experience. After a 2-5 minute wait time I had my problems fixed within about the same amount of time and I was on my way. Even got a coupon for Origin the last time. [editline]9th January 2013[/editline] For what it's worth, I've dealt with THQ and Steam tech support before and both were far less useful than EA's.

[QUOTE=Wii60;39152512]EA's gettin there. lowerin stocks, They were kicked out of nasdaq, etc.[/QUOTE] yeah but they arent bankrupt and still pull profit and idk where you get the "kicked out of nasdaq", they are still part of the stock exchange: Electronic Arts Inc. NASDAQ: EA - Jan 8 6:48pm ET

They were taken out of the NASDAQ top 100 non-financial companies, which doesn't really mean anything because the only other video game publisher, developer, studio, what have you is Activision Blizzard. Their stocks have dropped quite a bit over 2012 but they are still in prime financial state and it's seriously amusing how people see "EA", "stocks", and "NASDAQ" in the same news headline without realizing what any of it means and filling in the blanks with their imagination.

I hope the Saints Row franchise gets bought by Square Enix. Their western games are really good.

[QUOTE=Soapcell;39153596]I hope the Saints Row franchise gets bought by Square Enix. Their western games are really good.[/QUOTE] That might actually be awesome.

[QUOTE=thisispain;39152343]uhm if EA's the one with bad business practices, then why is THQ the bankrupt one[/QUOTE] Bad for customers, not the shareholders.

[QUOTE=YourFriendJoe;39149775]I love how many of you guys hate on electronic arts and microsoft(not in this thread, but pretty much same amount of hate) probably without realizing that many of the games you love and play wouldn't be around without them.[/QUOTE] Once again. its not hatered that makes people shifty about EA getting hold of IP's like metro or warhammer, its the fact they dont trust them not to fuck with what made the games great to appeal to a Wider audience. Ive seen people get just as antsy about the rumor of Bethesda getting rights to make S.T.A.L.K.E.R games- its not becuase Bethesda is terrible and they hate them, its becuase the way bethesda games play and feel are at odds with what they want from a S.T.A.L.K.E.R game.

I hope Red Faction gets picked up by a decent dev. It'd be nice to see another as long as it's not like the last one.

[QUOTE=thisispain;39152498]or maybe some of us dont care [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occam%27s_razor[/url] what's more likely: A. EA closed down developers because they were incapable of delivering on promises, return on investments, or in the case of Westwood, complete mismanagement B. EA hates you and everyone you care about and will do its best to fuck with you because fuck you thats why idk where you pull this shit from, ea easily started at least as many franchises as were killed, franchises that would never have gotten anywhere with EA money anyway; not to mention the idea that they "solidified gaming as 'something for nerds'" doesn't make any sense considering EA essentially perfected sports games[/QUOTE] man get a load of this retard

[QUOTE=Sprockethead;39156058]man get a load of this retard[/QUOTE] Do you have any idea what the fuck you've been saying, or are you still blurting out misinformed bullshit? Read his post. Read it before you reply. [editline]9th January 2013[/editline] Talent don't mean shit if your game ain't gonna sell well either. If you don't want your development team to get dismantled after a shitty release, [B]don't sign on with a huge-ass publisher.[/B]

Rockstar should buy Saint Row. That could turn out fucking wonderful. [editline]9th January 2013[/editline] Red Faction to Rockstar as well.

[QUOTE=Rastadogg5;39157210]Rockstar should buy Saint Row. That could turn out fucking wonderful. [editline]9th January 2013[/editline] Red Faction to Rockstar as well.[/QUOTE] Zimos. Lets go Genki!

I thought about a Red Faction game developed by Valve and had a mini-orgasm.

I'm gonna say the same thing I did in the previous thread. It seems a lot of people in this thread are confusing EA's role as a publisher with EA's role as a developer. Are you under the impression that publishers breathe down the necks of established, well-known, financially successful developers and demand extensive changes to the games in development to squeeze every last penny possible out? EA or Valve or Ubisoft or Bethesda could publish Metro: Last Light and it wouldn't make a bit of difference to the final game. 4A Games has already proven themselves and now have basically free reign to make the game they want subject to budget limitations. All successful publishers have the sense to keep a hands-off approach with their devs, it's when they use an in-house development team that they intervene and stipulate changes and requirements. I know several people who work for developers contracted under EA and they aren't being forced to put in day 1 DLC or crank out endless sequels or put in more headshots and fistbumps and health regen. I can never understand this abject hatred for the company. Buying and liquidating studios and then sitting on the IP forever is understandably annoying, but half the things people accuse them of are completely nonexistent.

[QUOTE=N.A.N.B;39134636]Am I the only one who wants Ubisoft to buy out Metro?[/QUOTE] Going by the quality of FC3 I'd be absolutely fine with this

No, actually Dmitry Glukhovsky the author of the original book owns all the rights and likeness to the Metro namesake. The rights to produce it to a video game were derived from him so they cannot sell the title and likeness of it to EA if thats how it works.

[QUOTE=catbarf;39161796]Are you under the impression that publishers breathe down the necks of established, well-known, financially successful developers and demand extensive changes to the games in development to squeeze every last penny possible out?[/QUOTE] A lot of people actually believe this, yes