Relic and Nintendo are the worst fit.
THQ's bankruptcy sale details: Auction on January 22nd, Will Allow Piecemeal Purchase
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Relic and Nintendo are the worst fit.
Ken Masters
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At least they'll bring the engine up to this generation
How sad is that that Yukes/THQ has gone TWO generations with the same damn ugly as sin engine
exmachina64
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Step 5: EA claims Company of Heroes franchise not profitable due to lack of sales/revenue. Shuttering franchise.
Step 6: Suicide.
Why? You would be glad that developers would be stuck on backwards hardware that their fans don't even want them on? No one wins in that situation.
If anything that happening will make even more quality people quit and go to ios or some shit.
Femmeworth
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Shit, please let someone good buy Relic.
Why not get both
Gamer @ Heart
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Nintendo rarely buys anything. Especially in the west.
They prefer partnerships they can walk away from should the studio collapse or have a serious talent drain.
BoboBrazil
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It's the perfect time for them to switch to a new developer. They could develop a new wrestling engine for next gen systems and have it ready for Fall 2014 or earlier. As long as I don't have to deal with more Yukes bullshit I'm happy. Allstars was a much better game and they killed that studio. Any company that gets 2-3 iterations of a game could do a much better job. No more shitty PS2 engine bullshit please. EA would atleast treat the license with respect and probably pump some money into it.
Like letting EA destroy the studio and its name like they did with Bioware would be any better.
And make them work on GBA CPU's.
It will be really interesting to hear who all the parties are and who gets what.
lastflowers
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Nintendo buying Relic/Volition would make me purchase a WiiU right now.
Personally, I just absolutely cannot see Nintendo, Sony, or Microsoft going after any of the studios or IPs owned by THQ.
I just can't.
ShinobiFist
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What about those online passes???
Well, in this industry, the split doesn't necessarily have to be on good terms for them to end up back there anyway.
Not many wealthy publishers these days.
Interfectum
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Well at least with EA their games would most likely appear on PC and next gen systems.
Sentenza
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Why?
To make these titles platform exclusives? How that would be a good thing?
Can we get Vince McMahon and Jesse Venture to provide live, over the top commentary during the auction? This should be an event!
Nintendo isn't going to be buying any of these studios, but they MIGHT contract any number of them to develop a game. Especially if this auction turns into an IP drain and the studios are left for themselves.
Nintendo needs western developed exclusives in the worst way, this is an opportunity for that.
Nintendo isn't going to be buying any of these studios, but they MIGHT contract any number of them to develop a game. Especially if this auction turns into an IP drain and the studios are left for themselves.
Nintendo needs western developed exclusives in the worst way, this is an opportunity for that.
I feel that EA would largely keep them developing the same kinds of games they are now as well, which I don't feel is a safe assumption if someone like Ubisoft buys Relic, given what happened to Massive.
I mean, we could certainly argue if they'd be dumbed down, but I don't think they'd make them into a Battlefield support team like having Massive make multiplayer and co-op for Far Cry 3.
Interfectum
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Orign exclusive? No thanks.
graywolf323
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I'd rather have the same kind of games and have to deal with Origin than face what a publisher like Ubi might do to the teams
Interfectum
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I would take Origin exclusive over Wii U exclusive any day.
How is that any different from what Yukes'/THQ does now?
I don't know, the option to romance amputees in Metro 2034 would be a drastic change.
Interfectum
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Yeah I think ultimately those studios would be swallowed / dismantled at EA but I do think we'd get a few really good games out of them before that happens.
ShinobiFist
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Nothing wrong with Origin.
Gaben buying up exclusives for the new Steambox.
Except the fact that it adds absolutely nothing of benefit to the platform, like most other me too Steam copycat DRM nightmares. It's just bloatware sitting on PCs at this point.
Interfectum
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Company of Heroes 2 has been available for pre-order for months. I'm curious what's going to happen there.
Zero. Zip. Zilch.
Medal of honor Warhammer and The Sim 3: Welcome to the row will be solid titles.
They were seemingly close with Relic. The Last Stand solo mode with upgrade to full game was a first for Steam, I could only hope Valve got them...it would be a happy overload.
Production of CoH 2 will more than likely be completed.
Gully State
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Take 2 or even Activision would be my personal choices...EA and Ubi would just take a fat dump on any of these IP's with their bullshit DRM.....
Interfectum
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We'll probably find out exact pre-order numbers and how far along the game is.
Don't see that happening. Don't forget Games Workshop are very protective of their work. I'm pretty sure they wouldn't give their IP to Blizzard (too much similarities). And EA, I don't think GW are fond of gay space marines being canon.
GarthVaderUK
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Think ZeniMax would be interested in buying a studio or two? They've made a number of purchases over the last few years...
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