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I agree with you. I think Relic is much better too and it would be awesome if Relic is able to continue what they do.
THQ's bankruptcy sale details: Auction on January 22nd, Will Allow Piecemeal Purchase
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I agree with you. I think Relic is much better too and it would be awesome if Relic is able to continue what they do.
GraveRobberX
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Small sample size but in our latest tournament season the wins have been 50/50
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Aidv1BhgpYgVdGtOZXRkNjR0cGVDamo2ZTFfVjlSZHc#gid=2
With my very limited knowledge on this subject, that's what I've heard: some dept could be good. Maybe they're just that good. lol
ThoseDeafMutes
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Panther battlegroups too cheap
Axis steamroller game design fundamentally frustrating
Forward observation officers is OP
Fucking allied inf blobs man
I certainly think so. Although neither Relic nor CA seem completely adept at branching out into third person action games.
A new Homeworld could only happen if Activision did it.
We don't know anything yet.
As a note, the auction might not have a cut off time, so that could get delayed if needed.
I'm not sure if people are 16+ hours interested in THQ's assets, but it's possible.
EXCELLENT.
I think Sega is probably about as good as it gets for Relic, if indeed they end up there. Sega seems to have done right by Creative Assembly and both of those teams under Sega would give Sega a lot of nice strategy franchises plus Warhammer. Very nice.
They're also investing really heavily in Creative Assembly, so they're doing even better by them than it may look on the surface.
Lionel Mandrake
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Really hope Volition and the Saints Row property come out alright.
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Basically they kept alive (for retail) only the profitable ventures (Sonic, CA strategy games, FM etc.)
shrapnelmagnet
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It was explained to me that there was no deadline. But that might've changed.
Technosteve
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yes yes, i have been informed by a very hardcore player that they did fix it some what. I stop having fun with the last expansion. I thought Panzer Elite were super fun and balance due to there HUGE disadvantages while the british can eat a bag a dicks.
Americans vs Wehr will always be the most fun match up they had the game almost perfectly balanced till they broke it with the expansion.
Did they ever fix the 1% bug?
Yeah that would be pretty standard.
The court date being tentative based on assumptions of how long the auction would take, but if people really like THQ's assets, it could last much longer.
Good.
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Jibbajabbawockky
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That's been my impression with everything I've seen of Rome 2 so far- it looks expensive. In that, it looks like a good chunk of money is being put into that game, which is fine by me!
Lasthope106
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My prediction is that it's safe. The bombcast crew did a little digging and found that THQ was only the publisher. Obsidian was fully funded by another party to make the game.
Metro should be safe too. Someone is bound to pick it up for retail. The 4A guy can always self-publish on Steam.
Beautifully Shaped Monsters
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I really hope it's true. SEGA has shown that they can look after a studio quite well with CA, and Relic deserves to be owned by a company that believes in them.
Maybe SE, noticing they're desperately lacking in RPGs people give a shit about, take it up. Though I think it'd be more amusing/interesting 10 years ago.
Gamer @ Heart
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I cant believe clearlake almost got away with stealing THQ away for a pittance.
No, THQ bought the rights of Homeworld years ago. The IP is probably up for grab in this auction (Sega, grab it! keep the hope alive!).
This isn't true. Viacom was funding it until late 2011, then THQ picked it up and has been funding the game since.
Of course, I imagine the game will be fine even if THQ does lose it, since it's almost done and it still has the backing of South Park Digital Studios. Trey Parker and Matt Stone have been involved from the beginning, and they have a lot of money. They're not going to let it die.
It's always weird when people forget the dinosaur in the room when it concerns Sega's acquisition of Sports Interactive. Football Manager is a golden goose.
But it will be crazy to consider the fact that Sega might have two developers making excellent games that concern both Warhammer universes. Finally.
Oh dear, do not give me hope.
But it will be crazy to consider the fact that Sega might have two developers making excellent games that concern both Warhammer universes. Finally.
Oh dear, do not give me hope.
dunno if it's relevant now, but this is from a Relic employee.
https://twitter.com/neilrodway
he says they will know tomorrow.
https://twitter.com/neilrodway
he says they will know tomorrow.
dunno if it's relevant now, but this is from a Relic employee.
https://twitter.com/neilrodway
he says they will know tomorrow.
Yeah those four sound like a pretty straight forward bidding group for Relic.
EA and Sega for all the reasons covered, Ubisoft due to their strategy department and interested in just about all of THQ's properties, and Warner because of diversification and again being a favored bidder for trying to buy everything.
Ubisoft also makes Anno, Heroes of Might & Magic, and The Settlers, which are all strategy series.
They also published RUSE and EndWar.
Might and Magic franchise (specifically the Heroes branch).
Which they picked up from the corpse of 3DO.
Infinite Justice
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dunno if it's relevant now, but this is from a Relic employee.
https://twitter.com/neilrodway
he says they will know tomorrow.
So Sega is currently holding off all of them? interesting
They also don't have a MOBA game.
Neato_Jinkins
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panther battlegroups are terrible and if you let the enemy float 1000mp you deserve to lose
axis needs to be a steamroller because allies are so ruthlessly overpowered early game (particularly brits, who can shit out what amounts to a t2 vehicle at t0)
i dont even know what a forward observation officer is. wehr lieutenant? brit lieutenant? brit captain? none of these things are particularly op, with the exception of the fire up ability brit lieuts get
allied infantry blobs do suck, but there are plenty of ways to deal with them (now more than ever)
I think Sega might only be there for Relic, whereas the others could be considering bids on a large group of assets, so their decisions might come slower.
I know but it's kinda sad they've left Massive on the wayside. Since Vivendi and now Activision owns the World in Conflict IP, a spiritual successor maybe.
That is both ominous and vague.
Patrice noooo
grimshawish
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Remember its bidding. Some of those companies will bid knowing they can keep the studio going and turn profit. Doesn't mean they've bid any more than their basic worth.
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