Official THQ Auction Results [Up2: Purchase Prices, Runner-Ups Revealed]
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IceDoesntHelp
Banned
R.I.P. Vigil
grandjedi6
Master of the Google Search
In 2008, Valve shut down Turtle Rock and relocated everyone to Seattle (Valve).
In 2009, those who didn't relocate reformed as... Turtle Rock Studios
Red Faction = Volition = Koch Media
Darksiders = Vigil = No one
WWE License = Not THQ's to auction = Rumored WWE gave it to EA
A Human Becoming
More than a Member
What's the fate of Saints Row?
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
Thanks for the past 2.5 years THQ. It may have been just a side job for me, but I met so many amazing people.
(I helped with communities for Homefront, Saints Row, and WWE).
They split off again when Valve did L4D2 themselves.
Glass Rebel
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They're an exceptional strategy game publisher as evident by their handling of Sports Interactive and Creative Assembly.
Alex Anderson
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They had an out clause and are set to announce something soon apparently.
This was just posted on f4wonline.com (Figure 4 Wrestling/Wrestling Observer website)
www.f4wonline.com said:
Relaxed Muscle
Member
Vigil didn't make it?
Strange....I though Darksiders could fit a publisher like WB or EA easily....
also:
Ubisoft agreed to purchase Montreal [Nirolak's Note: Patrice's game and perhaps Volition Montreal] and South Park
lol
Strange....I though Darksiders could fit a publisher like WB or EA easily....
also:
Ubisoft agreed to purchase Montreal [Nirolak's Note: Patrice's game and perhaps Volition Montreal] and South Park
lol
Poor guy, lol, why did he leave Ubisoft anyway, did he not want to work on AC any more, didn't agree with the milking of it or something?
Gentleman Jack
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IGN reporting Take2 also buying Vigil, are they misinformed?
http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/01...ow-company-of-heroes-darksiders-devs-acquired
http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/01...ow-company-of-heroes-darksiders-devs-acquired
So 2k then?
There was an accidental tweet that 2k bought Vigil and was shutting down the studio, when actually 2k bought the Turtle Rock project.
I'm pretty happy with the sales, it's great to see CoH going for a publisher such as Sega which now has a surprisingly good PC front.
I'm a bit bummed with South Park going for Ubisoft, I'll be fine as long as they don't drop Steamworks for Uplay as well as not delaying the PC version, hopefully South Park Studios and the developers have some say on it since it's a publishing deal.
Pretty happy about Volution, I was worried EA would pick them, but Koch Media seems like it might be a surprising good fit, don't think there's any risk of them trying to tone down the Saints Row or anything like that.
Shame about Virgil, hopefully someone appears to buy them before the 25th.
I'm a bit bummed with South Park going for Ubisoft, I'll be fine as long as they don't drop Steamworks for Uplay as well as not delaying the PC version, hopefully South Park Studios and the developers have some say on it since it's a publishing deal.
Pretty happy about Volution, I was worried EA would pick them, but Koch Media seems like it might be a surprising good fit, don't think there's any risk of them trying to tone down the Saints Row or anything like that.
Shame about Virgil, hopefully someone appears to buy them before the 25th.
Square Triangle
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Im so upset about Vigil, Darksiders franchise is damn good.
What of the WWE license?
What of the WWE license?
Glass Rebel
Member
I think some people are mixing studios and IPs. Just because Koch Media got Volition doesn't mean they bought Saints Row as well.
SteveWinwood
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GraveRobberX
Platinum Trophy: Learned to Shit While Upright Again.
Why does it say "Take 2 agreed purchase Evolve and"
Was there something else TT bought?
Or is it just "and" continues to Ubisoft
Was there something else TT bought?
Or is it just "and" continues to Ubisoft
Neuromancer
Member
I think the reception and the sales of Darksiders 2 didn't do Vigil any favors, I am sorry to say.
IntelliHeath
As in "Heathcliff"
UGH EA! I will give them a shot but I have a feeling that it might go same path as WCW Mayhem.
Hip Hop
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I hope you are right on this.
Marty Chinn
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If I'm not mistaken, Crytek was already working on the sequel for THQ. I bet THQ owed them money and pretty much called giving them the IP and rights to settle their debt and now Crytek can continue development on their own.
A Human Becoming
More than a Member
It doesn't seem they did. The IPs and licenses that got sold were mentioned by name in the announcement.
Wiktor
Member
Sega is bassicaly the only publisher that could guarantee Relic will keep making what they best: PC RTSes. Everybody else would most likely turn the studio multiplat.
Sega has been extremely good to the pc devs they own, so the same will likely happen to Relic now.
Plus..Sega has Warhammer license, so there's a chance for both Warhammer IPs under one publisher.
Yeah they only got Evolve.
That's how Kotaku formatted it, I assume the bullet points were in paragraph form originally.
Neuromancer
Member
Correct, Crytek UK is working on it. (Formerly known as Free Radical.)
What studios? Austin's a bloodbath in the past few years & there's no large studio hiring en masse. A few drips & drabs at EA Sports, Retro etc, but there's definitely more people looking than jobs already (especially for non-engineering).
Yup, nothing but shooters till the end of time.
Turtle Rock, I think.
Other than the reasons already given -- also relief that EA didn't buy them and cause a Westwood Part II situation.
Lasthope106
Member
Folks better get THQ games on Steam fast. This is your last chance:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00B1GFKCA/?tag=neogaf0e-20
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00B1GFKCA/?tag=neogaf0e-20
The same press release says that everyone left behind (including Vigil) are now laid off, so they're going to be trying to sell a studio that nobody works at.