Official THQ Auction Results [Up2: Purchase Prices, Runner-Ups Revealed]

What happens to all the thq stuff up on places like steam and xbla? I imagine it gets delisted, I needed to get the last few dlc episodes of you don't know jack.
 
fizzelopeguss said:
It feels like SEGA's being doing some serious long term planning and thinking.
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Yeah, tides are changing with the digital age. They have experienced the peril of the console market and learned the strength of PC while getting in on Nintendo's profitable approach. Their way of handling Total War and the creation of the Sega Heritage line makes me think they're doing good research into how markets are transforming for the future.
 
KimiNewt said:
Evolve
(title in development at Turtle Rock Studios)
Winning bidder: Take-Two Interactive, $10.894 million.
Runner-up: Turtle Rock Studios, $250,000.

Awww ):
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Curious if Crytek wanted a piece of Evolve as well. From what I gather, Turtle Rock's upcoming game is a CryEngine game. And with Turtle Rock having the reputation of being Left 4 Dead's (original?) developer... well... Seems like a good way to advertise/spread that CryEngine, imo. Both parties might've benefited from this.
 
Mechazawa said:
I don't really understand what happens to Turtle Rock here. They just get their game taken from them? Or Take Two negotiates a deal or...
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The most normal thing is that they keep working on it under Take 2. But I think that, technically, T2 could ditch them and make other team keep working on it (someone correct me if I'm saying nonsense).
 
I suspect Turtle Rock's 250k bid on their own game was merely to protect it in case no one else was interested enough to bid. They didn't want their work to fall into a void, so if it came down to it that was probably what they could afford to pay to keep their work and look for another publisher. Take2 willing to pay 10 million for it seems like a good sign for them I think.
 
Nobody bought the Darksiders IP at all? Poor Vigil and Darksiders...ugh. What a promising franchise gone down the toilet. Hopefully somebody picks it up soon.
 
Meanwhile, in the dungeons of Castle Ubisoft... a hooded man, bound in chains, is dragged down a corridor of hewn stone, soaked in blood. The hooded man is roughly thrown at the feet of the dark overlord of the realm. The hood is removed revealing a battered yet familiar face. The man looks up at his captor and his eyes widen in terror as he realizes where he is and what is happening.

The dark overlord laughs a laugh so dark and grim it chills the bones of the dead. Then he speaks. "Welcome home, Patrice. We've missed you."
 
Am I the only one who finds it so interesting that in the last hour, the lives of thousands of people changed? Even though the future is not set in stone, if it ever had a direct path in the developers' head, it has changed. Everyone is rethinking what they will do. All the visions will be changed.

All because one side had more money than the other, or one side decided to present more money than the other. It could've gone to anyone, but it all came down to was money.
 
Relic Entertainment
Makers of Company of Heroes
Winning bidder: Sega, $26.6 million.
Runner-up: Zenimax Media, $26.3 million.

Wow. Tight race. Glad Sega came away with it as long as they treat them like they do The Creative Assembly. It would be doubly awesome if they could convince some of the talent that left Relic to come back.
 
SteveWinwood said:
I would spend up to $100 to buy Ping Pals IP just to say I have it.
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I'll go bankrupt just to take the document and light it aflame :-P

duckroll said:
I suspect Turtle Rock's 250k bid on their own game was merely to protect it in case no one else was interested enough to bid. They didn't want their work to fall into a void, so if it came down to it that was probably what they could afford to pay to keep their work and look for another publisher. Take2 willing to pay 10 million for it seems like a good sign for them I think.
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Sounds like it to me too. Possibly a last ditch save in case something like Vigil happened to them, and also trying to get independence. 10 mil is really solid though.
 
duckroll said:
I suspect Turtle Rock's 250k bid on their own game was merely to protect it in case no one else was interested enough to bid. They didn't want their work to fall into a void, so if it came down to it that was probably what they could afford to pay to keep their work and look for another publisher. Take2 willing to pay 10 million for it seems like a good sign for them I think.
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Well thought! makes sense...
 
GK86 said:
Wait, if Turtle Rock was allowed it bid, why didn't Vigil bid on themselves?
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Turtle Rock bid 250k for the rights of a game they were developing for THQ. This means if they won the bid, they would have to pay 250k, and they would gain the rights to the IP and all the work they've done on their own game so far, and they can approach other publishers based on the work they did. THQ doesn't own Turtle Rock.

Vigil is a development studio owned by THQ. This means they are employees paid by THQ. The entire studio is funded by THQ. THQ is now dead. Vigil can't buy themselves. Someone from Vigil could put in a 250k or 500k bid for Vigil if they had the money, sure, but then what? Would they have the money to run themselves? Pay all employees? It doesn't make sense.

This is also why no one else other than Ubisoft bid on THQ Montreal. It's a huge 400+ employee studio with 2 games in early pre-production. It might cost next to nothing to buy the studio, but you also have to run it. That costs a ton of money.
 
AmFreak said:
Seems everyone thinks South Park will bomb hard. I mean u practically get a finished game (1,5 months till release). So there is like zero dev cost involved, but Ubisoft was the only bidder abd got it for a mere ~ 3 mill.
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Didn't Viacom fund most of it anyways? Maybe the publisher won't make that much off it.
 
Metal-Geo said:
Curious if Crytek wanted a piece of Evolve as well. From what I gather, Turtle Rock's upcoming game is a CryEngine game. And with Turtle Rock having the reputation of being Left 4 Dead's (original?) developer... well... Seems like a good way to advertise/spread that CryEngine, imo. Both parties might've benefited from this.
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If they did, they certainly didn't pay much.
 
So judging but the PR Saint's Row is still in the hands of THQ? If it is then it sucks that future games won't be made by Volition.
 
duckroll said:
Turtle Rock bid 250k for the rights of a game they were developing for THQ. This means if they won the bid, they would have to pay 250k, and they would gain the rights to the IP and all the work they've done on their own game so far, and they can approach other publishers based on the work they did. THQ doesn't own Turtle Rock.

Vigil is a development studio owned by THQ. This means they are employees paid by THQ. The entire studio is funded by THQ. THQ is now dead. Vigil can't buy themselves. Someone from Vigil could put in a 250k or 500k bid for Vigil if they had the money, sure, but then what? Would they have the money to run themselves? Pay all employees? It doesn't make sense.
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Thanks for clearing that up.
 
GK86 said:
Wait, if Turtle Rock was allowed it bid, why didn't Vigil bid on themselves?
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I think Turtle Rock owns themselves, but had a publishing deal with THQ. So they were just bidding on the rights to their game.

Vigil was wholly owned by THQ.
 
FStop7 said:
Meanwhile, in the dungeons of Castle Ubisoft... a hooded man, bound in chains, is dragged down a cooridor of roughly hewn stone, soaked in blood. The hood is removed revealing a battered yet familiar face. The man looks up into the eyes of his captor and his eyes widen in terror as he realizes where he is and what is happening.

"Welcome home, Patrice. We've missed you."
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Ce n'est pas un jeu.
 
shagg_187 said:
Am I the only one who finds it so interesting that in the last hour, the lives of thousands of people changed? Even though the future is not set in stone, if it ever had a direct path in the developers' head, it has changed. Everyone is rethinking what they will do. All the visions will be changed.

All because one side had more money in the other, or one side decided to present more money than the other. It could've gone to anyone, but it all came down to was money.
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Welcome to life.
 
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