darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
Poor Patrice. But freaking hilarious :lol
Official THQ Auction Results [Up2: Purchase Prices, Runner-Ups Revealed]
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Poor Patrice. But freaking hilarious :lol
Glass Rebel
Member
Let me get something straight.
Whatever assets are remaining are up for sale outside of this auction? How is that supposed to work?
Whatever assets are remaining are up for sale outside of this auction? How is that supposed to work?
IdreamofHIME
Member
Does that mean that KOCH overpaid by 15 million? If the backup was only 5?
when he left AC games clearly took a nosedive in all aspects after Brotherhood, I think his influence or lack of it in later games can be seen.
I wonder how long his contract is.
Of course it would; any changes would have to be implemented and run through QA, and this is also true of the console versions which utilise Uplay, too.
There's also the matter of those who pre-ordered the game under the impression it's to be Steamworks, although I suppose in the event of Uplay being implemented Ubi could still ensure keys are Steam-redeemable.
Black Republican
Member
they probably looked at some and thought "....who?"
I do wonder, actually, if one reason Sega went out to get the Warhammer license for a future Creative Assembly title was also with a vague suspicion that THQ was going to go boom further down the line, planning an intent to purchase Relic, and thought it was worth planning to be on good terms with Games Workshop accordingly.
Personally, I'm not surprised one bit.
Does anybody know what happens with the Red Faction IP now that it wasn't sold along with Volition?
BronsonLee
Member
I'm thinking this is highly likely.. They may already have and we just don't/won't know about it until later. Hydro Thunder Hurricane being a prime example.
Dice
Pokémon Parentage Conspiracy Theorist
lolololol
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Ubisoft assuming Patrice's contract is funny.
But Crytech assuming the CryEngine contract is just hilarious. lol
But Crytech assuming the CryEngine contract is just hilarious. lol
Could have been blind bids. Alternatively, just cause second bid is 5 million or whatever doesn't mean that the runner-up bidder wasn't willing to pay more, just wasn't willing to pay more than Koch media when they gave their bid.
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
Anyone want to bid on Quest 64?
I call Deadly Creatures!
I guess so,since the big publishers with many studios like EA don't need more studios, they just need the well known IPs for cheap.
hopefully Summoner and Red Faction end up with someone good (aka not EA or Ubi)
Black Republican
Member
if only we could get Square Enix to sell off some of their IP's they never use
#cry
#cry
Orpheus Telos
Member
I have 5 bucks to spare. You think that'll be enough?
infinityBCRT
Member
Wow, real lame if they decided to pick up Volition and not RF, especially if no one bid on RF. Like, they might as well give RF to them as well so its not abandoned.
GeoMod was an internally developed Volition engine. At least when I was with them nobody else in THQ was using it. I would assume it stays with them in the sale...
Badass tech btw, it'd be great to see what they could do with it on next gen hardware.
Infinite Justice
Member
Each info just looks worse for Vigil 
VeryGooster
Banned
Would love to see Vigil employees to Retro. They're both in Austin. 
AlphaTwo00
Member
Let's start at the top first. deBlob, then Deadly Creatures, then Quest 64.
Wait, is Quest 64 actually the full name? LOL
Wait, is Quest 64 actually the full name? LOL
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Vilix
Unconfirmed Member
Sega, keep Relic intact so they can make us a Space Marine 2.
kthx
kthx
I'm implying that Ubisoft would delay the PC version (in comparisons to the console release) regardless of changing the DRM or not!
NightmareTrigger
Banned
I loved that game so much as a kid. I unabashedly love that game.
spindoctor
Member
Ubi isn't militant about using uplay (unlike EA for Origin). They've released Steamworks games in the past, released games without uplay and they still release their stuff on Steam. It's unlikely that they would rip open an almost finished game just to change around the DRM in it.
Back on topic, what happens to Homeworld, Freespace etc?
SteveWinwood
Member
Switching to Uplay would also affect the console versions as they use it, too.
What did they got?
BrokenSymmetry
Member
So what happens to the Titan Quest IP?
Yakuza: Space Gangsters
Phanatic8390
Member
I had no idea till this thread that Sega had the Warhammer fantasy license so it makes perfect sense they scooped up Relic with the intention of getting the 40k license. A prior relationship and Relic would certainly make for an agreeable licensing situation
HerbertFish
Member
THQ has more assetts than this...right?
If I'm reading this right:
Koch Media bought the Metro games, Volition and Saints Row, but not Red Faction.
Sega bought Relic, Company of Heroes and UFO?
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
Legacy IPs are staying with the shell THQ; presumably publishers who are privately interested will contact them separately and work things out. The good news is that THQ games that are not associated with the franchises that have been purchased shouldn't be pulled from sale just yet.
Microsoft owns Hydro Thunder now.
EA got NFL Blitz
I'm not sure they own the rights of that one.
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thepotatoman
Unconfirmed Member
Well someone has to pick up Darksiders and Red Faction IPs, if only for the free money they'd get from future steam sales.
Lasthope106
Member
What were you expecting? 100 million for a video game studio. Most publishers were in fact in the red this gen. Sony pretty much subsidizes all their 1st party games. And that's probably why MS got rid of all their studios. Who in the right mind is willing to pay tens of millions on pure risk. Even well known studios have been known to go to complete shit in less than 5 years - just look at Bioware.
People these days aren't willing to accept the cold truth that the AAA game development model is completely toxic to the the health of the industry. Hell this is why we are on this thread right now!
SteveWinwood
Member
I will send an email to buy Ping Pals I'm dead serious.
Haunted
Member
Actually, the 250k runner-up bid from Turtle Rock themselves for Evolve is kinda sad.
Like a labouring kid that shows up with its savings in the piggy bank and asks with innocent eyes "is this enough to buy my freedom?". And boom, a big publisher comes in, slams a stack of money on the table and snarls "back into the mines, kid".
Like a labouring kid that shows up with its savings in the piggy bank and asks with innocent eyes "is this enough to buy my freedom?". And boom, a big publisher comes in, slams a stack of money on the table and snarls "back into the mines, kid".
Do you prefer Holy Century Eltale?
Whatever that means ...
NullPointer
Member
cosigned. Space Marine was one hell of a nice surprise. There's true potential there.