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  • THQ Officially No More, Assets Sold, Employees Laid Off

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    One of the saddest episodes in gaming is now done. THQ sold off their assets to other developers and publishers and anyone who did not work for one of the companies sold are being laid off. For the past year THQ has been limping along and filed for bankruptcy last month. A few weeks ago it was announced that an auction would be held to sell off THQ’s studios and intellectual properties. Here is the rundown of what we know so far.

    • Koch Media (Deep Silver) has purchased Volition, developers of the Saint’s Row franchise. They have also gotten the rights to the Metro franchise. Metro: Last Light was due for release this year.
    • Sega is getting Relic who developed Warhammer 40K and Company of Heroes.
    • Take Two has purchased Evolve, a codename project from Turtle Rock Studios.
    • Crytek purchaed the rights to the Homefront series.
    • Ubisoft will get the rights to South Park: The Stick of Truth and the THQ Montreal studio who are making the game 1666 from the creator of Assassin’s Creed.

    Some properties like Darksiders (and studio Vigil) and the WWE franchise are still up in the air as of this writing. We will update as more is known.

  • THQ Offers Another Massive Game Sale

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    In the wake of THQ’s “fire auction” sale on Tuesday in which all of the companies developers and game properties will be sold off to the highest bidder, the company has a huge sale going on Amazon.com. For just $25 you will get an incredible 19 games to download including Darksiders 1&2, Homefront, Metro 2033 and more.

    Seeing a good company like THQ dissolve this week is certainly a sad episode in gaming (damn UDraw) and seeing all the great games on this sale list shows how good of a lineup the company had. So go pick up this bundle because I doubt you will find a better $25 to spend on games.

    Check out the list of games you will get for only 25 bucks.

    1.Company of Heroes – Tales of Valor
    2. Company of Heroes Game of the Year
    3. Darksiders II
    4. Darksiders
    5. Homefront
    6. MX vs ATV Reflex
    7. Metro 2033
    8. Nexuiz
    9. Red Faction Armageddon
    10. Red Faction Guerrilla
    11. Saints Row 2
    12. Saints Row: The Third
    13. Supreme Commander
    14. Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance
    15. Titan Quest Gold
    16. Warhammer 40,000 Dawn of War II – Gold Edition
    17. Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine
    18. Warhammer 40k: Dawn of War Gold
    19. Warhammer 40k: Dawn of War II Retribution

     

  • South Park: The Stick Of Truth, Others Delayed By THQ

    Company Shifts Release Dates On Three Titles

    During the THQ earnings report yesterday it was reported by new THQ president Jason Rubin that three of the company’s biggest titles would see their release dates pushed back.

    South Park: The Stick of Truth has been moved from its March 5, 2013 spot to early fiscal 2014 which means that it will be released sometime after April 1, 2013. Metro: Last Light and Company of Heroes 2 will see a two month delay with both releasing in March 2013.

    Rubin said the titles were not expected to meet their release dates without the overall product suffering. With all of THQ’s woes over the past year it looks as though they are positioning these games more strategically to keep the company afloat. South Park is a big license game and moving it to April or beyond will help the company’s earning next year, providing the game sells well of course.

    It has been sad to watch THQ’s decline over the past year. Hopefully games like South Park and the just released WWE 13 can help stabilize the company for a bit.