Sackboy Posted January 23, 2013 Report Share Posted January 23, 2013 SEGA has agreed to purchase Relic, developer of Company of Heroes and Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War. Koch Media (owner of Dead Island publisher Deep Silver) has agreed to purchase Saints Row developer Volition as well as the publishing rights to the Metro franchise. Crytek, who is currently developing Homefront 2, has purchased the rights to the Homefront franchise. Take-Two (parent company of 2K and Rockstar) has agreed to purchase Turtle Rock Studios’ project codenamed Evolve. (Update: While Take Two was initially rumored to have acquired Darksiders publisher Vigil, reports now indicate that isn't the case) Ubisoft has purchased the rights to publish South Park: The Stick of Truth (pending any further objections from South Park Studios) as well as THQ Montreal, the current developer of Assassin’s Creed creator Patrice Desilets’ project codenamed 1666. http://m.ign.com/articles/2013/01/23/thq-dissolved-saints-row-company-of-heroes-darksiders-devs-acquired Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnackChap Posted January 23, 2013 Report Share Posted January 23, 2013 No one. Here are the full results. Relic Entertainment Makers of Company of Heroes Winning bidder: Sega, $26.6 million. Runner-up: Zenimax Media, $26.3 million. THQ Montreal Makers of 1666 and Underdog, titles under development. Winning bidder: Ubisoft, $2.5 million. No runner- up. Evolve (title in development at Turtle Rock Studios) Winning bidder: Take-Two Interactive, $10.894 million. Runner-up: Turtle Rock Studios, $250,000. Volition, Inc. Maker of Saints Row Winning bidder: Koch Media, $22,312,925. Runner-up: Ubisoft, $5.4 million. Homefront Released 2011; due for a sequel. Winning bidder: Crytek. $544,218. No runner-up. Metro Series; due for the sequel Metro: Last Light. Winning Bidder: Koch Media, $5,877,551 Runner-up: Ubisoft: $5.175 million. South Park License; South Park: The Stick of Truth is due for release March 5. Winning bidder: Ubisoft, $3,265,306 No runner-up. Vigil didnt make it and the darksiders ip is dead forever. RIP EA are negotiating for the wwe license. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteWolf Posted January 23, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2013 Lol Patrice back with Ubisoft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aftrunner Posted January 23, 2013 Report Share Posted January 23, 2013 Wait so Relic got them more money than SR did? How? Also how is the winning bid for SR 22 Million and the runner up bid 5 Million? And where the hell did Koch Media get all that money? Shame about Vigil and Darksiders. I am not a fan of the series but its still surprising that no one wanted it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nikushimi Posted January 23, 2013 Report Share Posted January 23, 2013 THQ auction rumours: Relic to Sega, Volition/Saints Row to Koch, South Park to Ubisoft http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-01-23-thq-auction-rumours-relic-to-sega-volition-saints-row-to-koch-south-park-to-ubisoft The high bidder for Saints Row developer Volition is apparently Koch Media, parent company of Deep Silver (Dead Island). <_</>/>/>/>/>/>/> Dead Island publisher ? ..i hope they will give Volition full creative freedom and proper budget for SR4 Judging by the latest Collector edition of Dead Island Riptide, i say SR is in good hands.. Iam happy that SR is not owned by EA,Ubi or Activision How big is KM?..Can they fund a big budget open world game ? Dead Island, a well polished, high production value title? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heaven Angel Posted January 24, 2013 Report Share Posted January 24, 2013 $500k Homefront (Crytek) $26M for Relic (Sega) $2.5M for THQ Montreal (Ubisoft) $3.2M for South Park (Ubisoft) $11M for Evolve (Take-Two) $22.3M for Volition (Koch Media) $5.8M for Metro (Koch Media) All games are to die...Homefront might have little future (let's see). THQ's WWE license going to Take-Two WWE Video Game License to be Acquired by Take Two A new era begins. The era of THQ wrestling games is over. Sources have indicated to IGN that the WWE game franchise will be sold to Take Two, parent company of 2K. Terms of the sale are unknown at this time, as details have not been finalized. These negotiations appear to have taken place outside THQ's formal auction process. This news comes as THQ assets have been divided among several different publishers, pending court approval. I grew up playing WWE on my old PS2, Saint's Row 2 (crazy monkey shaking screen) on my old PC, Darksiders..etc.. I cannot see how this is good..Ubisoft will shut down South Park, Volition is going to die soon..Dead Island Riptide looks really bad. (check gameplay reveal video-yesterday..Dead Island polished) Hope Take Two does something good with WWE. Good bye THQ, thanks for wonderful journey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALPHA17 Posted January 24, 2013 Report Share Posted January 24, 2013 All games are to die...Homefront might have little future (let's see). A new era begins. Don't know about everyone else but relic is pretty good with SEGA, they were rivals with the latter's PC crown jewel Creative Assembly. And now that both are owned by the same publisher, I am hoping for a TOTAL WAR game for those who really appreciate turn by turn strategy games whilst relic can do what it does best Company of Heroes and utilize the Warhammer 40,000 license that has been lying with SEGA since last year. Just hope that METRO Last Light and Company of Heroes 2 come out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cat Posted January 24, 2013 Report Share Posted January 24, 2013 +1 to Joe Through i am not a darksider fan but i will still miss the franchise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Boss Posted January 24, 2013 Report Share Posted January 24, 2013 WHAT ABOUT WWE LICENSE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALPHA17 Posted January 24, 2013 Report Share Posted January 24, 2013 WHAT ABOUT WWE LICENSE Presumably gone to Take-2 Interactive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sackboy Posted January 24, 2013 Report Share Posted January 24, 2013 WHAT ABOUT WWE LICENSE :nerves:/> A lot of their IPs and staff was left unclaimed . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALPHA17 Posted January 24, 2013 Report Share Posted January 24, 2013 A lot of their IPs and staff was left unclaimed . As far as I see the only high-profile looser in the entire scheme of things is Vigil who did the DARKSIDERS saga. Source: WWE expected to sign new video game deal with Take-Two Interactive. No announcement has been officially made yet, but IGN has reported that the WWE video game franchise will be sold to Take Two Interactive Software, Inc., parent company of 2K Games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HundredProofSam Posted January 24, 2013 Report Share Posted January 24, 2013 WHAT ABOUT WWE LICENSE :nerves:/> Apparently EA picked it up even before the auction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nikushimi Posted January 24, 2013 Report Share Posted January 24, 2013 Thank fook for Take Two, the WWE games were getting stale as a week old bread. Hopefully they keep Yukes away and use a different engine for the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sackboy Posted January 24, 2013 Report Share Posted January 24, 2013 Apparently EA picked it up even before the auction. Any source for that ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HundredProofSam Posted January 24, 2013 Report Share Posted January 24, 2013 ^ Just rumours, like the Take Two report. Here's Atsushi Inaba, the head of Platinum Games, makers of Bayonetta, Vanquish and other cool action titles: Translation: "In THQ studio and IP selling off auction, Darksiders is unsold? [We] wanna buy it...on the cheap..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HundredProofSam Posted January 24, 2013 Report Share Posted January 24, 2013 Ubisoft did pretty well in the auction. With THQ Montreal they got two new IP in development for $2.5 million. Not bad at all. And $3.2M for the South Park license plus a game that's already done and ready for release. Koch severely overvalued Volition though, especially if reports that the Volition sale doesn't include the Red Faction IP are true. I really want to see what Take Two saw in Evolve to pay $10 million for it, especially considering that their own financial situation isn't the greatest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Boss Posted January 24, 2013 Report Share Posted January 24, 2013 Take Two take the WWE License pleaseeeeeeeeeeee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dante77 Posted January 24, 2013 Report Share Posted January 24, 2013 Darksiders dead? :cry:/> Its one of the best new IP this gen created :(/> EDIT: Red Faction is also THQ IP? its sad to see THQ this way I only played Armageddon and absolutely loved it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnackChap Posted January 24, 2013 Report Share Posted January 24, 2013 THQ must be desperate to get a fps into their portfolio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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