The rights to THQ’s Darksiders franchise went unsold during the company’s first bankruptcy auction, but it seems like Darksiders isn’t quite dead yet: Crysis developer Crytek has announced that they’re planning to purchase the rights to the series.
THQ’s most popular franchises, like Saints Row and Metro 2033, have already found new homes following the publisher’s bankruptcy. While other third parties were quick to snatch up some of THQ’s IPs, some of their other series’, such as Vigil Games’ Darksiders, have yet to be …
As everyone and their mother now knows, THQ’s development teams were all auctioned and sold off yesterday. (It should also be mentioned that since the time of the auction, the WWE license has additionally been picked up by Take-Two Interactive.) Well, almost all of them. Vigil …
As of today, THQ has officially been dissolved: following an unsuccessful attempt to sell off the entire company as a whole, THQ’s individual assets and development teams were auctioned off to new owners today. While the sale of THQ isn’t quite complete yet (the sales have to …
As you’ve probably heard, THQ has filed for bankruptcy and its assets are now being sold off to the highest bidder. There are apparently five interested parites all currently bidding for the rights to loot THQ’s corpse, and one of those groups is Warner Bros. Games, …
Despite the apparent success of the Humble THQ Bundle and other desperate gambles made to keep the company fiscally solvent, THQ announced today that they have filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. A press release from THQ says that the company filed for bankruptcy in order to …
The pay-what-you-want Humble THQ Bundle was already a good deal, but today it got even better: THQ has added their Diablo-esque hack and slash RPG Titan Quest to the package, as well as some DLC for Red Faction: Armageddon.
THQ has been on thin ice for the last few years: despite publishing popular games like the Saints Row and Company of Heroes series’, the company has struggled to turn a profit, and even faced a delisting from the NASDAQ. Today, THQ announced that despite the …
If Darksiders 3 ever gets made, it’ll do so without the work of Joe Madureira, the comic book artist who defined the series’ visual style and the co-founder of Vigil Games.
THQ can’t seem to catch a break recently, as the company let go over 100 employees from Vigil Games (best known for their work on Darksiders,) and Relic Studios (Company of Heroes.) The massive layoffs happened simultaneously with the announcement that the long awaited Warhammer MMO …
This THQ announcement came slightly out of left field, I mean, we knew it was coming but there just hadn’t been much word on the game until now. The sequel to one of my favourite games of last year, finally has a trailer and Death is …
The New Year has arrived and 2010 should already be forgotten by now with many a hangover to ponder on instead. So, while you recover I felt I should share with you the top five games of last year that were my most played and most …
