THQ Going down

There are a lot of rumors on the net right now about THQ and the problems they seem to be having.

Notice this is just rumors at the moment and nothing is confirmed.

There is talk about that they have droped their entire 2014 line up, including the warhammer 40k MMO.

So people, what do we think about this then?

Edit: It wont let me hyperlink today =/

http://www.allgamesbeta.com/2012/01/rumor-thq-cancels-their-2014-line-up.html

A shame, they make good games. Good deals also for PC games.

The worse that can happen is EA buying their franchises.

Damn it.

EA: Honey I'm home! You will never guess what I bought. I saw THQ on sale and just had to pick it up.
SHEA: Meh..Just throw it with the rest of them...

Another link

http://kotaku.com/5876253/thq-wipes-out-games-planned-for-2014-to-ready-itself-for-sale-says-insider

I hope for a good publisher to pick up Relic.Elann2008

Relic is Warhammer factory so Games Workshop would be a good buyer. The people that made CoH left the studio years ago (you can find them at Smoking Gun Interactive).

Vigil are f*cked, they were in charge of the MMO. I don't think Darksiders can save them.

Volition and Saints Row could be attractive for a publisher that lacks a GTA clone.

That new Montreal studio is safe, everybody would love owning it due to the massive talent and tax cuts there.

Also Crytek might as well run with the Homefront IP now that they're working on Homefront 2.

Everybody else under THQ, well, it's a tough world...

Hope these rumours are unfounded, THQ hasn't done much to piss me off which I cant say for a lot of publishers

Wouldn't be surprised if true, but still very sad. They picked up a lot of games I liked but went under the radar of too many players.

Who the heck is Kevin Dent?

Been looking forward to the MMO since I heard about it.Definatelyone of my favourite publishers. Hopefully, these rumours are completely false.

Who the heck is Kevin Dent?

JangoWuzHere

One of the leaders of IGDA.

Been looking forward to the MMO since I heard about it.Definatelyone of my favourite publishers. Hopefully, these rumours are completely false.

Majistrate

I think most people hope that the rumors are false, but tbh it dosent look that way if you look at THQ´s stocks.

[QUOTE="Majistrate"]

Been looking forward to the MMO since I heard about it.Definatelyone of my favourite publishers. Hopefully, these rumours are completely false.

grisibur

I think most people hope that the rumors are false, but tbh it dosent look that way if you look at THQ´s stocks.

[QUOTE="Majistrate"]

Been looking forward to the MMO since I heard about it.Definatelyone of my favourite publishers. Hopefully, these rumours are completely false.

grisibur

I think most people hope that the rumors are false, but tbh it dosent look that way if you look at THQ´s stocks.

Let's hope not. They have some good series.

If it is true I hope EA or Ubisoft aren't interested in buying their franchises. As to Activision, I doubt they would do that unless they want to do Call of Warhammer.

I wouldn't worry for two seconds about any Warhammer properties. It's a hot commodity and will be snatched up quite fast.

EDIT: Unless the license is purchased by EA, in which case abandon all hope.

http://www.reddit.com/r/Warhammer/comments/oib5w/thq_dead_trying_to_sell_everything_off_to_other/c3hhxre If we're going off rumours and speculation, then this has to hold some weight too.denter21

This thing exploded hours ago and THQ made no comment. It doesn't matter if it's Sunday when the entire Internet is buzzing with rumours of their bankruptcy (which come on, was obvious for a while). They should answer. Some people on NeoGAF confirm that something's very wrong at THQ.

Tomorrow morning their stock is going to tank so bad... They're already worth less than 50 million dollars (the confirmed budget of their own Dark Millenium lololololo). Even if they didn't cancel anything it's a disaster and they're running on fumes.

THQ has not cancelled the 2014 lineup according to THQ Australia:

http://uk.games.ign.com/articles/121/1216592p1.html

Lets say Valve takes over Relic and Volition. Could that work?

Lets say Valve takes over Relic and Volition. Could that work?

robertlie

Relic and Volition are imo among the generation's best studios... hopefully this is jus a rumour, if not, i hope another publisher is smart enough to pick them up.

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Lets say Valve takes over Relic and Volition. Could that work?

Elann2008

Wishful thinking i guess. I just hope that the great PC exclusives from Relic (Dawn of War, Company of Heroes) stays on the PC. Valve could be a great distributor of upcoming sequels to those games. Maybe even the annoying Games for Windows stuff in Warhammer would go away :)

Best case scenario: Voalition makes Freespace 3, distributed on Steam, owned by Valve :)

A shame, they make good games. Good deals also for PC games.

The worse that can happen is EA buying their franchises.

Masculus

And when that happens all hell will brake loose ... PC gaming really will end up as a pile of elephant s**t ...

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A shame, they make good games. Good deals also for PC games.

The worse that can happen is EA buying their franchises.

Code135

And when that happens all hell will brake loose ... PC gaming really will end up as a pile of elephant s**t ...

It probably won't be THAT bad. But i'm afraid that lots of the pc exclusives are heading into an uncertain future if EA gets their paws on the rights.

Lame, more and more companies will be eaten up by Activison-Blizzard and EA, and the consumers suffer for it. Let's hope it doesn't happen to THQ :(

[QUOTE="Elann2008"][QUOTE="robertlie"]

Lets say Valve takes over Relic and Volition. Could that work?

robertlie

Wishful thinking i guess. I just hope that the great PC exclusives from Relic (Dawn of War, Company of Heroes) stays on the PC. Valve could be a great distributor of upcoming sequels to those games. Maybe even the annoying Games for Windows stuff in Warhammer would go away :)

Best case scenario: Volition makes Freespace 3, distributed on Steam, owned by Valve :)

[QUOTE="robertlie"]

[QUOTE="Elann2008"] Valve gets their first MMO. Signs Relic, Volition, and Vigil. That would make my day.. but I don't think Valve is going to do it though.Zubinen

Wishful thinking i guess. I just hope that the great PC exclusives from Relic (Dawn of War, Company of Heroes) stays on the PC. Valve could be a great distributor of upcoming sequels to those games. Maybe even the annoying Games for Windows stuff in Warhammer would go away :)

Best case scenario: Volition makes Freespace 3, distributed on Steam, owned by Valve :)

I have to agree. I never see any advertising or campaigns for any of their games. Maybe the occasional banner ad on a website, but that's pretty much it.

That sucks, I like THQ. It just a rumor but its never good when rumors like this get thrown around