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Aya Reiko

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The inevitable finally happened, THQ is broke.
« on: December 20, 2012, 10:29:49 PM »
THQ, the publisher of games like the Saints Row series, the Red Faction series, the Company of Heroes series, and WWE's line of wrestling games has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

http://www.pcgamer.com/2012/12/19/thq-bankruptcy/?ns_campaign=article-feed&ns_mchannel=ref&ns_source=steam&ns_linkname=0&ns_fee=0

Everyone was expecting this to happen anyway, though much, much sooner.
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Re: The inevitable finally happened, THQ is broke.
« Reply #1 on: December 20, 2012, 10:31:33 PM »
Toy Head Quarters.
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HakureiSM

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Re: The inevitable finally happened, THQ is broke.
« Reply #2 on: December 20, 2012, 10:34:08 PM »
Olol the day the Steam sales opened too
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Aya Reiko

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Re: The inevitable finally happened, THQ is broke.
« Reply #3 on: December 20, 2012, 11:02:46 PM »
Quote from: HakureiSM on December 20, 2012, 10:34:08 PM
Olol the day the Steam sales opened too

And the funny thing is the THQ pack is the only one being sold at a discount.  For $25, you can get the THQ bundle.  Darksiders II alone is being sold at $20, and the Company of Heroes bundle is priced at $25.
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Re: The inevitable finally happened, THQ is broke.
« Reply #4 on: December 20, 2012, 11:30:36 PM »
Man, this is a shame, because THQ was one of the few publishers I had actually liked, if only because they were good about avoiding asshole moves like excessive DRM and from what I could tell they treated their studios somewhat decently.

Wonder what this means for the future of their franchises; I imagine there's quite a few lucrative licenses people would want to get their hands on.
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Re: The inevitable finally happened, THQ is broke.
« Reply #5 on: December 21, 2012, 12:13:09 AM »
Oh no! :<

All of a sudden the recent slew of sales makes sense. Though I really wonder about what will happen to all the licences they own....
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Re: The inevitable finally happened, THQ is broke.
« Reply #6 on: December 21, 2012, 09:09:18 AM »
Here's hoping their IPs get picked up by awesome developers. I have no love or hate for THQ either way, but it would be a damn shame to see those projects fade into the abyss.
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HakureiSM

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Re: The inevitable finally happened, THQ is broke.
« Reply #7 on: December 21, 2012, 04:17:20 PM »
Broken publishers shouldgive their IPs to the dev teams of each franchise. Nobody wants to continue more a franchise than the people who make it.

Yes Sierra, I'm looking at you. Jerks.
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Re: The inevitable finally happened, THQ is broke.
« Reply #8 on: December 21, 2012, 04:47:42 PM »
Quote from: Amae Taiyomo on December 21, 2012, 09:09:18 AM
Here's hoping their IPs get picked up by awesome developers. I have no love or hate for THQ either way, but it would be a damn shame to see those projects fade into the abyss.
They're not that broke, read the article. They haven't even made redundancies yet.  They're wanting to be brought up as a going concern.
The games aren't the problem for them, every comment I've heard from industry people has said one thing, uDraw.
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Aya Reiko

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Re: The inevitable finally happened, THQ is broke.
« Reply #9 on: December 22, 2012, 04:41:06 AM »
Update: Ubisoft is supposedly looking at buying the whole thing. lock, stock, and barrel.

http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/12/21/ubisoft-reportedly-looking-to-buy-thq-assets?abthid=50d4967a6317e3372600002b
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HakureiSM

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Re: The inevitable finally happened, THQ is broke.
« Reply #10 on: December 22, 2012, 04:59:07 AM »
Oh god please no.
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Re: The inevitable finally happened, THQ is broke.
« Reply #11 on: December 23, 2012, 07:14:02 AM »
kyubisoft imo
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