# THQ Studios bankruptcy auction results. **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [January 23, 2013, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thq-studios-bankruptcy-auction-results/648162 "2013-01-23T23:51:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2013, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thq-studios-bankruptcy-auction-results/648162/1 "2013-01-23T23:51:28Z")
THQ Studios, owner of franchises such as Darksiders, Saints Row, Metro, Company of Heroes and more had their IP/Studio auction today. Sega bought Relic (Company of Heroes) UbiSoft bought the South Park game in development and the THQ Montreal studio Koch Media (aka Deep Silver, makers of Dead Island & Risen) bought Volition (Saints Row) and Metro Crytek bought Homefront Take-Two bought the “Evolve” game in development No one bought Vigil (Darksiders) and the studio will go defunct if THQ can’t find a buyer soon. According to one source (sorry, don’t have the primary source): > [@](#): > > According to Distressed Debt Investing, SEGA paid $26 million for Relic, Ubisoft paid $3.2 million for South Park and $2.5 million for THQ Montreal, Koch Media paid $5.8 million for Metro and $22.3 million for Volition, Take-Two paid $11 million for Evolve and Crytek paid $500,000 for Homefront. No bids were placed for Vigil. I’m sure most of you would be interested in this topic own most of the THQ games you’d want (and/or bought the THQ Humble Bundle) but Tony the PC Digital Sales rep for Amazon said on another forum: > [@](#): > > FYI guys, I’m currently unsure how much longer we’ll have THQ products up on the site. > > If you’re interested in a game we have on sale from them, I’d grab it, once I get the phone call to pull stuff down it will be down until all the ownership transfers happen. > > Lastly, I don’t have any information other that what has been posted publicly. This includes what is happening with Darksiders. I’m personally buying a couple of these packs and sending them to friends I know who like THQ stuff lol. I’m interested to see how much Darksiders and Darksiders II keys start going for on trading forums in like 6 months if no one buys Vigil. > > Edit: Also, I think it is going to take us a VERY LONG TIME to get new keys when we run out of stuff. Again, no confirmation on this but I don’t even know who to ask now lol. ---
**Author:** ![orthohedron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ba8739/32.png) [@orthohedron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/orthohedron)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2013, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thq-studios-bankruptcy-auction-results/648162/2 "2013-01-23T23:57:34Z")
That sucks, I’ve been a THQ fan since the wrestling games that they did with AKI back on the N64, and Saints Row they were all great. Well maybe not part 3, but lets hope the new studio does a reboot and brings the series back to it’s roots. It just bought a bankrupted goldmine IMO. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2013, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thq-studios-bankruptcy-auction-results/648162/3 "2013-01-24T00:25:24Z")
Why the hell was this never done for Accolade? I would have fucking personally bought the rights to Star Control myself if it meant the original creators could make a sequel ---
**Author:** ![Shooby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f475e1/32.png) [@Shooby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shooby)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2013, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thq-studios-bankruptcy-auction-results/648162/4 "2013-01-24T01:01:50Z")
Nooooo! Obsidian’s doing the South Park game and now they’ll be under the thumb of Ubisoft (pioneer of the always-internet-connected DRM for single player games)! Boooo-urns. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2013, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thq-studios-bankruptcy-auction-results/648162/5 "2013-01-24T01:24:15Z")
Does this mean no Darksiders 3? I’m enjoying Darksiders 2 a ton and liked the first one as well. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2013, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thq-studios-bankruptcy-auction-results/648162/6 "2013-01-24T01:27:36Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Does this mean no Darksiders 3? I’m enjoying Darksiders 2 a ton and liked the first one as well. I’m guessing no. Unless some company now decides to throw out an offer for it, knowing it’d be cheap. From what I understand, the head of Vigil just left a day or two ago to work for Activision so I’m guessing that devalued the studio a bit. ---
**Author:** ![President\_Johnny\_Gentle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5f9b8f/32.png) [@President\_Johnny\_Gentle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/President_Johnny_Gentle)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2013, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thq-studios-bankruptcy-auction-results/648162/7 "2013-01-24T01:44:27Z")
I bought the Humble Bundle, but haven’t actually gotten around to playing any of the games yet. I’ve activated them all on Steam, but haven’t downloaded them. Should I be downloading them to be on the safe side? ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2013, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thq-studios-bankruptcy-auction-results/648162/8 "2013-01-24T02:11:03Z")
Nah, if you own them on Steam, you’re fine. Even just owning the unactivated keys would be sufficient since Steam already recognizes them as “this activates Saints Row”. ---
**Author:** ![Kinthalis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kinthalis/32/16084_2.png) [@Kinthalis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kinthalis)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2013, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thq-studios-bankruptcy-auction-results/648162/9 "2013-01-24T02:47:59Z")
As I mentioned in another thread, I’m loving Sega’s strategy here. Running from the Japanese market into the arms of the PC community. Now with three, and possibly 4 (warhammer) PC exclusive franchises, including three of the best strategy titles out there… smart. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2013, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thq-studios-bankruptcy-auction-results/648162/10 "2013-01-24T03:12:15Z")
> [@Shooby](#): > > Nooooo! Obsidian’s doing the South Park game and now they’ll be under the thumb of Ubisoft (pioneer of the always-internet-connected DRM for single player games)! Boooo-urns. I’ve seen people suggesting (read: guesses) that the South Park game was close enough to release and has pre-orders out that it’s likely to stay a Steamworks title rather than go under Uplay. Just speculation though. ---
**Author:** ![Cornelius\_Tuggerson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/13edae/32.png) [@Cornelius\_Tuggerson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cornelius_Tuggerson)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2013, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thq-studios-bankruptcy-auction-results/648162/11 "2013-01-24T16:41:14Z")
Don’t really care about any of other THQ games, but happens to the WH40K license? Was there any more development going on under that? Did anyone buy it, or is it in limbo? ---
**Author:** ![Kinthalis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kinthalis/32/16084_2.png) [@Kinthalis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kinthalis)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2013, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thq-studios-bankruptcy-auction-results/648162/12 "2013-01-24T20:51:45Z")
Apparently Homeworld is up for grabs in some sort of “other ip’s bucket”, due for sale at some later point in time. Already there are a few people trying to get their hands on the IP. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2013, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thq-studios-bankruptcy-auction-results/648162/13 "2013-01-25T17:55:12Z")
Well, I was worried EA would get relic/COH2 and ruin it, so this definitely isn’t the worst case scenario. Really, there aren’t many non-evil publishers left, so this is probably the best case scenario. I just hope they leave Relic intact and let them do their own thing rather than try to reorganize anything near the release of COH2. ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2013, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thq-studios-bankruptcy-auction-results/648162/14 "2013-01-25T18:03:36Z")
> [@Cornelius\_Tuggerson](#): > > Don’t really care about any of other THQ games, but happens to the WH40K license? Was there any more development going on under that? Did anyone buy it, or is it in limbo? The _Dawn of War_ games, as well as _Space Marine_, were made by Relic, which has been bought by SEGA. SEGA also happens to own the Creative Assembly, which is currently set to make a _Total War_ game based on Warhammer Fantasy. I’m thinking they’ve got that particular license good and sewn up. ---
**Author:** ![Martini\_Enfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/martini_enfield/32/11123_2.png) [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2013, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thq-studios-bankruptcy-auction-results/648162/15 "2013-01-26T00:52:55Z")
I’m surprised no-one’s expressed concern over the Saint’s Row franchise - I was really looking forward to _Saints Row The Fourth_. ---
**Author:** ![Telperion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telperion/32/509_2.png) [@Telperion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperion)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2013, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thq-studios-bankruptcy-auction-results/648162/16 "2013-01-26T02:28:15Z")
> [@Martini\_Enfield](#): > > I’m surprised no-one’s expressed concern over the Saint’s Row franchise - I was really looking forward to _Saints Row The Fourth_. Deep Silver looks pretty hands off for a publisher, as far as I can tell. Risen was pretty much Gothic 4 in everything but name and the X3 developers seem to be doing their own thing no matter what the market says, so I’d be a bit surprised if they don’t just let Volition keep doing whatever they were working on. ---
**Author:** ![Martini\_Enfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/martini_enfield/32/11123_2.png) [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2013, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thq-studios-bankruptcy-auction-results/648162/17 "2013-01-26T07:34:55Z")
> [@Telperion](#): > > Deep Silver looks pretty hands off for a publisher, as far as I can tell. Risen was pretty much Gothic 4 in everything but name and the X3 developers seem to be doing their own thing no matter what the market says, so I’d be a bit surprised if they don’t just let Volition keep doing whatever they were working on. I hope so. I’d just never heard of the entity which had acquired Volition. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2013, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thq-studios-bankruptcy-auction-results/648162/18 "2013-01-26T20:41:58Z")
[Cracked.com explains what went wrong at THQ](http://www.cracked.com/blog/6-reasons-great-game-developer-just-went-bankrupt/) ---
**Author:** ![willthekittensurvive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/91b2a8/32.png) [@willthekittensurvive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/willthekittensurvive)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2013, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thq-studios-bankruptcy-auction-results/648162/19 "2013-01-26T22:02:56Z")
Would love to play a kinect version of Homeworld ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2013, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thq-studios-bankruptcy-auction-results/648162/20 "2013-01-29T14:38:55Z")
Crytek (Crysis, Far Cry 1, working on Homefront 2) has hired most of the Vigil core staff and formed a new development house, Crytek USA Corp, with them. That doesn’t include the Darksiders IP but at least the team is (mainly) remaining together and employed. The Darksiders IP will still be sold off with other lesser odds and ends IPs. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thq-studios-bankruptcy-auction-results/648162.md?page=2)