eRe4s3r wrote on Feb 15, 2018, 09:03:

yuastnav wrote on Feb 15, 2018, 08:01:

eRe4s3r wrote on Feb 15, 2018, 01:14:

Burrito of Peace wrote on Feb 15, 2018, 00:05:
Does anyone know if they bought the Nexus IP?

I'd love to see another Nexus: The Jupiter Incident.

They own the IP yea, but I doubt they wanna do anything with it.

Wasn't there a Kickstarter or something for Nexus 2, many many years ago? I may be mistaken but it was probably one of the first kickstarters for a video game. They wanted half a million or something and didn't reach the goal. They also said that this was probably the only chance of bringing that title back.

I remember when Koch Media published the first Gothic. Then JoWood published the second and the third one. Both went bankrupt. I'm rather happy that Piranha Bytes have a different publisher now.

They had permission to do that But it failed utterly and the studio went down. IP reverted to THQ, then to THQ Nordic. Not sure if that really means IP or just distribution agreements though.

And PB has THQ Nordic as publisher FYI ;p

Ah, I guess I was thinking about Egosoft and Deepsilver.

yuastnav wrote on Feb 15, 2018, 08:01:

eRe4s3r wrote on Feb 15, 2018, 01:14:

Burrito of Peace wrote on Feb 15, 2018, 00:05:
Does anyone know if they bought the Nexus IP?

I'd love to see another Nexus: The Jupiter Incident.

They own the IP yea, but I doubt they wanna do anything with it.

Wasn't there a Kickstarter or something for Nexus 2, many many years ago? I may be mistaken but it was probably one of the first kickstarters for a video game. They wanted half a million or something and didn't reach the goal. They also said that this was probably the only chance of bringing that title back.

I remember when Koch Media published the first Gothic. Then JoWood published the second and the third one. Both went bankrupt. I'm rather happy that Piranha Bytes have a different publisher now.

They had permission to do that But it failed utterly and the studio went down. IP reverted to THQ, then to THQ Nordic. Not sure if that really means IP or just distribution agreements though.

And PB has THQ Nordic as publisher FYI ;p

eRe4s3r wrote on Feb 15, 2018, 01:14:

Burrito of Peace wrote on Feb 15, 2018, 00:05:
Does anyone know if they bought the Nexus IP?

I'd love to see another Nexus: The Jupiter Incident.

They own the IP yea, but I doubt they wanna do anything with it.

Wasn't there a Kickstarter or something for Nexus 2, many many years ago? I may be mistaken but it was probably one of the first kickstarters for a video game. They wanted half a million or something and didn't reach the goal. They also said that this was probably the only chance of bringing that title back.

I remember when Koch Media published the first Gothic. Then JoWood published the second and the third one. Both went bankrupt. I'm rather happy that Piranha Bytes have a different publisher now.

I'm still waiting for THQ Nordic to do something with the Jagged Alliance IP that they've got. Probably never going to happen

My old firm! Hope the new owners look after the good peeps there in Munich and elsewhere.

Kingdom Come Deliverance seems really good in the few hours I put in, runs and looks better than the reviewers seem to indicate, maybe the day 1 patches helped out (Or a rare case of my AMD card actually being good, as with Sea of Thieves).

Mostly reading the in game wiki to work out what was going on so far. Feels like FPP Witcher without the magic bits, or maybe historical Elder Scrolls would be more appropriate. I'm almost glad I wasn't there for this game though, probably a total nightmare to QA this kind of thing. Just thinking of the poor buggers I'd made 100% the thing gives me the willies. I've only spent a few days total catching trains and driving through the Czech Republic, but the foresty bits sure did look a lot like this game.

Dad got it for his XBOX1X and my mum got it for her new laptop without even asking me so they must have gotten some good press/marketing going on.

Burrito of Peace wrote on Feb 15, 2018, 00:05:
Does anyone know if they bought the Nexus IP?

I'd love to see another Nexus: The Jupiter Incident.

They own the IP yea, but I doubt they wanna do anything with it.

Does anyone know if they bought the Nexus IP?

I'd love to see another Nexus: The Jupiter Incident.

Task wrote on Feb 14, 2018, 12:05:
Wasn't it THQ that went bankrupt back in the day? Apparently CD Projekt dodged a bullet and made the right call back then by not signing a contract with them for Witcher 2.

(found the article regarding the above)

This isn't THQ, it's Nordic. Nordic bought the THQ name and a bunch of its IPs. It seems like they're trying to expand and become a AAA publisher, though they're still a ways off from achieving that. I think Darksiders 3 is going to be their first attempt at releasing a AAA game. We'll see how that turns out.

Beamer wrote on Feb 14, 2018, 11:18:
They bought Novalogic in 2016. I want another voxel-based Commanche!

^ Fuck yes!

Wasn't it THQ that went bankrupt back in the day? Apparently CD Projekt dodged a bullet and made the right call back then by not signing a contract with them for Witcher 2.

(found the article regarding the above)

Prez wrote on Feb 14, 2018, 10:19:
I was wondering if anyone was ever going to do anything with the Dead Island franchise. I really liked the 2 previous ones. Who Do You Voodoo BITCH?!

I've always liked THQ - they have published some great titles over the years. I was sad when they had their fire sale and fell off the radar some years back. Now if we could just get a proper Red Faction sequel.

I just finished Dead Island Riptide last night, finally. I loved Dying Light so much (except for the absolutely dogshit awful ending to the expansion 'The Following') and I've played it so much that I figured I'd go back and finish Riptide for something a little different. That 'Sam B' song is all over this franchise, they must've gotten a good deal on the rights to it. It's in the game, in the credits, in the cutscenes, in the trailers...christ. I never played the first Dead Island, but now, with the ending to Riptide, I can kinda see where they went with 'The Following' ending. The end doesn't always mean happy. Still, they could've iterated on it by making it a little better in 'The Following'.

=-Rigs-=

Wow... Koch Media + 3 developers + Deep Silver + IP was only worth €120m? You'd think Saints Row + Dead Island + Metro alone would be worth that, but I guess not considering how much they fucked it up.

I agree they're good properties but the price seems awful steep for them.

Shineyguy wrote on Feb 14, 2018, 11:33:
I was wondering what had happened to Novalogic recently after buying all the Delta Force games on GoG.com. Those games bring me back, fond memories of playing DF1 and 2 online and wrecking house with the M249 at long range.

I mean, their last game came out in 2009, so it's a name, not a company. A name and titles. But man, what a great name.

I was wondering what had happened to Novalogic recently after buying all the Delta Force games on GoG.com. Those games bring me back, fond memories of playing DF1 and 2 online and wrecking house with the M249 at long range.

THQ Nordic has mostly bought anything, some awesome publishers/devs, some awful.

They bought Novalogic in 2016. I want another voxel-based Commanche!

Red Faction was awesome back in the day. Part of the early my video card is awesome days.

I've always liked THQ games.

Saints Row was fun as hell and Metro games were crazy cool and fun. Right now they're working on Metro Exodus which is a sandbox world which shows some serious promise.

I was wondering if anyone was ever going to do anything with the Dead Island franchise. I really liked the 2 previous ones. Who Do You Voodoo BITCH?!

I've always liked THQ - they have published some great titles over the years. I was sad when they had their fire sale and fell off the radar some years back. Now if we could just get a proper Red Faction sequel.

They say the transaction is worth $149.6 million

That is what they say but is it really? Hmmm....

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