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THQ assets divided
THQ is no more now. After a 22 hour auction, this is how their studios are being divided.
Sega agreed to buy Relic Games (Warhammer 40k and Company of Heroes)
Koch Media (Deep Silver) bought Developer Volition (Saint’s Row and Red Faction) along with the licence to Metro
Crytek is purchasing Homefront
Take 2 is buying Evolve
and Ubisoft is to purchase Montreal and the South Park game
After the news was released, Naughty Dog made a pretty rad tweet directed at all employees affected.

To see the email that THQ sent to all of it’s employees, read the full article at Kotaku.

THQ assets divided

THQ is no more now. After a 22 hour auction, this is how their studios are being divided.

  • Sega agreed to buy Relic Games (Warhammer 40k and Company of Heroes)
  • Koch Media (Deep Silver) bought Developer Volition (Saint’s Row and Red Faction) along with the licence to Metro
  • Crytek is purchasing Homefront
  • Take 2 is buying Evolve
  • and Ubisoft is to purchase Montreal and the South Park game
After the news was released, Naughty Dog made a pretty rad tweet directed at all employees affected.
To see the email that THQ sent to all of it’s employees, read the full article at Kotaku.

Notes

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    A real shame
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    R.I.P THQ and the team at Vigil Games
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    While I am concerned as two of my favourite titles are in this former companies catalog, what concerns me more is that....
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