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Randolk
8th January 2013, 00:15
Non sembrano terminare mai i guai in cui THQ sta affondando: dopo la bancarotta, sembrava che la software house fosse destinata ad essere acquistata in blocco da un grosso investitore. Tuttavia, risulta invece da oggi che la compagnia stia mettendo in vendita all'asta uno ad uno i suoi franchise, che potranno quindi essere acquisiti dal miglior offerente.
Secondo quanto verificato da GameIndustry, tra gli investitori interessati all'acquisto di diverse IP risulta anche Electronic Arts. Dopo Ubisoft, Interactive Entertainment e Warner Bros, quindi, anche EA si aggiunge alla lista dei compratori di quel che resta di THQ.
salutate darksiders, dawn of war, company of heroes, metro, saints row, etc
ovviamente dropperà anche la licenza di wh 40k.
Razj
8th January 2013, 00:31
Mi dispiace per metro spero che se venga venduto lo compri qualcuno che possa mandare avanti uno dei pochi giochi originali usciti negli ultimi anni.
Devon
8th January 2013, 00:37
dispaice
cmq non è detta, magari vince ubisoft, che ultimamente si sta rifacendo parecchio
se vincesse EA allora..
Matley
8th January 2013, 00:37
una tragedia.. spero non facciano saltar company of heroes 2.. mi dispiacerebbe davvero:(
Devon
8th January 2013, 00:42
da quel che avevano detto ormai i titoli in arrivo (coh2 e metro last light) sono "salvi"
Galandil
8th January 2013, 00:49
E addio a Peste e Carestia, sigh.
Randolk
8th January 2013, 01:02
E addio a Peste e Carestia, sigh.
semmai Furia e Conflitto, ma tranquillo che te li fa EA :fffuuu:
Amiag
8th January 2013, 01:05
azz ma come han fatto ad andare in bancarotta, li credevo tra quelli seri
Kahvirel
8th January 2013, 01:06
L'unico che probabilmente non finirà nel tritacarne e' Stick Of Truth (South Park) visto che Viacom presumo se lo paghi a cazzi suoi in caso di casini.
Tunnel
8th January 2013, 01:16
Nah vedredete che non la prenderà EA. Alla fine arriverà Activision (Blizzard) a salvar... oh wait :afraid:
Drako
8th January 2013, 01:27
gege, son finiti gambe all'aria perchè son seri. se invece sfrutti e spremi l'utonto come ea campi.
Devon
8th January 2013, 01:32
semmai Furia e Conflitto, ma tranquillo che te li fa EA :fffuuu:
in darksiders sono stati nominati Furia e Conflitto, ma in "realta" sarebbero peste e carestia
:confused:
+rep
Ercos
8th January 2013, 08:25
stiamo a vedere che succede....dow3 ç_ç
Shub
8th January 2013, 08:38
questo rmai fa capire come la gente voglia merda, alla faccia di chi diceva di no.
cazzo con dow e coh hanno rivoluzionato gli strategici stile sc... per gli altri non avendoli giocati mi rifaccio alle recensioni e pareri di altri.
Se vince EA ahahaha immagino il mitico DOW fatto con gli orchi puzzettoni alla wow che fa figo e il gioco stile bimbominchia fatto di scoppi ed effettoni speciali bilanciato col culo e con un supporto online che dura 1 mese giusto per spuppare chi compra il titolone..
CrescentMoon
8th January 2013, 08:47
spero solo che il brand di darksiders non finisca all'ea :BRR:
Zl4tan
8th January 2013, 12:03
basta che mi rilasciano coh 2 ben rifinito e con un buon multi
nortis
8th January 2013, 12:58
spero che wh40k finisca in mano a qualcuno in grado... (leggesi no EA) peccato stavano sviluppando bella roba
Shub
8th January 2013, 13:01
gli stessi di bloodbowl mi pare che usino bene il marchio gameworkshop no?
Randolk
8th January 2013, 13:20
gli stessi di bloodbowl mi pare che usino bene il marchio gameworkshop no?
blood bowl è un franchise separato da wh 40k.
Shub
8th January 2013, 14:37
oh un tempo erano insieme se non ricordo male..questo mi fa pensare a quanto sono vecio...
Hagnar
24th January 2013, 02:00
http://www.gamesblog.it/post/90421/thq-non-esiste-piu-proprieta-vendute-ad-altri-publisher
La THQ da oggi non esiste più.
Tanek
24th January 2013, 10:33
Spostata la news postata da Hagnar in questo thread.
Altre info: http://kotaku.com/5978429/this-is-the-letter-that-thq-sent-to-employees-today
In sostanza:
Sega agreed to purchase Relic
Koch Media agreed to purchase Volition and Metro
Crytek agreed to purchase Homefront
Take 2 agreed purchase Evolve and
Ubisoft agreed to purchase Montreal and South Park
Addio THQ... ç___ç
ps: a brief history: http://kotaku.com/5978508/a-history-of-thq-1989+2013
Devon
24th January 2013, 10:45
e darksiders finira' ad EA....
addio darksiders
Galandil
24th January 2013, 15:37
e darksiders finira' ad EA....
addio darksiders
Maporcaputtana.
Cmq, vorrei capire meglio perché THQ è finita in bancarotta. I titoli che pubblicava non mi sono mai sembrati "lammerda", anzi. Qualcuno ha notizie + approfondite in merito?
nortis
24th January 2013, 15:43
quindi dow & co vanno alla sega? mmm...
Boroming
24th January 2013, 15:51
Maporcaputtana.
Cmq, vorrei capire meglio perché THQ è finita in bancarotta. I titoli che pubblicava non mi sono mai sembrati "lammerda", anzi. Qualcuno ha notizie + approfondite in merito?
leggendo l'articolo di tanek
http://kotaku.com/5978508/a-history-of-thq-1989+2013
In 2010, the publisher revealed the uDraw tablet, a multiplatform device designed to allow gamers to... draw on a screen. It was a disaster. It cost $100 million to design and manufacture, a significant amount for a company already in financial trouble, and sales were so poor they can't give the things away.
By 2011, in no small part due to the losses suffered from the uDraw, the retreat was in full swing, with THQ backing away from licensed children's game development and pledging to focus solely on quality games for the core audience. A noble goal perhaps, but the games which followed—like the hugely-disappointing Homefront and Red Faction Armageddon—didn't deliver the sales THQ needed.
Galandil
24th January 2013, 16:01
leggendo l'articolo di tanek
http://kotaku.com/5978508/a-history-of-thq-1989+2013
Ty per il bignamino, ho chiesto proprio perché non volevo leggermi un articolo intero. :sturm3:
Drako
24th January 2013, 18:04
Che gran peccato. Addio darksiders lol.
Randolk
24th January 2013, 18:18
quindi sega ha acquisito relic compresi i diritti di wh40k? dawn of war 3: sonic unleashed?
http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lqjpeaeqSA1qmxt0to1_500.jpg
Kat
24th January 2013, 19:07
Beh dipende, Sega e' pure il publisher della serie Total War.
Xangar
24th January 2013, 19:31
Cazz... spero che la Koch Media non faccia saltare Metro Last Light che lo sto aspettando da parecchio
Hagnar
24th January 2013, 20:53
Cazz... spero che la Koch Media non faccia saltare Metro Last Light che lo sto aspettando da parecchio
Impossibile :nod:
BlackCOSO
24th January 2013, 21:31
e darksiders finira' ad EA....
addio darksiders
"L'asta di Vigil purtroppo non ha avuto offerte. Il suo destino è il fallimento insieme a THQ.
Su Twitter si stanno già moltiplicando le offerte di lavoro per i ragazzi di Vigil. Tra queste spicca Naughty Dog, che ha diverse posizioni lavorative aperte. Insomma, speriamo che un team così talentuoso non rimanga senza lavoro troppo a lungo"
Questo è quanto riportato sulla VIgil , i ragazzi che hanno portato sullo schermo Darksiders dalla carta. C'e da sperare .....ma piuttosto che vedere Darksiders con il simbolo EA , è preferibile la fine della saga con il 2 già uscito :(
Galandil
24th January 2013, 23:01
"L'asta di Vigil purtroppo non ha avuto offerte. Il suo destino è il fallimento insieme a THQ.
Su Twitter si stanno già moltiplicando le offerte di lavoro per i ragazzi di Vigil. Tra queste spicca Naughty Dog, che ha diverse posizioni lavorative aperte. Insomma, speriamo che un team così talentuoso non rimanga senza lavoro troppo a lungo"
LOL WTF?!????!!
Ho appena letto che Atsushi Inaba di Platinum games ha postato su Twitter un eventuale interesse per l'acquisto del franchise di Darksiders. Potremmo vedere in futuro il terzo cavaliere dell'apocalisse che va in giro urlando YATTATATATAATA! :rotfl:
Kahvirel
24th January 2013, 23:15
My name is Ben Cureton, and I was the Lead Combat Designer at Vigil Games. I'm sitting at my desk among... what appears to be a warzone. The walls look bare. It's quiet.
The seats are empty.
We've all been on edge for the past couple months... and more so, the last couple weeks. I mean, I'm sure you can imagine what it's like to wonder if you will have a job tomorrow. Most of us here joked about it just to keep the mood light, but we all knew what could happen. Now I look around and I realize... it did happen.
Am I sad? Well yea. I've been in this industry for 20 years. Seriously. Two decades. I've been laid off more than once. It sucks every time. But am I sad I don't have a job? Not really... I'm sure I'll get another one eventually. I'm sad because it won't be THIS job. It won't be at Vigil. That's why I'm sad. The people I waged war with are no longer together. The people that I bled with, vented with, argued with (often times LOUDLY), and kicked back with... these people will never be together again in the same combination.
Not that it was perfect. But what is perfect? Did I like coming to work? Yes. Was I proud of the work that I did? Yes. More importantly, was I proud of the work that WE did? Absolutely. I knew, without a shadow of the doubt, that the project we were working on (Codenamed: Crawler) was going to blow people away. In fact, it DID blow people away. We did, in TWO months, what many companies haven't done in a year. The pride of knowing that no one was doing anything like us was so satisfying, it kept us coming to work and giving 100% every single day, even through the dark times.
... so maybe you can imagine what it feels like when you read the list of who bought what only to discover your name is not on the list. Why? Did we do something wrong? Were we not good enough? Were we not worth 'anything?' Imagine that.
Vigil was filled with people that I would put up against the best in the industry. People that made my work better, people that made me a better designer, and people that made me a better person. And now they are gone.
Their seats are empty.
It's OK, though. I guess this post makes it sound a bit melodramatic. Seriously... if you work in the video game industry you have to be resilient. Doing what you love often comes with a price - anyone who has been around for a while can tell you that. Today, that price has been paid. That being said, I'd still never dissuade anyone from following their dreams if their dream is to make video games. While it's not as romantic as it sounds, it's sure a hell of a lot of fun.
So don't cry for the people at Vigil. We made games for game players. I have no Horror stories from working here... only Honor stories. Through both praise and critiques alike, our goal was always to make a product as if we, ourselves, were the end-user. We may have gotten pushed and pulled in certain directions by forces out of our control, we were always in it to make games for game players. And that's what we did.
I can only hope that those spared from the other companies remain employed long into the future. There is not much worse than false hope, and these people deserve to continue making great games. You may not know their names, but they exist, and they bleed, sweat, and cry for your entertainment. I mean that honestly, with no negativity. They do it... no, WE do it... because we want you to have a good time.
In closing, I can only say thank you to the fans of Vigil games. Your support means more than you can imagine. Your feedback (both positive and negative) gave us long-lasting insight that we will all take with us, wherever we may go. You are the reason we made Darksiders 1 &2... and you are the reason we will continue to make games.
And with that... my seat is empty.
Ben Cureton
Lead Combat Designer
Vigil Games
P.S. This is no place for a horse.
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