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THQ Nordic - Acquires Warhorse Studios
February 13th, 2019, 19:35
IMHO they rather should have bought TellTale.
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February 13th, 2019, 20:07
Originally Posted by Capt. Huggy FaceThey bought the indie studio that is making Biomutant and a german mobile game studio (HandyGames) last year.
I suspect you're right. This is probably the first IP they've bought that wasn't at a fire-sale price. Let's hope they aren't as tight with the purse strings during development as they have been in their many previous IP acquisitions.
They also bought a few IPs that were forgotten (ex: Outcast) or emerging (ex: Expeditions), so it's not all "fire-sales" deals.
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February 13th, 2019, 20:39
I hope it doesn't become low budget EA, killing off studios and franchises one by one.
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February 13th, 2019, 22:46
This is worrying. The previous owner Czech billionaire Bakala strikes me as a person that evaluates a person and his proposal and if he likes what he sees business wise, he does not interfere more and gives a lot of creative freedom. Not sure if it will stay that way…
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February 13th, 2019, 23:30
Originally Posted by Darth TagnanNordic? yes, it was Swedish, but they moved their HQ to Vienna a few years ago.
Wasn't this once a Scandinavian thingy?
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February 14th, 2019, 02:40
Originally Posted by TheRealFluentReally because no offense their track record isn't that great with published games. By that I mean games funded out of their own money and not just helping distribute.
Nordic is great. We'll be seeing lots of quality rpgs from them.
Also some more tidbits I found on the internet.
Cision
THQ purchased the Prague studio for €42.8 million.Gematsu
Warhorse Studios will continue to operate as usual, with Daniel Vavra and Martin Klima continuing to run the studio as they have been doing.
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February 14th, 2019, 03:28
Well just look at this list really nothing praise worthy.
Link - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_THQ_Nordic_games
Link - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_THQ_Nordic_games
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February 14th, 2019, 04:35
I don't see this as a really good news. From what I've seen Nordic keeps purchasing several IP/developers and push for the console releases (I like my PC only RPGs!!!)
https://mb.cision.com/Main/15049/2739676/990029.pdf <-- THQ Nordic interim report, page 8 lists announced/planned game releases.
https://mb.cision.com/Main/15049/2739676/990029.pdf <-- THQ Nordic interim report, page 8 lists announced/planned game releases.
Last edited by purpleblob; February 14th, 2019 at 11:43.
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February 14th, 2019, 04:42
Originally Posted by therealfluentelex 2 ?????????????
they did elex and elex 2 plus a few others. I like them.
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February 14th, 2019, 04:47
Originally Posted by henriquejrI was just about to type the same thing. Like are you from the future that you've played Elex 2?
elex 2 ?????????????
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February 14th, 2019, 05:17
Originally Posted by Couchpotatoand yet that list is what allowed Nordic to grow at a crazy pace over the last few years.
Well just look at this list really nothing praise worthy.
Link - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_THQ_Nordic_games
Also, Book of Unwritten Tales is pretty good and I heard good feedback from the latest Titan Quest expansion.
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February 14th, 2019, 11:32
Originally Posted by purpleblobIt's page 8.
https://mb.cision.com/Main/15049/2739676/990029.pdf <-- THQ Nordic interim report, page 18 lists announced/planned game releases.
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