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Read More »Atari assets up for sale after failure to secure buyer
Having failed to find an outright buyer, Atari is to sell off its IPs individually. The Wall Street Journal reports that assets up for grabs include RollerCoaster Tycoon ($3.5m), Test Drive ($1.5m) and Total Annihilation ($250k). Other less established IPs are also up for grabs including Humongous, Fatty Bear’s Birthday …
Read More »Activision: Call of Duty is not in decline
Activision CEO Eric Hirshberg has hit back at critics that claim the Call of Duty series is past its peak. At a special event that revealed the next game in the series – Call of Duty Ghosts – Hirshberg praised the franchises’ development teams, describing the process of building a …
Read More »THQ netted $6.55m from final IP sale
The financial terms of the final round of THQ’s IP auctions has been divulged. Nordic’s swoop for a host of IP including Darksiders, Red Faction and Destroy All Humans was valued at $4.9m. Gearbox, meanwhile, paid a not insignificant $1.35m for the Homeworld IP. Also confirmed was the sale of …
Read More »New era for Nordic Games as it swoops for THQ IP; Buys Darksiders, Red Faction, Stuntman, Destroy All Humans and others
Nordic Games has emerged as the big winner from the final round of THQ brand auctions. The company has acquired a host of IP from its now defunct rival including Darksiders, Red Faction, Stuntman, Full Spectrum Warrior, Destroy All Humans, MX vs ATV, Supreme Commander, Frontlines, Juiced and Titan Quest. …
Read More »Final THQ auction expected to raise $7m
Bidding closes for bankrupt publisher's remaining IP
Read More »UPDATED: Dead Space 4 canned as EA axes series – report
Lower than expected sales of Dead Space 3 have forced EA to cancel the sequel and effectively axe the IP, a report claims. VideoGamer has word from an unspecified source that Dead Space 4 was already in pre-production at Visceral Games. However, sales of former UK No.1 Dead Space 3 …
Read More »EA admits that Medal of Honor: Warfighter was not good enough, but series will be back
Medal of Honor may have been taken out of rotation”, but expect to see more of the series in the future. Last month EA confirmed that the series has been shelved with the intention being to make Battlefield a Call of Duty-rivalling annual series. Yet despite claiming in October that …
Read More »EA ditches Medal of Honor IP as Battlefield goes annual
The Medal of Honor series has been taken out of rotation” by EA after sales of the most recent release Warfighter were well below expectations”. Medal of Honor made its gaming return in 2011 after a three-year hiatus. The game, developed by both Danger Close and DICE, received a lukewarm …
Read More »Platinum linked to Darksiders acquisition
The executive director of Platinum Games has said he would love to buy the Darksiders IP from THQ. The Vigil Games-developed IP is currently still up for grabs after no companies made a bid for the studio or franchise in yesterday’s THQ auction. Taking toTwitter, as spotted byPolygon, Atsushi Inaba …
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