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http://www.theverge.com/2012/12/19/3785022/game-developer-thq-files-for-bankruptcy-will-sell-off-assets-and-games

They claim nothing is going to change though...
Doesn't really make much sense to me....

That's what happens when you put a ton of money into a controller that is shit. The uDraw was an epic fail.

Saints Row and Darksiders are the only good things they have.

So, was the Humble Bundle a cash grab or a last chance effort?

Humbled by defeat...

I wonder who's going to buy up the Darksiders franchise. Definitely popular enough to warrant more games.

Damn, the South Park game isn't even out yet. At least its a licensed property and not original, should make it easier in case everything completely sinks.

I have a good friend who is a producer at Volition...really, really hoping he lands on his feet. It's really a great studio.

I feel like they have a decent presence on the PC.  Metro 2033 is pretty cool.  So is Space Marine, Dawn of War II, and Company of Heroes.

I think they were counting on Red Faction to be relevant again and it just never happened.

http://www.ps3trophies.org/news/news-8635-THQ-Files-For-Bankruptcy--Unannounced-Games-Revealed.html

They're filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, so they'll continue to produce games.  South Park will still come out!  (I hope)

Hopefully the WWE games find a good home, and not EA or Activision...

...you guys do realize that the only REAL change here is that they've declared bankruptcy, and another firm is backing them financially? The contracts need to be renewed, and some will likely not be, but it sounds like the majority of titles won't be nixed.

Chapter 11 is just a debt restructuring, but sometimes it ends up being so bad that Chapter 7 follows shortly afterwards.

I think we all saw this one coming. Wonder if they'll bounce back...
Almost feel as if a game company memorial page is in order... how many once great studios are now gone?

Midway/Acclaim/Westwood Studios

I can't think of any other that i care(d) about at the moment.

Well now, seems like Ubisoft may be getting some of THQ's franchises in the future. I'm actually quite happy to see that happening.

Always sad to see a big name going down though, just like Midway a phew years ago and I fear more will go down when the next generation fully started

The number of studios that have gone down in the past year is over 30...

Since you didn't list the other 27 i guess i was right not to care?

http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/12/11/20-studios-we-lost-in-2012


3 of my favorite game developers closed shop this year, and 3 others in this list directly affected people I worked with.

Hudson closed!?!?!?!?!  When did this happen?

Konami owns them now.

Another one bites the dust! In the future everything will be produced by 1 company?!

I think the THQ bundle is only about $24 on the Steam sale.  Think I'll buy into that.

Oh yeah, sucks about THQ.

I expect 10 years from now only the three console manufacturers to remain, together with maybe a dozen or so of the biggest publishers. They'll probably each own a ton of studios developing for them. If graphics fidelty continues to rise, expect the cost to develop a triple A title to rise even further.

On the other hand, there seems quite a growing indie scene developing lots of interesting/niche games. At the same time I think we'll see a growing number of "cheap" or even free game engines, like unity, that'll allow those indie developers to start creating a game immediately instead of wasting time writing their own tools.

Guys they are not going away as it's chapter 11. They have a backer so THQ will still be making games. MGM and Marvel have done the same before. They are still around.

I look forward to Darksiders III

Well, THQ is going to officially cease to exist and its properties are going to be spread out throughout the industry with other publishers now.

This is a sad, sad day.

http://www.kccllc.net/thq