THQ individual franchises up for grabs, more show up to bid

JS:The Twitter feed for Distressed Debt Investing has been doing courtroom reporting, noting that the judge has set an auction date of January 22 where THQ assets could be sold individually. It's also been reported that Electronic Arts is now among the bidders. Warner Bros. has also been acknowledged as sniffing around, along with several others.

[majiebeast]

Reminds me of a bunch of vultures picking at a corpse. EA better not get any of the big franchises, dont care if they take WWE those games were subpar anyway.

@NYC
Didnt Ubisoft show intrest for some franchises?

[NYC_Gamer]

I believe the big franchises will be split between EA & Warner Bros...

@majiebeast

Could Ubisoft really afford to out bid EA or Warner?

[guitarded77]

Well, we all knew it was bound to happen. I hope whoever gets the franchises absorbs some of the more talented programmers, designers and artists so they don't all lose their jobs.

I'll be interested to see where Saint's, Darksiders, Red Faction and Company of Heroes go. Saint's seems like an obvious pick-up for EA. They need a sandbox franchise. Also, they have the teams in place for Company of Heroes. It's hard to say who Darksiders and Red Faction will be best with.

[NYC_Gamer]

EA and Warner be be fighting over these...

WWE
Company of Heroes
Saints Row
Metro-Last Light

[NYC_Gamer]

Damn,will be fighting over these...

[Elwenil]

Yeah, hopefully whoever gets CoH will treat it with respect.

[ABizzel1]

EA will get WWE, Saint's Row (EA has their own GTA)

Warner will get Company of Heroes & Metro (EA doesn't need another shooter, or RTS)

[shutUpAndTakeMyMoney]

I wish Metro when to CD Projekt. But that won't happen.

[DonMingos]

Warner Bros should grab Darksiders and Red Faction
Take Two should own the Metro franchise
EA should grab WWE and Warhammer 40000
Ubisoft could turn Homefront into a great Franchise and also take on Company of Heroes
Microsoft could use an exclusive open world sandbox like Saints Row
Sony should continue to push for new Ip's and support guillermo's del toro Insane

[NYC_Gamer]

I'm not a fan of Saints Row but i'd rather the franchise stay multi-platform

[Hazmat13]

who ever picks up Saints Row and Metro better not F them up.

[Swiggins]

Agree'd

Metro Last Light looks amazing.

[shackdaddy]

God no, please don't let EA get anything good...

[torchic]

I'd love to see them get WWE, it's a match made in heaven.

[Dlacy13g]

I think we are going to see a lot of bidders if the auction time frame hits without an approved sale. I fully expect all major Publishers including the likes of MS and Sony to dip their toes in the process.

[Catoplepas]

The only THQ franchise I care about is Summoner, and they stopped making those games a long time ago.

[Alos88]

I wonder who will buy Darksiders?

[Rampaged Death]

Warner seems like a perfect home for Darksiders

[ApolloTheBoss]

Warner or Ubisoft is fine by me. So long as they don't milk it every year.

[Rampaged Death]

Anyone but EA or Activision !

[jc48573]

whatever happened to Devil's Third? Who is going to publish that game now?

[NYC_Gamer]

Here's the news about it

http://www.playstationlifes...

[jaymart2k]

I know what this means for all these franchises, delays.

[YoungPlex]

I hope someone great picks up the Darksiders IP, if it falls in the hands of someone awful, I'm afraid it might turn out the way Turok did after acclaim died.

[avenger.avrs]

I kind of want Nintendo to get Darksiders. It would be pretty cool if they got Saints Row. Ahhhh wishful thinking..... No matter what I just hope everyone that was working can continue to do so.

[Plagasx]

EA...YOU GET YOUR DAMN HANDS OFF METRO!

[Rayansaki]

Hope Ubi manages to get Saints Row, It would be a disaster if it went to EA.

[blackblades]

Me to I want UBI to get saints row and darksiders.

[krazykombatant]

OH GOD PLEASE ANYONE BUT EA BUY DAWN OF WAR. PLEASE I BEG YOU!!! Last thing I want is BioWare doing more b.s on the RTS genre than its already doing with Command and Conquer.