WWE 2K officially is now a part of the 2K Sports family
The negotiations are over, and Take 2 has officially struck a deal with WWE to have exclusive rights on the videogame license. As such, WWE '14 will be retitiled to fit in with the rest of the 2K Sports line, and is now WWE 2K14.
(PS3, WWE '14, WWE 2K14, Xbox 360)
Someone will pick it up eventually I hope. Such a waste of a perfectly good franchise. They really nailed the combat in the 2nd game. One can hope that someone like Platinum Games picks it up.
The game industry is a business like any other, publishers and developers are out there trying to make as much money as possible.
From what has been reported, Darksiders 2 lost THQ money, mostly due to only getting decent sales for a high budget game.
Publishers during THQ's sale weren't looking for a quality franchise to pick up, but one that would sell well. Since the Darksiders name doesn't sell, a publisher might as well develop its own franchise rather than buy Darksiders.
I'm kind of disappointed about that. I was hoping for a new developer and engine and everything. I read that Visual Concepts is helping out with it, so hopefully that at least brings some changes to the games.
I was happy to hear 2K picked up the franchise, but was sad to hear they were keeping that crappy development group Yukes. They need to bring back AKI, and ditch Yukes. They haven't made a decent fighting game in years.
From what has been reported, Darksiders 2 lost THQ money, mostly due to only getting decent sales for a high budget game.
Publishers during THQ's sale weren't looking for a quality franchise to pick up, but one that would sell well. Since the Darksiders name doesn't sell, a publisher might as well develop its own franchise rather than buy Darksiders.