THQ To Sell Majority Of Its Remaining IPs This April

i hope platinum buys darksiders and sega buys homeworld =)

Nintendo should revamp Homeworld games! It should be a very nice fit for the WiiU.

Nintendo should buy darksiders. Then incorporate that into the zelda timeline. After skyward sword there is a fourth timeline where Link is Death...

It's a shame that the awesome Darksiders devs who made that Zelda tribute are already gone...

C'mon, WayForward! Pick up that Darksiders IP!

I really hope someone picks up darksiders.

this would be a gret opportunity for ninty to bag itself another exclusive next to bayonetta 2.

a possible darksiders 3 would be a huge feather in nintendos hat. not to mention owning a great studio like vigil.

Almost finished Darksiders 2 now and I have to say I've really enjoyed it. It doesn't have the instant emotional hook that Zelda games do but, for me at lest, it's been a more fulfilling experience and combines the Zelda RPG mechanics with effective platforming and third person action mechanics, which are two of my favourite genres.

Basically, I'd love to see the series continue (and the first one get ported to the Wii U) but with the studio already dead and its staff fled there has to be concerns over the development of any possible next instalment. Concerns which would rightly be shared by publishers and consumers alike. Platinum, if they are genuinely interested and have the available cash (a big if) I could see doing something great with the IP. Nintendo would probably entrust it to someone like Platinum if they bought it; they have a happy knack of placing the right IP with the right studio. It's a lot of big "ifs" though and we're not going to be any the wiser for a few months.

In some ways, it does make sense as a Nintendo IP, in other ways it doesn't. It doesn't because it could be seen as a Zelda competitor (although, of course, they could always release in different years given current development cycles). It does make sense as Nintendo try to create a platform offering more "mature" and/or "core" (whatever those terms mean) games. Like Bayonetta 2, this could fill that niche nicely - a game that could help shed the "kiddie" image of Nintendo whilst still playing up to Nintendo like gameplay values.

@cornishlee
Wouldn't Donkey Kong or Luigi or Kirby be a competitor of Mario's? Wouldn't Wii Play be a competitor of Mario Party? Nintendo has a history of putting out games with similar play mechanics and or styles. Darksiders would be a great addition to that. I would love to see what Platinum (as you mentioned) would do with it. Retro could also potentially do an amazing job with the game!

I'm sure all of this would never happen, but it's a great "what if..."

Also, imagine if link had his heart ripped out by Dimise and got kicked into the temple of time's gates. The sages wanted to save him, so giving him the power of death was the only way to make use of his triforce imbued soul. And hence, a fourth time line appears!

Nintendo, just buy the Darksiders franchise and commit DS3 to Platinum, and win the console war

Come on Nintendo! You know we want Darksiders, you know that YOU want Darksiders! So what you're waiting for? Go grab it and make it another one of your great franchises!

C'mon Crytek USA!

Oh, they own Worms? I still play Armageddon

@NotEnoughGolds
"“We had chosen Austin as the destination for [our U.S. branch], and we needed a lean and core team of expert to run the studio,” said Yerli. “At the same time, we didn’t want to continue with Darksiders 3, since that doesn’t fit with our strategy. So when I heard that [THQ laid off everyone at Vigil], I decided on Saturday morning to fly out to meet with them to see if the team would be interested to join our mission, which is significantly different than what this team has done before.” - Crytek

Read more at http://venturebeat.com/2013/02/04/how-crytek-ceo-cevat-yerli-decided-to-hire-the-ex-vigil-team-based-on-a-single-meeting/#XJZzhGhrZibdXSHy.99

Worms for WiiU please...

Darksiders must continue!

@Shworange I threw up after reading that, besides you can infuse those games stories that would infuriate the original darksiders fans.

I bid £2 for Big Beach Sports. I'm sure I'll win; nobody else wants it. Then I can make sure noone has to suffer from its mediocrity again.

@eien1239
He he... Glad I could help

Nintendo need to buy Darksiders and give it to one of thier 2nd Party devs.
I already said on Miiverse if they were to bring the original Darksiders (visually updated) let alone the other 2 originally planned I would buy all of them.

Also there is a lot of love for Darksiders franchise, Couple it with Bayonetta it would be a massive coupe for WiiU exclusives

Nintendo, get that wallet out and spend. Too great an opportunity to miss!

Darksiders must live on

i want to see who grabs De Blob

I hope Nintendo buys destroy all humans,worms,and darksiders

Hopefully Darksiders finds a new, capable home! One that wants to work for Nintendo!

Whoever divided up the Lots for bidding didn't know what they were doing, imo. They have two lots featuring huge bunches of IP's that deserve to be sold off separately and to their developers. Locke's Quest and Drawn to Life 1-2 should be bundled and sold back to 5th Cell, and Costume Quest and Stacking should be bundled and sold back to Double Fine. Same with deBlob, and so forth. Many devs might be interested in buying back their own IP, but they may be hard pressed to buy the whole Lot. Hhmmm...I guess I'm just more of a gentleman then the remaining thq board members...

I see "crawler" has been wrapped up in a huge Lot aswell. I wonder if anyone will bite and make it what it was supposed to be? Crytek usa perhaps?

@ThreadShadow
Where did you find information on the lots? Judging by that interview I linked to in a previous comment, I'd guess Crytek USA are only interested in developing an original IP at this point in time.

I bet that all this stuff gets bought by MS and buried.

Whoever gets Darksiders will be compelled to reboot the franchise because they'll want to make 4 games instead of 2.