Round Up: Every Nintendo Reveal And More At THQ Nordic's 2024 Showcase

Wow, that Goldman game’s art style looks very creative

Intrigued about Goldman as well. Animation looks amazing and the music could also be something.
At the same time, just looking at the trailer and I feel like there are so many frustrating moments in this game already XD

THQ Nodic = Poorly optimised with performance issues.

THQNordic are never great on Switch, and they know this. They typically focus on being that good PS2 energy back to the other 2, but also because almost the whole of Embracer is pretty crap at Switch optimization, especially with most of the studios that were good at that leaving with Saber. Fitting then that the only 2 Switch games confirmed so far (Tarsier's last game was Nintendo exclusive so we'll most likely get whatever Pig Guy Game is) where the two IP they don't actually own.

It's nice that they're letting Weappy keep ownership of Goldman. They're Embraces longest running outside partner, going back to when it was still just Nordic Games, and they've been making the same IP for them Intelligent Systems style since, but now they have a Donkey Kong to fully call their own.

I forgot THQ was even a thing. I boycotted them decades ago for their shoddy work.

@Ironcore THQ Nordic is a separate entity. The original THQ went under, they just own the name and some of their properties.

Goldman and Epic Mickey Rebrushed (loved the original Wii game and I'm generally not a Disney video game fan). They both look the most intriguing. I've already done the Darksiders series and I think I'm done with it.

@Lizuka Any time I’ve seen THQ on something, including in the last decade, it looks just as bad as the previous decades. Same name and by the look of it, same garbage.

THQNordic has been among the highlights of my time with the Switch. I enjoyed all four Darksiders titles (craving this new one!) the two SpongeBob games are great, and of course their ports of titles like Red Faction , and Risen.
They’ve been a solid contributor as far as I’m concerned!

@Zeebor15 I thought wreckfest 1 on switch got good performance reviews.

@Qwertyninty THQNordic has one studio that's fantastic at Switch optimization; HandyGames. Only problem is, they nromally have to prioritize mobile over Switch for money reasons. I've seen the finace charts; I can't blame them for putting greater emphasis on the bigger market, but I can still hate DECA's, and by that I mean Crazy Labs' development practices.

Back on topic, Wreckfest was the only time HandyGames was able to work with the original team to get it running on Switch at the same time as mobile. Now, because of the Dark Times, they're stretched to thin to do porting "in-house" especially not now that they've lost Saber. It's the sad state of things.

@Ironcore Most of Embracer's games are made on razor thin margins and therefore have to prioritize certain platforms over others. They're much better on PS4, which is where I play all my THQNordic games.

Cool darksiders and titan quest 2 definitely intrested in
But are they going on switch or switch 2?

Darksiders for sure! Been a fan of all of them.

A new Darksiders game starring War would nice. He's the next in line I would say (War, Death, Fury, Strife and then War again).

Just make his character model more normal (not like a Teletubbie), like Fury in 3 (she was really well done imo). AND please do not overdo the dungeons/environmental puzzles like in 1 and 2.

@Ironcore THQ was always a bit of a skeezy brand and their financial downfall did introduce some terrible AAA practices. But, THQ Nordic is not that bad of a company and are actually a completely different organization (based in Austria rather than the US for example). But, yeah their Switch ports are pretty hit and miss, and the fact that they bought up a bunch of older THQ and other obscure/mediocre PS2-era IPs doesn't endear them as a titan of game publishing either.

Their owner Embracer Group though... OOOOoh nelly now that is a company with some pretty bleak reputation.

I can’t believe we’re in the timeline where Wreckfest 2 will be released before Dangerous Driving 2 / Wreckreation. The first one actually came out being great even when the game was called Next Car Game.

Three Fields Entertainment are just as bad as Nacon with Test Drive Unlimited 3; hyped up announcement in 2020 just to say it’s coming in 12 months… and then another 12 months… and so on until 2024. Announce it when it’s almost ready, not when you’re starting development!

Yay! A new Darksiders game. I want to play it on the Successor.

I’ll be back for Darksiders on Switch 2, not interested in anything coming to Switch 1 from 3rd party, but THQN in particular

We’ll I’m excited to see what Tarsier is up too. Few horror games actually freak me out like Little Nightmares did, and that trailer was horrid in the best way!

I LOVE THQ. I don't care what reputation they have here; I've been a fan ever since the first Darksiders, and they don't seem to shy away from doing things differently when the rest of the gaming world is chasing trends. I'm so so excited for many of the announcements, and that Darksiders teaser has me pumping my fists.