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News: THQ back from the dead, kind of

Added: 13.06.2014 11:37 | 7 views | 0 comments

Name lives on as Nordic Games acquires trademark.

News: THQ back from the dead, kind of news

In an interview with Polygon, Nordic Games general manager Klemens Kruezer said the company has agreed a deal for the THQ trademark, after acquiring over one hundred SKUs in the 2013 bankruptcy auction.

"It was kind of a surprise to some industry veterans and players that we were the winner of the auction of the THQ titles," Kruezer said. "The challenging fact is nobody has ever heard about Nordic Games before [the THQ auction]. There were so many articles with the headlines 'Who the f**k is Nordic Games?' We said, okay they were right.

"We have seen an uplift in the...