Added: 23.04.2013 6:19 | 3 views | 0 comments


VG Republic Writes: Nordic Games acquired the rights to a bevy of THQ licenses today in the liquidation of the companies assets due to bankruptcy for a rather meager amount considering the fact that they netted 150 individual skews for a total of $4.9 Million Dollars, as reported by Destructoid. The most notable title purchased was that of the Darksiders franchise. Some others included Red Faction, Destroy All Humans, and MX vs. ATV but Darksiders was the title that everyone was eyeing to see who would make the big play for the most recognizable game in THQs arsenal. Fans of the franchise had high hopes for someone making a play that could bring the full potential out in the franchise that has seemingly found its place amongst mediocrity. With Nordic Games making the purchase today fans heads are hanging a little lower as the publisher that typically works along side DreamCatcher Interactive, that has topped out with its titles within the Painkiller realm and hasnt published a si...

Added: 22.04.2013 20:27 | 8 views | 0 comments

Borderlands developer acquires franchise from THQ in bankruptcy auction for undisclosed sum, plans to create new games for digital platforms.

Gearbox Software has acquired the Homeworld franchise, the Borderlands and developer announced today. The Plano, Texas company prevailed as the top bidder for the series during a recent THQ bankruptcy auction for remaining unsold franchises.

Added: 19.04.2013 19:34 | 8 views | 0 comments

Company received 17 bids for "certain" remaining franchises, expected to bring in as much as $7 million when sale closes next month.

Bidding for the ). Seventeen final bids for "certain" IP are expected to bring in between $6 and $7 million when the sale process closes by the end of May.

Added: 15.04.2013 5:18 | 13 views | 0 comments


OXM - Crytek is the games industry's newest superpower. The company started in 1999 with a PC tech demo; that blossomed into the beautiful but blundering Far Cry. Ubisoft took subsequent development in-house, so Crytek applied its learnings to the glossier Crysis and its more open sequel Crysis 2. Now, it may have nailed the formula with Crysis 3, reviewed on page XXX - and perfected its hugely-impressive engine technology just in time for the arrival of the next Xbox, where it will be powering Homefront 2 and a new game from the creators of Darksiders - both from studios the company owns outright. We spoke to founder and CEO Cevat Yerli, about building Crysis and guessing what the next generation of consoles is capable of.

Added: 12.04.2013 15:18 | 10 views | 0 comments


While its awesome to get games like Darksiders 2 and the newest Call of Duty on the Wii U, gamers who already own Xbox 360s or PlayStations wont have a reason to invest in a new piece of hardware. Nintendos tagline for its last console was Wii would like to play. Yes, Nintendo, we would; just give us something we can play.