THQ auctions off assets - WWE franchise to go to 2K (Take2)?
 

THQ and all company assets will officially be divided up and have been sold in a Chapter 11 bankruptcy auction.

Many of the publisher's assets were already purchased through the auction, including Sega buying Company of Heroes studio Relic Games for $26 million, according to DDInvesting.

Ubisoft placed the leading bid on South Park: The Stick of Truth for $3.2 million, despite South Park Digital Studios attempting to have the game exempt from the auction. Ubisoft also purchased THQ's Montreal studio for $2.5 million, which is headed by former Assassin's Creed designer Patrice Désilets working on a game tentatively titled 1666.

Koch Media, which is the owner of Dead Island publisher Deep Silver, purchased Volition studios and their Saints Row and Red Faction franchises for $22.3 million, along with the Metro series for $5.8 million.

Crytek, which had already begun developing Homefront 2, bought the rights in full to that series for $500,000.

Finally, Take Two has bought the rights to Left 4 Dead developer Turtle Rock's upcoming game called Evolve for $11 million.

In a letter to all THQ employees, CEO Brian Farrell and president Jason Rubin said that any unclaimed assets will still be part of the publisher's Chapter 11 case and it will "make every effort to find appropriate buyers, if possible".

Unfortunately, this seems to spell bad news for Darksiders developer Vigil Games, as former employees can already be found on Twitter asking about job openings.

The Darksiders series could still be picked up by a publisher, along with other unclaimed franchises like Destroy All Humans and de Blob.


R.I.P. THQ :(

I do hope Saints Row doesn't suffer... I think there'll always be a gap in the market for a more-insane GTA where you can create obese asian women with male cockney accents.

Hopefully Volition will remain the same, if Koch Media has any sense they'll let the dev team get on with it