South Park, Company of Heroes 2, Metro: Last Light Delayed

Let's hope future Wii U owners pick up Darksiders II.

Man, this is just going to be fucking Midway all over again, isn't it? I don't think I have another slow, painful publisher death in me. :(

That's depressing.

The three unreleased titles listed are some of the most interesting or exciting games to be announced. I hope their sales reflect that.

As someone who fucking loved Metro 2033, I really hope it all works out. Not as much into CoH but I love Relic's 40k output and would love to see them do well and who knows maybe get into the franchise.

I'm not surprised that Darksiders II hasn't been a huge success. They failed to deliver on their setup at the end of the first game. This is what happens when businessmen who don't understand their customers make the decisions for a company.

@ThePickle: Well spoken,

Well this sucks. :(

Uh oh.

I need my Metro.

Darksiders, Metro, Warhammer, Saints Row, and COH are THQ's best franchises, and I hope that they either have a successful realease/reception, or great publishers that are not EA or Activision take them up if THQ falls.

i don't get the statement could someone explain. will these 3 games make it to store shelves or are they as good as cancelled and thq is lying about them actually coming out.

Everything is pointing to THQ attempting to go private. Today's conference call was less than 20 minutes, and they did not take any investor calls. The company that they are talking to, Centerview Partners, is a private equity brokerage.

Arrgh! Do not mess with my Metro release!!!

Has any DLC come out for Darksiders 2 yet? I'm pretty sure I bought the season pass for it, but haven't seen anything yet.

THQ has been releasing a ridiculous number of games I enjoyed for a few years now. It sucks to see them on the way out. Though, hey, it sounded like there wouldn't even be a THQ in 2013 earlier this year. Here's hoping the developers find new homes shortly after it all goes down.

So sad. THQ had really turned themselves around as far as quality goes in the past couple of years. They suffer though from making quite a few good games but very few really great games. It's like they have several 4 star series but they really could use that 5 star series. I guess South Park is probably their best bet right now. Hope that and Company of Heroes 2 do well enough to keep them afloat. I'm most excited for Metro Last Light but I doubt that will make much of a dent sales wise. I'm also a bit excited for Homefront 2 now that Crytek is developing it. Should at least be less buggy and look better. And if they manage to offer the depth that Crysis has but with the more interesting premise from Homefront then I could see it being pretty good. There have already been too many casualties of THQ's financial downfall. Hopefully there won't be any more and one of these games will be successful enough to turn them around.

Sad to hear their not doing well, but from what I'm hearing WWE13 is selling really really well. So maybe that'll help.

@Andy_117 said:

I suggest Kickstarter, THQ. Err'ones doin' it!

Well, you know, instead of a Kickstarter, how about people go and buy a copy of Darksiders 2, it's a pretty good game :o

@Talis12 said:

THQ makes solid games.. wtf happened?

Not enough people buying em- that simple.

Even if this isn't the end of THQ, unless there's a quick sudden turn in fortune it's pretty much guaranteed to be the end for the Darksiders franchise. THQ openly stated the game needed to sell over 2 million to break even, and they would only openly consider Darksiders 3 if it made it past 3-4 million.

Last I checked, Darksiders 2 has sold over 1 million- but is probably not going to break 2 million fast enough. (It wasn't a complete flop, but it wasn't the success THQ was banking on)

Though who knows- maybe holiday sales will somehow save em. (Probably not :\ )

Something not mentioned here, they're also making Homefront 2. Stop making games I don't want and delaying the ones I do!

@Phished0ne said:

I totally missed Company of Heros and was hoping to pick up the sequel when it came out. I hope THQ finds a way to stay solvent long enough to release the few precious games on their list. Although things arent looking good =\

You should get it on Steam. It's cheap and still holds up well. I just played it and I think it looks better than XCOM, which just came out.

THQ makes solid games.. wtf happened?

Dude, I'll buy all the THQ games that even remotely interest me, just to try to help keep the company afloat. That includes the rerelease of Saints Row The Third tomorrow.

It really is disappointing to hear news like this, THQ are a breathe of fresh air in a condensed and mostly bland market. I picked up Darksiders 2 and while it wasn't as good as Darksiders 1, it was still a fresh experience.

The fates will make certain that no good "South Park" game will ever exist. Through ANY means necessary. Bad news all around.

Ouch, three good games right there too...

Sounds a bit like Metro had its MP cut because the team was being cut or downsized and it saved them money as apposed to it being solely for the SP's benefit. I won't be risking a pre-order anyway. These games need decent reviews for me to feel safe buying them now for sure.

If THQ goes south, I hope games like CoH2, Metro, and South Park can all find new publishers.

I totally missed Company of Heros and was hoping to pick up the sequel when it came out. I hope THQ finds a way to stay solvent long enough to release the few precious games on their list. Although things arent looking good =\

I'd be more bummed about the push on South Park if it wasn't for Project Eternity.

THQ has some games I really want to play. Metro and more Saints Row... I hope they can pull through.

I really love THQ, I feel real bad for them. Darksiders II deserved to do better for them - whatever you think of the game, it was an ambitiously-scoped sequel in a sea of sequels that would rather rest on predecessor's laurels - and... man, they have the 40k license. And they've been real nice to it, too! They have heaps of brilliant developers under their wing. ...THQ is probably my favourite "big" publisher, and it hurts to see them in this sort of situation, honestly.

I suggest Kickstarter, THQ. Err'ones doin' it!

3 games I want delayed at once. Bummer...

@Abendlaender said:

@Dagbiker:

I don't really care about THQ's other games but if you make something that has something to do with something called "Homeworld 3" (I would also take WorldHome 3, WomeHorld 3 or "that other space thing from them guys who did some Warhammer stuff) in it I will do everything you want. Every.Thing!

Yes.

@Hef: It's only long because the game is so padded out with shit quests that make you do the same thing over and over again. I'd say there is probably less content than the original, just more bloat.

As for the the delay to South Park, did anyone really expect it not to be? This is Obsidian making this game, to expect timely, well polished games is just foolish.

I'm really looking forward to South Park. :(

I also nearly punched the screen when I read ''2014'', but then I realised what it meant. It better not be delayed again. -_-

@MideonNViscera said:

Well, I am looking forward to South Park so damn.

Yeah, same here, that's a long time to wait now. I'm not all that surprised, since THQ's dire financial straits have been known for a bit, but you can't help but feel sorry for them. They really seem like they are trying their best. Stupid uDraw really fucked 'em over, apparently.

THQ isn't doing great. Unfortunate, but a known factor at this point.

Just make Saints Row: Quatro and they'll make some money!

You know I didn't really care much for darksiders 2 and only bought it cause there was on for $25 on steam some weekend really soon after it came out. I just started playing it this weekend and holy shit is that a loooooooong game. I was expecting something close to 8-10 hours but it's easily double that. There is a crap ton of content in that game.

Makes me wish it sold better.

THESE ARE ALL GAMES I AM HEAVILY INTERESTED IN PLAYING PLEASE DON'T GO OUT OF BUSINESS THQ ALSO SAINTS ROW 4 ALSO MANY PEOPLE MAKE THEIR LIVELIHOOD WORKING THERE AND THE INDUSTRY IS ALREADY NOT DOING SO HOT RIGHT NOW OKAY THANKS FOR HEARING ME OUT GUYS.

@Scratch said:

Please don't cancel Company of Heroes 2. Please.

That shouldn't happen it had a massive showing at this years Eurogamer Expo and has just entered internal (Relic/THQ) testing. Closed beta is due to start this month too.

No, not Toy Headquarters too!

I just hope the Toy Headquarters remains solvent long enough to deliver us "The Next Great Sequel in the Saints Row Franchise".

Well, I am looking forward to South Park so damn.

If Metro gets cancelled, I don't know what I'll do with myself. First S.T.A.L.K.E.R. and now (possibly) this?

All this cause of a stupid fucking drawing tablet. What a shame.

@Dagbiker:

I don't really care about THQ's other games but if you make something that has something to do with something called "Homeworld 3" (I would also take WorldHome 3, WomeHorld 3 or "that other space thing from them guys who did some Warhammer stuff) in it I will do everything you want. Every.Thing!