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

That's a fucking shame. THQ may not be the biggest name in the game, but they make damn solid titles and it'd be awful if they end closing up shop.

@Equal_Opportunity_Destroyer497 said:

I was really hoping that Darksiders 2 would help but in hindsight pinning your hopes on that one title did seem to be folly. Better get that next Saints Row out the door quick!

I never believed that game could sell well enough to save a company. Darksiders is meant to be a supplementary title. I guess a better question is what, exactly, is supposed to be THQ's headliner? Because I think even CoH 2 is a stretch.

Guys, this might be our chance, what if we create a kickstarter to save THQ and get Homeworld 3 at the same time!!!

Of course I make light of a sad situation. It is always sad when a publisher and/or Developer dies, because with it im sure many games never get sold, and so get bought up by a bank, or are just lost forever. Which I have no doubt happened to Homeworld when Sierra shut down. The same thing happen to System Shock and it will happen again.

An investor call where the company says "everything is fucked, we don't want to talk about it" and hangs up? Ouch, the vultures are really circling now.

At this point, someone would pick up Metro and Company of Heroes (especially Company of Heroes) even if THQ goes under. They have to be mostly done by this point. It might delay things, but those games should come out. I'm not as sure about South Park, since that doesn't have a great game track record, but I imagine just having the name would be enough to sell it to enough fans to make money. Unless it's an absolute mess or something.

I was really hoping things would get better for THQ. Im really looking forward to both the south park RPG and metro last light. Lets hope THQ doesn't collapse before there released.

@Korwin said:

@Abendlaender said:

I don't like the sound of this. If they kill Relic I'll never get Homeworld 3.....

Relic will survive, the studio will likely be picked up by another publisher... I just hope it's Square and not EA or Activision.

Eh, after what happened to C&C I don't think EA has any interest in an RTS Studio and as long as they don't plan a Call of Duty RTS Activision wont care either. Maybe Take Two could pick them up.

Of course IF THQ dies, which I don't hope....

I hope they stick around long enough to publish Darksiders 3. I loved Darksiders but Darksiders 2 felt incomplete. It was kind of haunting, especially the music, but it felt like the first 2/3 was polished and ready while the last third was a rush job with no real resolution. Regardless I still enjoy the universe and hope we see more from Vigil games soon.

I was really looking forward to that South Park game.

Damn that sucks, THQ is a company I want to succeed and just can't seem to get the hits that they need to survive. I should've bought Darksiders 2 day one to support them but I'm also glad I didn't from what I have heard, it's good but not as much fun as the first one. What other games have they released since Darksiders 2? That can't be the one they put all their eggs into that basket....

@Winternet: Yea from what I have seen Darksiders 2 sold like shit.

Oh, fucking hell. CoH 2 needs to happen. This cannot become the victim of mere financial bullshit.

Darkiders 2 underperformed? They are fucked!

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

just a whole lot of sad news :( I didn't end up liking Darksiders 2 but I bought it just to throw some money their way. A real shame for THQ, I hope they can make a come back.

@Abendlaender said:

I don't like the sound of this. If they kill Relic I'll never get Homeworld 3.....

Relic will survive, the studio will likely be picked up by another publisher... I just hope it's Square and not EA or Activision.

if you read into it via the forbes.com article. it really looks like they're done.. or will be done before Q2 next year.. I sure hope not! I love THQ.

Boooo. I got both COH 2 and SP pre-ordered. Wonder if I will get a refund if they get canned.

I don't like the sound of this. If they kill Relic I'll never get Homeworld 3.....

South Park nooooooo

This might be it for THQ, I did buy all there games this year Saints Row 3, Darksiders 2, and WWE 13 to try and help them but it seems it is not enough.

This news makes me sad. Very sad.

Should've seen this coming...but still disappointing. I hope Metro makes it by March. I'm kind of surprised Darksiders didn't sell better. It's hardly the most popular series out there but the sequel had a decent amount of hype behind it before it came out.

Pretty sad news, they've been putting out some of the more interesting games in the last couple years.

nooo my metrooo!

DICKTITS!

I was really hoping that Darksiders 2 would help but in hindsight pinning your hopes on that one title did seem to be folly. Better get that next Saints Row out the door quick!

No... Please just let Metro make it!

:(

Fuck, fuck, and fuck again.

THQ’s fiscal 2013 second quarter call today was not filled with much joy, and the company was quick to end it.

Firstly, South Park: The Stick of Truth was scheduled for March 5, 2013, but it’s now scheduled for “early fiscal 2014,” which means sometime after March 31, 2013. Company of Heroes 2 and Metro: Last Light are now both scheduled for vague releases in March, though presumably before the fiscal year is up on March 31.

Darksiders II was released to a decent amount of fanfare in August, but it hasn’t translated into stellar sales, with THQ characterizing the sequel as having underperformed.

The company also refused to issue any financial guidance for the future, and cancelled the traditional Q&A session with analysts and investors at the end of the call. THQ basically hung up the phone, but alluded to the publisher continuing to have money flow problems as it continues its painful transition.

It doesn’t seem like things are going to get any easier at THQ anytime soon.