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25 CommentsThe future of Darksiders, Red Faction and THQ's other IP at Nordic Games
By Brian Crecente on Apr 23, 2013 04.23.13
"I've seen bad experiences with trying to handle creative people," said Wingefors, self-described entrepreneur and owner of Nordic Games Group and Wingefors Invest. "So we don't have any internal developers and I don't intend to." Typically that wouldn't be a problem for a game distributor, but as of yesterday afternoon unofficially, and next month officially, Wingefors' Nordic Games will be the owner of more than 150 individual titles, rights to titles and video game franchises, each the beloved orphan of THQ's steady disintegration. It will be up to Wingefors and his business team in Austria to decide what to do with the likes of MX Vs. ATV, Darksiders, Red Faction, Deadly Creatures, Destroy All Humans, Supreme Commander, Titan Quest, and the list goes on and on. Does he plan to...
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10 CommentsteamPixel outbid on Homeworld IP by mysterious buyer, refunding Kickstarter donations
By Jenna Pitcher on Apr 19, 2013 04.19.13
After being outbid by an unidentified party, mobile and desktop app developer teamPixel is refunding money to those who backed its Kickstarter campaign to purchase the Homeworld IP from THQ. The studio had hoped to develop Homeworld 3 for Windows PC, Mac and Linux, and Homeworld Touch for iOS and Android, if the intellectual property was secured. "Homeworld will escape the THQ bankruptcy to a new home, however, that home will not be with teamPixel, LLC," the Kickstarter update reads. "The auction for the Homeworld license ended April 15, 2013, and while we reached qualified bidder status for the bankruptcy auction, we were unable to raise the necessary funds to remain competitive against the other parties at the auction." teamPixel did not divulge who the new owner was, but it...
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14 CommentsApp developer turns to crowdfunding to buy Homeworld IP from THQ
By Alexa Ray Corriea on Jan 24, 2013 01.24.13
Mobile and desktop app developer teamPixel has set up a campaign on crowdsourcing site Indiegogo to purchase the Homeworld IP from THQ, and is planning to continue the series with Homeworld 3 and Homeworld Touch titles should their funding be successful. Relic Entertainment was purchased by Sega for $26.6 million in yesterday's auction to liquidate THQ's assets. The IP for Relic's Homeworld franchise was not included in the list of acquisitions, sparking teamPixel's "Save Homeworld" project. TeamPixel is asking for $50,000 towards the purchase of the IP, and plans to draw on the "equity funding, credit, and even the pocket change" of its staff to augment the purchase. The developer hopes pre-order campaigns for its planned new titles will assist in funding as well. If the campaign...
