THQ goes broke, owes WWE $45 million

[Crippler]

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Bankrupt THQ owes WWE $45 million, Vince McMahon "furious" - Cageside Seats

Dat 45 mil :Kobe2:

 

[ThatGuyFromNukemHigh]

The only bad news about this is that Warhammer 40,000 (Dawn of War, Space Marine) are now without a developer.

 

[Troy]

WWE will be fine in the end, they won't get all their $45 million back but they will easily be able to find a new publisher for their titles. The WWE has one of the biggest video game franchises and it is basically a licence to print money. This will be one of the first assets picked up by another company as it will be easy to sell off.

 

[Deezy]

Great, now I might have to sit through a terrible EA WWE game in the future, and THQ was just beginning to turn the tide on wrestling games.

 

[Rated R Superstar]

Well I know some people already know, but there are rumours Ubisoft is planning to buy them out.

 

[PHX]

That is a crazy amount of money and will be odd seeing WWE games without THQ but just hope the next company they go to isn't somebody like Acclaim making their games.

 

[We Are Legion]

Looks like UFC picked the perfect time to jump ship to EA. And THQ did a really great job with UFC 2012.

Back to the drawing board for WWE games I guess. I just hope fucking Acclaim doesn't go back to doing them. Oh god.

 

[PHX]

Glad I'm not the only one who dreads that. Do not feel like seeing a arcade style video game in 2013.

 

[Kiffy Lube]

Right as they put out one of the best wrestling games in years. Damn.

I'd like to see what EA could do with a WWE franchise type mode though.

 

[SAIYANS]

2k,interactive picks up the franchise IMO. It would make em a boatload ever Xmas with the nba

 

[We Are Legion]

What does the NBA have to do with a wrestling game?

 

[Kiffy Lube]

Honestly, I'd hate a wrestling game with an NBA 2k like superstar mode.

 

[Defiant]

Well I know some people already know, but there are rumours Ubisoft is planning to buy them out.

I heard about this and I don't like it because Ubisoft are nickle-and-diming twats.

 

[The Cork]

As long as the new developer keeps it as close as possible to the last few games I'll be happy.

Don't really like the OTT arcadey types like the All Star game and Legends of Wrestlemania.

 

[We Are Legion]

I'm pretty bored with the current THQ format tbh. It hasn't changed much in 10 years besides ironing out the quirks in online play. The offline modes like Universe is essentially just like playing with digital action figures. Kids stuff. Other than unlocking new arenas (gay), there isn't much to keep you invested. And the RTW stuff is too linear with little replay value. All things considered, it's probably best THQ passes the torch. I would be fine with EA being the publisher as long as it isn't their studios directly developing the WWE games.