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    Andrew Yoon posted a new article, THQ to auction off remaining franchises, including Darksiders, Red Faction, and Homeworld.

    THQ has announced plans to sell off its remaining IP in an auction to end by May.
    Feb 26, 2013 5:15pm PST
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    Andrew Yoon posted a new article, THQ to auction off remaining franchises, including Darksiders, Red Faction, and Homeworld.

    THQ has announced plans to sell off its remaining IP in an auction to end by May. : ShacknewsThis person is cool!

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      Someone has to pickup Darksiders it must live on :( I wonder if the team already has new jobs a long time... : valcan_sThis person is cool!
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        Someone has to pick up Homeworld! : Haku-JinThis person is cool!
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          It better go back into the hands of relic. : OutlawSundown
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            I'm not even sure anyone who worked on Homeworld 2 is left at the company. The culture has also shifted c... : RaptorII
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              I think they still have more than enough talent to do another game. It's better off with them than either... : OutlawSundown
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                I seriously doubt SEGA gives a shit about it, so even if they picked it up, they would probably still jus... : RaptorII
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                  Sega happily cranks out TW games don't see why not. : OutlawSundown
                  • Resurrecting a dead franchise is riskier than churning out yearly sequels and expansions to a living one.... : RaptorII
        • There was an indiegogo to acquire it http://www.indiegogo.com/save-homeworld : thejay247
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          I wouldn't complain if someone grabbed it just to prevent damage to the IP, though I would prefer if they... : RaptorII
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            Also, Homeworld: Cataclysm isn't included in the auction... I wonder what happened to that? : RaptorII
            • Maybe it's just rolled in with Homeworld, like the DLC presumably is for Red Faction: Guerrilla and Armag : ATimson
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            fake open source thing? : Lucy LabiaThis person is cool!
            • They offered the source to teams with a plan and evidence they could do something with it, and then were ... : RaptorII
        • Wouldn't a modern combat FPS set in the Homeworld universe be awesome!? With a streamlined cinematic stor : dumb.
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        I hope Platinum goes after it like previously hinted. : Sideways BobThis person is cool!
        • Yeah they be rad new owner, the only beef I had was 2 was so perfect minus maybe the engine I am not sure... : valcan_sThis person is cool!
      • I think Platinum games picked up a lot of Vigil staff. : DerringerThis person is cool!
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      Somebody buy Red Faction and turn it back into a first person shooter! The first two games were great! : Mr Milquetoast
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        Blasting fuckers through the wall with the railgun/x-ray thing was fucking great. Same with blasting thr... : MacemanInTW
        • It really sucked when the enemies had it though. Instadead through a wall or closed door sucks. : ArcanumThis person is cool!
        • me and my friends had a blast with the first game at LANs, rail drivers were hilarious/awesome : JohnathanDoe
      • *record scratch* First was good, but second? No nop nopooe : shirif
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        I want a true sequel to RF:G. Then again if they included destruction in SR4 I'd be even more excited. : Turd FergusonThis person is cool!
        • This so hard. With physx and shit. : (mojo)
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          SR4... with... destroyable buildings.... Excuse me, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLnWf1sQkjY : Toraz ChryxThis person is cool!
          • And if you destroy a building important to a mission it changes to a different location or you change the... : thrallie200
        • This. THIS! I am playing Space Asshole right now and want MORE SPACE ASSHOLE NEXTGEN LEVEL! : General Balsaga
      • They should of never left the mines.. : Vincenoir
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      What a mess. Relic originally published Homeworld 1 & 2 through Sierra. Relic was acquired by THQ, Sierr... : CoreContingency
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        Most importantly, who has Homeworld now? : VoodooThursday
        • No one yet, it's up for grabs. The link at the bottom has a full breakdown. http://www.businesswire.com/n... : drhazard
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      I hope crytek buys the IP for darksiders. They hired most of vigil's former staff, it would be perfect. : creeping-deathThis person is cool!
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        Except for the whole free-to-play route they have multiple times said they are going. I know I don't wan... : DragonSire
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          Cevat Yerli or whatever his name is likes to shoot his mouth off. I wouldn't take that too seriously unt... : ArcanumThis person is cool!
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            They've already announced Warface: http://www.crytek.com/games/warface/overview : azshackThis person is cool!
            • True, I had forgotten about that. On the other hand, Cevat Yerli does tend to make extreme statements wh... : ArcanumThis person is cool!
        • Pay to play is still a perfectly viable business model, did crytek state they're going F2P exclusive or s... : creeping-deathThis person is cool!
        • Don't think they'd put free to play for a single player game though : ClawHammR
      • Was thinking that also, really hope it goes back to them. Double fine will likely pick up their games' li... : ClawHammR
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        I was pretty sure that Crytek said they had no interest in Darksiders :( : DerringerThis person is cool!
        • Maybe it's like in Quantum of Solace when the CIA douche is like "lol no interest in that badguy" and it ... : the_burd
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          They did, they said they want them doing something new and awesome. I'm okay with that. : nodeThis person is cool!
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            I am both okay and disappointed with that. I loved Darksiders 1 and 2. : DerringerThis person is cool!
            • Got the first one in a Steam sale, still haven't played it. Damn backlogs :[ : Mr. Goodwrench
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      Wtf, no one has said they wanted Homeworld to get bought? I hope Sega buys it. : Mecha Tofu Pirate
      • The first round of sales was for larger serial IP and games that were close to completing development so ... : DrWaffles
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        ...and they give it to Gearbox to develop Homeworld 3. : phate81
        • Fuuuuuuuuuuuuu : Mecha Tofu Pirate
        • "...who then out-souced all development to a third party while shilling funding from Sega intended for Ho... : NickDelios
        • After Colonial Marines, I'd be surprised to see GearBox develop anything for Sega ever again. Creati... : asianwaste
      • Dunno, the first two sold poorly despite being great games : creeping-deathThis person is cool!
    • I'd buy most of them for a dollar. : shirif
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      The most important question here is Saints Row. Did anyone purchase that iP? I absolutely loved SR3, must... : creeping-deathThis person is cool!
      • Koch Media picked up Volition, and it is assumed that also included the rights to Saints Row. No idea why... : CoreContingency
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      wasn't there a kickstarter to acquire Homeworld IP ?!! : hanged_man
      • They only got pledges for ~25% of what they wanted. : givemesnacks
      • A kickstarter to try to buy something at auction would be retarded. : BeadyThis person is cool!
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      WHATS HAPPENING TO THE 40k MMO LICENSE/ASSETS ?!?!?! : Disarray
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        Went to Sega, I thought? : Mad Brahmin DiseaseThis person is cool!
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          relic went to sega, and with them I'm assuming went the rights to the Dawn of War franchise. Vigil ha... : Disarray
          • SPICE MUHREEEEEEEN!!! : Mad Brahmin DiseaseThis person is cool!
    • GEARBOX, STAY THE FUCK AWAY! : Kojak2000
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      IIRC, someone single handedly figured out the license problems with System Shock 2. Can someone please do... : VoodooThursday
      • Honestly, I'd be happy if someone just got the rights to put it on GOG. Still haven't played HW2 yet :/ : Mister Groin