THQ files for bankruptcy

Just because they file for bankruptcy doesn't mean they're out of business. They're just restructuring debt to buy time until new products hit the market.

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blinkdog

what to do if your company faces this

1) buy/make small business

2) push all debt from big business to said small business

3)bankrupt said small business

4)profit

it worked for the guy who made the dalurian. ya the timecar.

12 years ago

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marbatico

this gets me wondering: what happens to steam copies of games of a producer when they go bankrupt? could you still buy them?

12 years ago

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Gramis

yes, but steam might not be able to put them on sale for the same reason it can't put kingdoms of amular on sale.

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Shad0WeN

why is it that Amazon can though? The complete pack is supposed to be $12 from 12/21-12/23 (Origin redeemable). I don't know the story behind it or the developer so just curious.

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Gramis

^this. Steam gets it directly from the devs.

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icedragon15

interesting does that mean crysis 3 maybe on steam through crytek but no sale tho ?

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blinkdog

i'm sure that steam had it in the works for a sale before this so have a pending contract.

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Avisole

The assets will most likely be split and purchased by other developers. So yes, you will still be able to buy them.

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Brotbaum

It depends what the new publisher wants. But when you already bought them you can still redownload it as often as you like, even when you can't buy them anymore.

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Gramis

What a shame. THQ was such a good company. Hope someone good picks up their games

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Brotbaum

Nooo!

I hope they don't sell their game rights to EA.

It looks like they weren't greedy enough...

12 years ago

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Incog

Don't even SAY that. Come on Valve, use that ridiculous amount of cash you have laying around and buy Metro: Last Light

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Brotbaum

But then we won't see a third Metro ;)

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smog0

but we will see metro last light episode 1 & 2 :)

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thomas404

Don't forget Company of Heroes 2!

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Azelka

Please don't sell to EA....

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GennyLam

to throw out a tad of optimism, regardless of who buys it - maybe we may see some cool sequels.

12 years ago

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Brotbaum

Yeah, Saints Row: Source from Valve and Saints Row: F2P from EA.

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BIGV

That would be bad...really bad...

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Anyhoo

Valve should buy their game rights

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kalil

I mean the same u.u, but Please Ea not buy this, you can converter this good games to a horrible..s dlcs game and pay 60.00 per old game and etc etc u.u

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ninjagaijin

THQ sucked. Good riddance.

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Flammable

No, they did not

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Alteria

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RichterLocke

You sir are an abject fucking moron.

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Frogskull

agreed

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AC3V1PER

Definetly

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WSS

EA Fanboy alert.

12 years ago

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Vercinger

Nah, it's you and a ton more people that are THQ fanboys. I don't get it, they haven't done anything that I can highly appreciate.

12 years ago

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karnage10

some games they published: dawn of war, company of heroes, stalker, darksiders,metro 2033,full spetrum warrior,etc
personally i consider such catalog good...

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Thatguyz

I hope you die, right now or by cancer

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Deiru

You do not wish that on anyone you fucking cunt.

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Tarre

RIP

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Reinheart

Really sucks. They didn't deserve this. My favourite games came from this company.

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Flammable

That is some bad news, but let's hope for the best...

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Pysiu

I do remember good things thanks to them.
Makes me sad but as they say, business is business (same thing that kills good things in many recent games :P)

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SemiJames

Very sad news.

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lucidus

Hopefully a private investor picks them up at a low price and makes them a private company again.

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SpankyPie

It's Chapter 11 bankruptcy, guys. It just allows the company to restructure while getting time to not pay back their debt. They still retain control of the company. A third of companies that undergo chapter 11 bankruptcy survive so let's just hope for the best. Actually, they have a good chance to pull through as they have Metro: Last Light, The Stick of Truth and Company of Heroes 2 nearly finished.

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ZothOmmog

Thanks for the info - maybe all is not lost, then.

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thomas404

Fuck SE. I used to have a lot of respect for them but they are heading down a mountain to join EA and Activision. Still, no hate just verging on dislike.

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DonVino

Red Faction series and Metro....Imo amongst the best games. The other games werent that bad either. I really liked THQ.

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Disturbed0ne

That is a shame, I spent a lot of my teen years playing their wrestling games on the N64. :(

I really hope they can recover in one form or another and continue to make great games.

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Celdiruen

Folks, I don't think you realize how Chapter 11 bankruptcy works. THQ isn't going bye-bye, the process is mainly a restructuring that could see them get better terms on their debt or have some of it forgiven. They could very well come out of it in a stronger position.

This isn't a Chapter 7 bankruptcy where they stop operations and all assets are liquidated. They are going to attempt to reorganize and create a plan to pay back their creditors over time.

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O3Hundred

Thanks for the heads up. I thought they were going to sleep with the fishes.

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Celdiruen

We don't know how much of their assets they're going to sell off in the process, but hopefully not everything. Or at least that those sold off find a good home. We'll have to wait and see.

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Shad0WeN

7 and 11... the same numbers you want to throw when playing craps? This confuses me =P

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blinkdog

7-11 is also a store, and its also my birthday =D

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helwing

wait so no south park game?

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rasLivity

:S:S i was sooo waiting for it!!

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Rendolf

so nice

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Zlia

NooooOOOOoooo!
Damn, times like this when you wish you were a millionaire who could save an entire game company from bankruptcy. -.-

Everyone, take your pitchforks and protect those game rights from EA!

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TheRealDealReece

yes!

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Ekaros

So basicly they might sell some of their IPs do they have any studios they could sell?

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Oksymoron

They will sell their IP's and studios. IP's will be Red Faction, Darksiders, probably Metro, Saints Row and (I think) Company of Heroes. About their studios, there's a lot of them, 4A Games(Metro, but not sure about them), Volition etc.

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Ekaros

Is it possibility that they will have some of those left when are the liabilities are covered?

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Oksymoron

It's one of posibilities, If they will sold e.g. Metro and Saints Row, and will have enough "cash" to pay liabilities, they will stay in bussiness.

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