THQ Nordic has been on a tear lately, not only grabbing licenses but actually doing something with the properties and reviving them for new generations of gamers. The next game on the THQ Nordic list? None other than 38 Studios’ Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning.
Alec Mason lives again next month as the terribadly named that Red Faction Guerrilla Re-Mars-tered rises from the red sand grave that it was buried in years ago, to cause some havoc once again. Out on July 3, Red Faction Guerrilla Re-Mars-tered from THQ Nordic is the original 2009 game with its visuals tuned up for the latest generation of PC, Xbox One and PS4.
Metro: Exodus has been delayed into the early months of 2019, perhaps in a bid to avoid the silly Christmas rush entirely.
The Darkness 2 was a rock-solid action game with gorgeous cel-shaded visuals and buckets of blood in any given firefight. It was fantastic stuff, even if it did have a few rough edges. Which you can now experience for yourself, for free.
THQ went bankrupt, its properties were sold off and the legacy of that company was buried. Until a new successor rose from its ashes that is. Having acquired numerous video game licenses, Nordic Entertainment rebranded itself as THQ Nordic back in 2016, building a new company that featured plenty of hits from the past and new titles with which to create a legacy of success. That legacy may have just come full circle, as THQ Nordic has closed a deal to acquire Koch Media.
I’d imagined that Darksiders 2 was the final hurrah for the series that ended with Death triumphant and the legacy of developer Vigil Games guaranteed as a brief but bright candle in the wind. Things changed in the years since then. THQ’s properties were gobbled up, THQ Nordic was formed and veterans from Vigil banded together to form Gunfire Games. A new studio that got to work on a sequel that fans were hungry for: Darksiders 3.
Once upon a time, a movie adaptation for popular video game Saints Row was being developed. And it sounds like it would have been crazy. And a bit Rock-y.
THQ is rising from the ashes, as one of their main buyers, Nordic Games, rebrands to THQ Nordic.
Movie theaters can give commercials instant atmosphere, but they also introduce real production risks. …
A spooky European village. Properly scary castle mania. Vampires. Werewolves! The only thing more frightening, is a glimpse at your empty bank account when it comes to deciding whether or not you can grab Resident Evil Village this month. Capcom's successor to its long-running survival-horror franchise is finally out, and if you've read our review then you know the game is a winner on multiple levels.
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