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Thumb Wars: Episode 25: SOLD! The Aftermath of THQ

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Episode 25: SOLD! The Aftermath of THQ

Welcome back to the show where we introduce the debate and you continue it. This week’s topic: Shaun & Robert G. tackle the results of the THQ Auction and where affairs go from here.

Thumb Wars is a weekly show hosted/produced by Shaun Kronenfeld dedicated to starting and encouraging dialogue and debate on a wide variety of topics within the video game industry. Look for a new Thumbs Wars every Sunday. Comments, opinions, and thoughts are not only welcome, they are the entire point. Feel free to follow Shaun on Twitter @bigred_13 if you feel so inclined.

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  1. January 29, 2013 at 10:07am
    the_awesometeer
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    I love your podcast its so informative and topical

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  2. January 29, 2013 at 08:28am
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    Guys,we have a news update on the fate of Vigil Games. Now, unfortunately, there won’t be a Darksiders 3, or at least not anytime soon. They might not even pick up the Darksiders IP. STill the fact of the matter is that the core developers not only have a job but will now be working with Crytek:

    http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/121748-Update-Crytek-Forms-Studio-From-Darksiders-Studios-Ashes

    Yes, it is disappointing that Darksiders probably isn’t going to get picked up, and the franchise may just die from here, sadly, but I still think that this new studio, Crytek USA, being created is a good thing, especially since I know they’re going to have a lot of the people from Vigil. I mean, David Adams’ team of 35 developers that are going to be at Crytek USA are all people who worked at Vigil, and so this is a very exciting thing for me to see. I think these groups working together is a good fit, and I’m sure we can expect to see a lot of good stuff from them in the future. I’ll be keeping a close eye on Crytek USA.

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  3. January 28, 2013 at 08:35pm
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    I sincerely hope that Darksiders gets picked up by someone. Although I somewhat disliked the 2nd game for its weird camera, crappy loot system, mish-mashed lore, terrible story development, pointless open world and unexciting executions, I did however love the first game for a variety of reasons.

    I feel like if the series dies now, I’ll be missing out on what I’ve wanted for the past couple years which is the union of all four horsemen. Darksiders 1 made this franchise one of my favorites and to see such potential for fun lost would make me very sad.

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    • January 29, 2013 at 03:01am
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      There’s news that the head of Platinum Games (Atsushi Inaba) is interested in buying Darksiders.

      https://twitter.com/PG_inaba/statuses/294234427452694528

      With his tweet translated it says “In THQ studio and IP selling off auction, Darksiders is unsold? [We] wanna buy it…on the cheap…”

      So there’s still a possibility there might be a Darksiders 3.

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