News broke late Sunday of problems over at THQ headquarters when self-proclaimed “industry veteran” Kevin Dent announced on Twitter that THQ had cancelled an MMO in development under licence from Games Workshop (which could only be Warhammer 40,000K: Dark Millennium Online) and is now offering itself off to “Asian firms to increase value”.
Other games in THQ’s launch queue include the Saints’ Row brand, Darksiders 2, Metro: Last Light, South Park: The Game, and Guillermo del Toro’s inSANE project.
THQ has denied the latest rumours.
“THQ has not cancelled its 2014 line-up, and has not made any decisions regarding the planned MMO,” the company’s Australian PR division announced in a press statement, explaining that they had “dramatically reduced our commitment to the kids’ boxed games sector which leads to a significantly more focused release schedule moving forward”.
Last year, THQ shut its family entertainment-oriented THQ Studio Australia and Blue Tongue subsidiaries as part of this strategy, ending development on a number of Nickelodean and Hasbro brands.
“Additionally, we are thrilled with the great performance of Saints Row: The Third, which on a like for like period in North America has tripled in sell-through from Saints Row 2,” reads the press statement.
“In addition, WWE 12’s worldwide sell-through sales are up almost 40% year-over-year for the same sales period with fewer platforms. According to NPD, for the month of December and the 2011 year, THQ was the #5 publisher overall, #4 third party, with reported sell through growing over 18% in a market that was down almost 6%. And coming up next, we have two great titles for the first half of the year including UFC Undisputed 3 and Darksiders 2.”
So that’s that then. Until something happens, anyway, and with this much smoke, there must be some combustion.
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