Nordic Games has just announced that it has been rebranded as THQ Nordic. As the press release reads, Nordic Games decided it was time to incorporate the THQ name. Now known as THQ Nordic, THQ Nordic represents a core approach of doing much more than “owning” a highly competitive portfolio of IP.
As THQ Nordic claimed:
“We cherish them, and align them with the very best development resources to expand upon them with the level of experience that communities and established fan bases expect and deserve. Side note – another upside to this whole rebrand thing is we don’t get asked about the Nordic Game parties at Gamescom anymore – it was the other guys who threw them. With this rebrand we are entering the next phase in our company’s evolution.”
As of now, THQ Nordic has 23 game projects in development, 13 thereof have not yet been publicly announced, but are sure to be in the next months. According to the publisher, the majority of these projects are based on former THQ owned IPs and franchises.
As far as the logo design is concerned, Lars Wingefors, founder and owner of THQ Nordic (formerly known as Nordic Games) had this to say:
“As for the new logo design, we literally stumbled across it when browsing some art files, after we bought the THQ trademark and figured: why not? We hope the reception from our partners is less ambivalent but we’re OK either way. We invite you to our Gamescom booth to play our games and see the logo in large-scale format.”
For what is worth, THQ Nordic brands include Darksiders, MX vs. ATV, Red Faction and Titan Quest (and we already know that a remastered version of Darksiders is planned for an October release).
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do something decent with red faction franchise ffs
Yeah, the original Red Faction was great. Unfortunately, the rest of the games was lackluster.
although i have childhood memory with red faction 1 and 2, guerrilla was great too
In my opinion Guerilla looks fun if you are looking for some sandbox, crazy destruction.
However, I liked it way more with a linear campaign and less over-the-top, super hero-ish feel. First person perspective added to the immersion as well. Oh, and digging tunnels seems more exciting than just demolishing some buildings.
well 2 was a over the top action game made on a bad engine, was fun for a low price.
I hope Painkiller is on the list! 🙂
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3__p_k0xZ0
I didn’t even know Nordic acquired the Painkiller franchise.
I thought it was People Can Fly who were making the games all along.
they remade the first game.
Darksiders 3 Darksiders 3 Darksiders 3 Darksiders 3
No no…S.T.A.L.K.E.R!!!
Gentelman….both of those options would be amazing 🙂 THQ lives baby!!!!
Oh sh*t! I totally forgot, STALKER was also published by THQ
The next S.T.A.L.K.E.R game needs to be outsourced to 4A games.
and they need to do open world.
I want to see in what these developers are working now. Some said they were working in some kind of open world (or semi open) SciFi-horror-RPG, probably in a base in Mars or a Moon. All rumours…let’s see if Gamescom is the place where they show us something.
After Metro Last Light I can’t wait to see what they can do. 😉
Holly molly. Totally forgot about that possibility. GSC is also back in action now.
THQ published the first game but it wasn’t their IP
Yes like the first game not that dragged out padded out repetitive action rpg prequel they made afterwards that costed 50 million.
Make it a action adventure game with blocking and dodging matter not a rpg and make the levels unique and interesting with puzzles, id rather few areas and a short game with variety than the same dungeon repeated 100 times over…also make the cut scenes epic not like the comic panels in the second game.
I can’t help but giggle with this kind of dance with names.
Infogrames changing his name to Atari, Activision changin his name to Activision Blizzard. and now this.
This is actually really cool.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R., S.T.A.L.K.E.R is coming!!!!!
Edit: Sadly about Supreme Commander and Titan Quest sagas…if those come back sure won’t be made by the same developers since they moved on and made Planetary Annihilation and Grim Dawn respectively by their own, as indie studios.
Also Metro 2033 was published by THQ but since Metro: Last Light they also moved on.
THQ had a great portfolio of games, no doubt of it.
whelp….. nordic was good while it lasted, this is a kiss of death. thq name is toxic in the gaming community now.
“As of now, THQ Nordic has 23 game projects ”
Such as because i always got the feeling that this company exists without releasing nothing.
Great news. Love Nordic games and IPs previously owned by THQ.