» Wed Jan 23, 2013 11:48 pm the other thread is almost over and its confusing people
so i will start fresh
THQ auction rumours: Relic to Sega, Volition/Saints Row to Koch, South Park to Ubisoft
Sega is apparently the high bidder for developer Relic Entertainment and its games in the THQ asset auction.
The high bidder for Saints Row developer Volition is apparently Koch Media, parent company of Deep Silver (Dead Island). And the high bidder for Obsidian's South Park RPG is said to be David dikeinson, er, I mean Ubisoft.
This is not official yet. The auction is off-limits to most people. The scraps of evidence come from those apparently close enough to know what's going on.
Another is a man called Tim Lewinson, a senior producer at mobile outfit Finger Food Studios, based in Canada, https://twitter.com/VancouverTim/status/293868801043361792: "Hearing that the high bid for @Relicgames at the @THQ IP auction is *drumroll* @Sega."
The evidence for Koch as high bidder for Volition again comes from someone on NeoGAF who is apparently close to the matter. Tim Lewinson also seemed to know something, and https://twitter.com/VancouverTim/status/293869241290063872: "Also hearing that the high bid for @VolitionInc (and Saint's Row, assuming) is *drumroll* @KochMediaUK."
The rumour that Ubisoft had emerged as high bidder for Obsidian's South Park RPG came from a couple of places. First was an investor close to the auction who https://twitter.com/DDInvesting/status/293888102060142592: "THQ: Sources indicate Ubisoft has emerged as a contending bidder for certain THQ assets."
No word of Metro: Last Light, no word of Darksiders or studio Vigil, no word of WWE.
the announcement was suppose to have been made at 9am est 2gmt
