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Shit. That really blows. I think I heard something about Hellboy 3 the other day. Maybe he'll move onto that.
Well this sucks hard, THQ loses yet another IP and well, this worries me about Company of Heroes 2 :/
It's too bad because this sounded promising, but with THQ struggling I'm not surprised they'd give up a game that was probably costing a lot of money to create and had no guarantee of succeeding. There's always the hope someone else will pick this one up, but even if someone does it's unlikely well see this game before the end of 2013 or maybe even 2014.
@ Paroxysm Ironically, you seem to be expressing greater emotion in your disdain than anyone else in the comments is expressing in their disappointment.
THQ makes me hate them, then makes me love them, then makes me unforgivably despise them.
This is crap.
This is crap.
I just want to know where my Beyond the Mountains of Madness is :(
that was the one movie I was looking forward to T.T
that was the one movie I was looking forward to T.T
thank god, THQ is worthless and a shambled company. Hopefully a GOOD company will pick this up and actually make a Game worth buying.
Suck it THQ
Suck it THQ
@Scuffles
Something about the studio wouldn't stop bitching about it not being PG-13, also apparently because The Wolfman remake failed, because as you can clearly see those projects have so much in common.
Something about the studio wouldn't stop bitching about it not being PG-13, also apparently because The Wolfman remake failed, because as you can clearly see those projects have so much in common.
Man, THQ is broke as HELL. I'm pretty sure they just don't have the money for additional projects...honestly kind of surprised they had the money to finish and release Darksiders 2. Hopefully that'll be enough of a hit that they'll be able to fund some other games. As in *any* other games.
@ scuffles
I hear prometheus had a hand in the demise of madness, because large budget rated R movies are risky only one of them got the greenlight.
Sad to hear about the game. I was intrigued, but i really only knew del Toro was attached. I'll believe that since i saw so little of the game that it wasn't shaping up. That'll make me feel better than believing something great is dead.
I hear prometheus had a hand in the demise of madness, because large budget rated R movies are risky only one of them got the greenlight.
Sad to hear about the game. I was intrigued, but i really only knew del Toro was attached. I'll believe that since i saw so little of the game that it wasn't shaping up. That'll make me feel better than believing something great is dead.
@Johnny
THQ is one of only "good" publishers out there. They published Metro and its sequel (with the first game being a cult hit), anything Relic makes (Which is RTS gold), Darksiders series, STALKER, Saints Row, Supreme Commander, Titan Quest and others. They have always supported the PC platform and gave talented studios the funding they needed. Their DLC plan might be utter bullshit but at least they still fund decent games. THQ really doesn't deserve to go under.
THQ is one of only "good" publishers out there. They published Metro and its sequel (with the first game being a cult hit), anything Relic makes (Which is RTS gold), Darksiders series, STALKER, Saints Row, Supreme Commander, Titan Quest and others. They have always supported the PC platform and gave talented studios the funding they needed. Their DLC plan might be utter bullshit but at least they still fund decent games. THQ really doesn't deserve to go under.
As much as this saddens me, I was expecting it. After the rights of Devil's Third have been given back to Itagaki and some other rights had been given to other studios, this announcement was just a matter of time.
I guess Rubin is ondoing some things Danny made. Though I was intrigued I'm not that mad right now. The put the stops early enough, I guess!
I guess Rubin is ondoing some things Danny made. Though I was intrigued I'm not that mad right now. The put the stops early enough, I guess!
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I guess they are concentrating now on only some IPs thet promise a higher return. Let's hope it turns out good for them.
I guess they are concentrating now on only some IPs thet promise a higher return. Let's hope it turns out good for them.
The final game probably wouldn't have been that great, but it would have been at the very least probably interesting maybe possibly.
This is too bad, considering that del toro seemed to have a good head on his shoulders about the whole thing. There was a great Irrational Interviews podcast set (two episodes) talking with him about game development and design. Good stuff.
Hope he gets a chance to make it happen.
Hope he gets a chance to make it happen.
big whoop. I already knew how the game was going to end. with THQ going further into financial trouble for making a less than stellar game because a big chunk of production budget went into del toro's bank account instead of the game.not disappointed by this at all.
@Kanten
Its so sad to hear :( PG-13 has become one of my deal breakers when it comes to movies. I remember when I was all excited for the Akira live action and then I heard they were planning on making it PG-13 and I seriously Excalibur faced.... thankfully since that announcement the movie seems to have died.
Oh watering down movies to get the teenieboppers into the theater, you are the reason we can't have nice things :(
@turingnpc
Well of course an R rated movie is going to do poorly if it sucks ~.~
Prometheus is also a shining example to the end that simply applying a known franchise to a steaming turd isn't going make it print money.
I mean just scanning over the plot line the movie concept read like a bad fanfic. No doubt in my mind Prometheus is on a one way train to retconville.
Oh well del Toro + Mountains of Madness would have been epic and would have actually gotten me into the theaters!
Its so sad to hear :( PG-13 has become one of my deal breakers when it comes to movies. I remember when I was all excited for the Akira live action and then I heard they were planning on making it PG-13 and I seriously Excalibur faced.... thankfully since that announcement the movie seems to have died.
Oh watering down movies to get the teenieboppers into the theater, you are the reason we can't have nice things :(
@turingnpc
Well of course an R rated movie is going to do poorly if it sucks ~.~
Prometheus is also a shining example to the end that simply applying a known franchise to a steaming turd isn't going make it print money.
I mean just scanning over the plot line the movie concept read like a bad fanfic. No doubt in my mind Prometheus is on a one way train to retconville.
Oh well del Toro + Mountains of Madness would have been epic and would have actually gotten me into the theaters!
First Devil's Third and now this. You know, it's gonna be tough for THQ to be profitable if they cancel every upcoming game they have.
Mostly I'm just dissapointed because I would love to play a game filtered through Guillermo Del Toro's twisted mind. That guy has one of the most unique visions out there and it would be great to see what he could do in the Video Game space. If anyone can break from the "Brown Shooter" Mold, he can.
Mostly I'm just dissapointed because I would love to play a game filtered through Guillermo Del Toro's twisted mind. That guy has one of the most unique visions out there and it would be great to see what he could do in the Video Game space. If anyone can break from the "Brown Shooter" Mold, he can.
Man, Del Toro cannot get a break. It seems like everything he touches goes into limbo. At least he keeps the rights to this one though. I want to see him succeed because he's a talented artist, but no one likes giving him the chance.
Ya now, maybe THQ actually has a shot at turning their financial woes around. I feel like every story we see about them is more smart decision making. Sinking millions into a project that probably would have sold like shit, just so you can pay the name being applied to it, is pretty stupid IMO.
Darksiders, WWE, Homefront, Company of Heroes, and Saints Row is definitely a livable IP catalog for medium sized publisher. If and when things turn around, then you can talk about expanding with new IPs and maybe revisiting some old ones.
Darksiders, WWE, Homefront, Company of Heroes, and Saints Row is definitely a livable IP catalog for medium sized publisher. If and when things turn around, then you can talk about expanding with new IPs and maybe revisiting some old ones.
Yeah this is sad. First the Lovecraft project and then this...Del Toro is an amazing writer, sad to see him in this situation.
I figured when they got new management at THQ that this project would get trashed. Problem being that Del Toro is far too busy with other projects to possibly be able to keep up with a games production. I mean, he couldn't even find time for the Hobbit before he finally had to bail on it, and while his newest movie, Pacific Rim, is coming along, that took a real big hit to its time frame because of his penchant for taking on too many projects at once.
Sadly, despite being a pretty great director and visionary, he tends to get in the way of his own work getting off the ground.
Sadly, despite being a pretty great director and visionary, he tends to get in the way of his own work getting off the ground.
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