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THQ Snap Up Rise Of Nations Devs
Posted by Kotaku US Edition at 4:45 PM on January 15, 2008
THQ, they're a hungry crocodile. This is their story: after sitting silently at the bottom of the watering hole for hours, waiting, they finally saw it. Big Huge Games, treading gingerly down to the water's edge, equal parts thirsty and wary. BHG took one sip of water...nothing. Two sips...nothing. Believing the coast was clear, they took a third. Which is when THQ struck, crashing out of the water, seizing the Rise of Nations and Catan devs in its vice-like jaws and dragging them swiftly beneath the bloody surface.
THQ Acquires Rise of Nations, Catan Developer Big Huge Games [Gamasutra]
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shwoosh
Posted 11:50 PM 14/1/08
I don't mind this. I like Big Huge a lot and hopefully this will help them be a bit more prolific, if they keep the team intact.
shwoosh
RabidWombat
Posted 11:19 PM 14/1/08
THQ seems to be a pretty good publisher with respect to letting devs actually finish their games, so I was actually sort of happy to see this. THQ has put out what I believe to be the 2 best strategy games in recent memory, Company of Heroes and Supreme Commander, so another strategy dev added to the picture is probably not a bad thing,
RabidWombat
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Posted 10:38 PM 14/1/08
I guess us nerds are the only ones who liked that movie. A little surprising for a Sylvester Stallone movie.
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Dp.
Posted 10:34 PM 14/1/08
@ceilingFANBOY: sponsor me for PolarBearPlunge, link in prof...: Sorry? I genuinely love that movie, if anything this story became instantly better when said movie was mentioned.
Dp.
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Posted 10:24 PM 14/1/08
@Dp.: Sorry, that's my fault.
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Dp.
Posted 10:24 PM 14/1/08
I love how this has turned into a Demolition Man discussion.
Dp.
Hion
Posted 10:20 PM 14/1/08
Haha, love the picture. Fitting.
Hion
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Posted 10:17 PM 14/1/08
Had they tried to take the movie seriously, maybe it wouldn't have been good. Considering it was purposely funny, though, it was a good movie.
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Mikey-G
Posted 10:11 PM 14/1/08
@ceilingFANBOY: sponsor me for PolarBearPlunge, link in prof...: My favorite part in Demolition Man is when Wesley Snipes enters the hall of firearms and slams the guys head against the wall.
Mikey-G
Stormrider900
Posted 10:09 PM 14/1/08
Not surprising, considering THQ is publishing Big Huge's next project, that RPG from the head designer of Morrowind and Oblivion. Also, outside of Relic, THQ doesn't have a lot of 'core' game development studios, so this fills a space in their lineup.
Stormrider900
TheHun
Posted 10:09 PM 14/1/08
So will there be any indie studios left by the end of 2008?
TheHun
Raziel3333
Posted 10:08 PM 14/1/08
@ceilingFANBOY: sponsor me for PolarBearPlunge, link in prof...: lol demolition man was actually a funny movie expeccialy how they were like woah arnold was president?!
Raziel3333
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Posted 10:05 PM 14/1/08
@Raziel3333: Aw come on, Demolition Man and Over the Top are gems of the movie world. Actually, I liked Demolition Man...
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Raziel3333
Posted 10:04 PM 14/1/08
@ceilingFANBOY: sponsor me for PBP, link in profile:
OH GOD THE DEMOLISION MAN FLASH BACKS YOU ANIMAL!
Raziel3333
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Posted 10:03 PM 14/1/08
@J-Fro: ...or hear?
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Posted 10:03 PM 14/1/08
@okenny :): In the future, Taco Bell will be the only survivor of the fast food wars.
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J-Fro
Posted 10:01 PM 14/1/08
I could totally visualise David Attenborough narrating that.
J-Fro
FiveElementNinja
Posted 9:58 PM 14/1/08
well that was graphic. what an awesome post, it's like watching the discovery channel!
FiveElementNinja
Aethyr
Posted 9:46 PM 14/1/08
*sniff* the circle of life.
Aethyr
okenny :)
Posted 9:45 PM 14/1/08
Sorry geeks! *mass
okenny :)
okenny :)
Posted 9:44 PM 14/1/08
It's like a black hole. Eventually it'll be two major publishers whose sheer size will force each other to collapse. Then rinse and repeat.
okenny :)
Witzbold
Posted 1:48 AM 15/1/08
I hope this will give birth to something beautiful.
Witzbold
icelight
Posted 12:06 AM 15/1/08
@Pezdispenser:
Exactly. Between DoW and RoL, there's going to be some serious RTS publishing coming out of THQ. And considering I loved both of those games, I can't wait.
icelight
Eville1
Posted 12:05 AM 15/1/08
And damnit I want the latest DoW expansion already!
Eville1
Pezdispenser
Posted 12:02 AM 15/1/08
@RabidWombat:
Don't forget the Dawn of War games.
Pezdispenser
Irenicus-the one and only
Posted 4:44 AM 15/1/08
@Raziel3333: Demolition man is great :)
As for the story, is this a good thing? I have been out of tuch on how THQ deals with their prey.
Irenicus-the one and only
ach77
Posted 8:24 AM 15/1/08
Great, entertaining post. This is why I read Kotaku.
ach77
belo
Posted 8:21 AM 15/1/08
While I did not care at all for the actual game, I saw lots of wonderful creative art designs put into Rise of Nations and I hope the devs continue to make such interesting pieces.
belo
omnibot2000XL
Posted 10:04 AM 15/1/08
Great post, great news for BHG, great news for THQ. What could possibly go wrong?
omnibot2000XL
MacTenchi
Posted 12:57 PM 15/1/08
Now maybe we'll see a patch for Catan that fixes the multiplayer?
MacTenchi
kftgr
Posted 4:13 PM 15/1/08
Catan expansion please!
kftgr
coyote12
Posted 10:31 PM 24/1/08
I hope that Big Huge Games have their own QA staff to check their games. If it gets to THQ's QA department it will be full of bugs. Most of the people there test World of Warcraft instead of games.
coyote12