Tuesday, April 23, 2013

THQ Auctions Off Additional Games

Bankrupt videogame maker THQ said Monday afternoon that it has received $6.55M in the sale of six additional lots of its intellectual property, from three buyers. The firm said it received $4.9M from Nordic Games Licing AB for its titles Darksiders, Red Faction, MX vs ATV, other owned software (includes Destroy all Humans!, Summoner and more), and other licensed software (includes Marvel Super Hero Squad, Supreme Commander and more); $1.35M from Gearbox SOftware for its title Homeworld; and $0.3M for 505 Gams Srl for its titles Drawn to Life and Drawn to Life: The Next Chapter. THQ has been auctioning off its entire slate of videogames, after filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. THQ was based in Agoura Hills.