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Auction Prices Rolling In For THQ Properties

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by Dan Ryckert on January 23, 2013 at 02:37 PM

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With the demise of THQ now official, we're starting to learn more about who paid what for each of the publisher's franchises and developers.

Here are the numbers being reported from Distressed Debt Investing, who is overseeing the THQ auction:

Homefront: $500,000 (Crytek)
Metro: $5.8 million (Koch Media)
South Park: $3.2 million (Ubisoft)
Relic: $26.6 million (Sega)
THQ Montreal: $2.5 million (Ubisoft)
Evolve: $11 million (Take Two)
Volition: $22.3 million (Koch Media)

Here's what the runner-up bids were for these properties and studios:

Homefront: No runner-up
Metro: $5.175 million (Ubisoft)
South Park: No runner-up
Relic: $26.3 million (Zenimax Media)
THQ Montreal: No runner-up
Evolve: $250,000 (Turtle Rock Studios)
Volition: $5.4 million (Ubisoft)

For super-specific legal documents that list what each winning bid included, head on over to this link.

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by TheBiasedIrishman Wednesday, January 23, 2013 at 02:42 PM

In gum?
Also: I would have thought that Homefront would have been worth a tad more.
by Water Polo Champ Wednesday, January 23, 2013 at 02:43 PM

Shame they died. Hope Crytek treats Homefront good, interested to see where they could go with it.
by Briana Franco Wednesday, January 23, 2013 at 02:44 PM

Wow Koch media has some deep pockets.
by highmrk Wednesday, January 23, 2013 at 02:44 PM

How sad, Homefront only sold for $500,000 lol oh well. R.I.P THQ
by andrew gressard Wednesday, January 23, 2013 at 02:46 PM

Why is Relic worth so much?
by Zachary Hall Wednesday, January 23, 2013 at 02:47 PM

Well, those are some big numbers, save for the shockingly low Homefront figure.
by Chief Beef Wednesday, January 23, 2013 at 02:47 PM

Sega bought Relic? That's . . . interesting.
by TheWhiteHobo Wednesday, January 23, 2013 at 02:47 PM

I am super excited to see what Crytek does with Homefront. Odd it was so cheap, compared to the others.
by Cameron Koch Wednesday, January 23, 2013 at 02:49 PM

Poor Homefront, only bought for a measly $500,000. On the brightside, if anybody can make Homefront incredible, it will be with the help of Crytek.
by RSTAR7824 Wednesday, January 23, 2013 at 02:50 PM

I NEED SOUTH PARK!
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by Kyle Wadsworth Wednesday, January 23, 2013 at 02:50 PM

Don't know about the rest of you, but it's sad to see it come to this. Here's hoping their legacy is not soon forgotten.
by Patrick Wednesday, January 23, 2013 at 02:51 PM

Nice to see Relic priced higher than Volition... not that it matters :)

RTS shall rise again!!!
by Paradigmthefallen Wednesday, January 23, 2013 at 02:51 PM

Wow... those numbers are genuinely surprising. And show that Ubisoft pretty much wanted nearly everything from THQ, they just didn't bid high enough. Interesting...
by Beastchild29 Wednesday, January 23, 2013 at 02:52 PM

I'm hoping koch Media can keep saints row going
by Cru Hunter Wednesday, January 23, 2013 at 02:53 PM

Wonder how this will affect Metro:LL. Crytek seems like a good choice for homefront.
by misterbeefy117 Wednesday, January 23, 2013 at 02:55 PM

Homefront goes to Crytek? Hrm, that'll be pretty interesting to see. And Relic goes to Sega? Argh. I dunno how they'll be able to handle the Warhammer games.
by フェンリル --: Fenrir :-- Wednesday, January 23, 2013 at 02:58 PM

SOMEBODY. BUY. DARKSIDERS.
by Jon Gregory aka JMan240 Wednesday, January 23, 2013 at 02:59 PM

Does Koch Media being so heavily involved worry anyone else? Everything Deep Silver has pushed out has been middling at best and now they have their hands on Volition and Metro? They're essentially the same company as THQ was before it started spiraling, a publisher that pops out middle of the road games like Dead Island, Risen, and Catherine but doesn't care about the quality as long as the game ships. Also, I thought the Metro IP was owned by it's developer, because I could have sworn I'd heard about that being something not to worry about since they could just shop around.
by Jerry Percival Wednesday, January 23, 2013 at 02:59 PM

Zenimax bid more for Relic but still didn't win. They suck at everything.
by Jonathan Spiess Wednesday, January 23, 2013 at 02:59 PM

I was expecting Vigil to be included in the things sold.