As of earlier today THQ is no more. The company's assets have been divided and auctioned off to the highest bidder. Curious to know what properties went where? Here's the breakdown (via Kotaku).


Metro: Last Light
Relic Entertainment

Makers of Company of Heroes, UFO

Winning bidder: Sega, $26.6 million.

Backup: Zenimax Media, $26.3 million.

Sega offered the following quote to Eurogamer this morning - in summary, it's early days: "It is true that Sega took part in the bidding of all shares of THQ Canada Inc. and THQ's IPs related to the titles developed by THQ Canada Inc. SEGA won the bid as the court announced and the deal will be closed tomorrow, after which SEGA will release detailed information."

THQ Montreal

Makers of 1666 and Underdog, titles under development.

Winning bidder: Ubisoft, $2.5 million. No runner-up.

On whether Patrice Desilets, the former Ubisoft star who joined THQ and now may be going back to Ubisoft again, Ubisoft said: "It's too soon to say for certain, but we are very excited about THQ Montreal becoming part Ubisoft. In the coming weeks we'll be looking at how to offer an organisational structure that provides continuity for the creative teams involved. Unannounced projects from THQ Montreal are included as part of the acquisition."

South Park

License; South Park: The Stick of Truth is due for release March 5.

Winning bidder: Ubisoft, $3,265,306

Ubisoft confirmed the acquisitions on Twitter: "We officially confirm the acquisition of THQ Montreal as well as the publishing rights for South Park: The Stick of Truth."

How the acquisition will affect the South Park RPG is unknown. Developer Obsidian had only this to say: "We're excited - Bummed for THQ and its situation, but we'll work hard with Ubi to wrap it up."

Evolve

(title in development at Turtle Rock Studios)

Winning bidder: Take-Two Interactive, $10.894 million.

Backup: Turtle Rock Studios, $250,000.

Volition, Inc.

Maker of Saints Row (includes work done by High Voltage on Saints Row 4, apparently)

Winning bidder: Koch Media/Deep Silver, $22,312,925.

Backup: Ubisoft, $5.4 million.

Metro

Series; due for the sequel Metro: Last Light.

Winning Bidder: Koch Media/Deep Silver, $5,877,551

Backup: Ubisoft: $5.175 million.

Koch Media had this to say about its acquisitions on Twitter: "We're SO EXCITED to be cooperating with @VolitionInc and 4A Games on a future for Saints Row and Metro that is faithful to their franchises!"

Koch Media sent out a statement moments ago. It doesn't add anything. How the acquisition will affect Metro and Saints Row and Volition isn't detailed either. "Koch Media and Deep Silver will roll out future plans for each franchise in the coming months," is all that's being said.

Homefront

Released 2011; due for a sequel.

Winning bidder: Crytek. $544,218.

Curiously, Darksiders developer Vigil Games wasn't bid on at all, according to twitter value investor Distressed Debt Investing, who had been following the proceedings in person. This leaves Vigil's staff without a job - at least until some publisher somewhere makes an offer.


Did none of you see that Donlan gave me an 8/10?!
"Some assets, including our publishing businesses and Vigil, along with some other intellectual properties are not included in the sale agreements. They will remain part of the Chapter 11 case. We will make every effort to find appropriate buyers, if possible.," wrote CEO Brian Farrell and president Jason Rubin in a letter to THQ's former employees.

"If you are an employee of an entity that is not included in the sale [i.e. Vigil], we regret that your position will end. A small number of our headquarters staff will continue to be employed by THQ beyond 25th January to assist with the transition. THQ has sufficient resources to pay these employees for work going forward, and we will be contacting these employees immediately to ensure their continued employment during this transition period. We are requesting the ability to offer certain severance pay to minimise disruption for employees of non-included entities as they determine the next steps in their careers."

WWE was another licence that didn't budge. EA is rumoured to be interested, as is Take-Two. The WWE Twitter account had only this to say: "We don't have any details to share yet, but there WILL continue to be WWE Games. Stay tuned for more information and some exciting news!"

Regarding the rest of the staff, the letter noted that these employees will likely be kept on by their new employers, but it's not a guarantee. It's out of THQ's hands now.

"We expect that most employees of the entities included in the sale will be offered employment by the new owners. However, we cannot say what these owners may intend, and there will likely be some positions that will not be needed under the new ownership. You should receive notice this week or early next week if the new owners intend to extend employment to you. Please note that the terms of your new employment, including pay and benefits, may be different from the current terms of your employment with THQ."

On a personal note, the letter continued:

"The work that you all have done as part of the THQ family is imaginative, creative, artistic and highly valued by our loyal gamers. We are proud of what we have accomplished despite today's outcome."

"It has been our privilege to work alongside the entire THQ team. While the company will cease to exist, we are heartened that the majority of our studios and games will continue under new ownership. We were hoping that the entire company would remain intact, but we expect to hear good news from each of the separate entities that will be operating as part of new organizations."

"For those THQ employees who are part of entities that are not included in the sale, we are confident that the talent you have displayed as part of THQ will be recognized as you take the next steps in your career."

"Thank you all for your dedication and for sharing your talent with the THQ team. We wish you the best of luck and hope you will keep in touch."

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-01-23-thq-is-no-more-this-is-where-its-assets-went

Biggest Sad thing for me is Vigil studio/Darksiders franchise. cant believe no one picked them up

Nobody gave them a hand. f*** UBI! They were like corpse flies. Someone could have lended them the funds to run, if one studio doesn't help another then who eles would?
Anyway this is a big red light saying gaming industry is a train coming down from the hill.. After another 4~5 years there won't be any favourite studios of ours left. EA, UBI will survive the crysis.. I'll stop gaming when I hear CDPROJECT RED is dead.. There's no point beyond that..
RIP THQ.. Once life time isn't enough to thank you for giving me a free copy of metro before you died.. Amen..

Never thought this company will end up like this. Thanks THQ.. for all the good games you gave. Lets be hopeful that their legacy will continue from others at least.

Nobody gave them a hand. f*** UBI! They were like corpse flies. Someone could have lended them the funds to run, if one studio doesn't help another then who eles would?
Anyway this is a big red light saying gaming industry is a train coming down from the hill.. After another 4~5 years there won't be any favourite studios of ours left. EA, UBI will survive the crysis.. I'll stop gaming when I hear CDPROJECT RED is dead.. There's no point beyond that..
RIP THQ.. Once life time isn't enough to thank you for giving me a free copy of metro before you died.. Amen..

Clearly you have no idea how the gamedev industry is run. Studios have no money of their own. Publishing corporations pay for everything. And here's the word: CORPORATIONS. They don't lend money to rivals. They buy and sell IPs. Sadly, gamedev is business, not charity, especially since the budgets for "normal" games that we play add upto to over $50 million each and take upto three years to develop.

To me THQ is just a publisher, not a studio. What matters is the collection of all these great game studios under the THQ name, so I hope whoever buys them, they end up making great games AND money to finance their next project. Good luck to every one of them.

Company of Heroes was my favourite THQ game and I should say it was one of the best RTSs ever released.

You will be missed THQ =(.

my favorite THQ game is Warhammer 40,000 series i hope SEGA continue to make them. Good bye THQ we will miss you. 

Clearly you have no idea how the gamedev industry is run. Studios have no money of their own. Publishing corporations pay for everything. And here's the word: CORPORATIONS. They don't lend money to rivals. They buy and sell IPs. Sadly, gamedev is business, not charity, especially since the budgets for "normal" games that we play add upto to over $50 million each and take upto three years to develop.

To me THQ is just a publisher, not a studio. What matters is the collection of all these great game studios under the THQ name, so I hope whoever buys them, they end up making great games AND money to finance their next project. Good luck to every one of them.

You're right about everything there. So did piracy pushed them to closing or because of their own problems?

RELIC!  don't throw COH2 to the trash please !!!

The thing il miss the most is the THQ logo starting up during intro of its game

You're right about everything there. So did piracy pushed them to closing or because of their own problems?

I'm not sure. I THINK it was because most of their new games released in the face of a bigger competitor - like a huge attention-grabbing game that everyone was focused on so much, the THQ stuff was forgotten.