Nordic Games wants to continue THQ franchises, could work with “original creators or best possible developers”

In the wake of Nordic Games’ acquisition of Darksiders, Red Faction, and other THQ IPs, the company has sent out an official press release announcing the news.

Nordic Games will gain the rights to over 150 SKUs, making this the biggest acquisition deal in its history. It was confirmed earlier today that Nordic will pay THQ $4.9 million.

Nordic Games isn’t exactly a household name, but in a series of comments, the company revealed that it intends “to cooperate with the original creators or best possible developers in order to work on sequels or additional content for these titles.” Perhaps Darksiders III is a possibility after all…

“First and foremost we are very happy about this deal which also turns over a new leaf for the entire Nordic Games Group. In the long term, we either want to cooperate with the original creators or best possible developers in order to work on sequels or additional content for these titles. A very important point for us is not to dash into several self-financed multi-million dollar projects right away, but rather to continue our in-depth analysis of all titles and carefully selecting different financing models for developing new instalments of acquired IPs.” – Lars Wingefors, owner and CEO of Nordic Games Group AB

“In August 2013, Nordic Games Vienna will have been in business for two very exciting and successful years, and this transaction takes us to new heights and challenges for the years to come.” – Klemens Kreuzer, Managing Director at Nordic Games GmbH

“We gradually geared up our company over the years in terms of our overall online and boxed business, our range of platforms, and our headcount. This substantial increase of our games portfolio is the next step to maintain and strengthen our position across a wide range of digital platforms, licencing partners in emerging markets, and in our European and North American core markets.” – Reinhard Pollice, Business and Product Development Director at Nordic Games GmbH

Source: Nordic Games PR