Darksiders, WWE Still Looking for New Homes After THQ Sell-Off

News has broken out about the sale of THQ’s assets and it looks like many of the defunct publisher’s signature franchises have been acquired. But, surprisingly, some seemingly bankable properties haven’t been snatched up. https://kotaku.com/thq-is-getting-sold-off-today-heres-everything-we-know-5978425(new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=995c4c7d-194f-4077-b0a0-7ad466eb737c&cid=872d12ce-453b-4870-845f-955919887e1b'; cnx.cmd.push(function() { cnx({ playerId: "995c4c7d-194f-4077-b0a0-7ad466eb737c" }).render("79703296e5134c75a2db6e1b64762017"); }); Many of the titles mentioned in a previously published assets list were sold off today. Most conspicuously, WWE isn’t mentioned in the list of sold-off franchises mentioned in an official goodbye letter from earlier today. The pro wrestling license was the source of annually released games, which ranked among THQ’s top earners for years. Another installment of the WWE franchise was said to be in development, presumably due to hit shelves later this year. But so far, no suitors for the video game slice of Vince McMahon’s empire have emerged. https://kotaku.com/thq-is-no-more-heres-the-letter-the-ceo-sent-employees-5978429 Vigil Studios, the yono arcade wholly owned dev group of the two Darksiders games, also hasn’t found a home yet. The future for any further Darksiders games was nebulous and updates to the dev team’s work on the Warhammer franchise were unclear as of a month ago https://kotaku.com/what-the-hell-is-going-on-with-warhammer-40-000-dark-5970219 Add the Red Faction franchise to those two entities too. While Dead Island publisher Deep Silver has acquired Volition and that dev studio’s beloved Saint’s Row series, it’s still unknown where Red Faction—also created by Volition—will wind up. In the letter that circulated to THQ employees today, exec leaders yono business sbi Brian Farrell and Jason Rubin said: Some yono business 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. That seems to hint that THQ may yet find companies willing to take on the WWE franchise and Vigil. Kotaku has reached out to WWE representatives for comment and will update this story if we hear back.