As part of its ongoing bankruptcy process, THQ will be attempting to auction off the rest of its intellectual properties and licensed software in a procedure that will be completed by mid-May. This auction follows the one in January which saw Relic move to SEGA and Volition purchased by Koch Media (Deep Silver,) and includes properties such as the Red Faction and Homeworld series’.
The various properties have been divided into six “lots,” and final bids will be required on 15 April. THQ states that it has “received more than 100 expressions of interest” in purchasing assorted titles, though doesn’t disclose who those potential bidders are, or what IPs were of particular interest.
It appears, though isn’t directly stated, that bidding has to take place on a whole “lot,” rather than individual titles. With that in mind, the lots are as follows:
Lot 1: Red Faction
•Red Faction
•Red Faction Armageddon
•Red Faction 2
•Red Faction: Guerrilla
Lot 2: Homeworld
•Homeworld
•Homeworld 2
Lot 3: MX
•MX Alive
•MX vs ATV Untamed
•MX Superfly featuring Ricky Carmichael
•MX vs. ATV Alive Tournament
•MX Unleashed
•MX vs. ATV Unleashed
•MX vs ATV Reflex
•MX vs. ATV: On The Edge
Lot 4: Darksiders
•Darksiders
•Darksiders 2
Lot 5: Other Owned Software
•All Star Cheer Squad
•Elements of Destruction
•All Star Cheer Squad 2
•Fantastic Pets
•All Star Karate
•Frontlines: Fuel of War
•Baja: Edge of Control
•Full Spectrum Warrior 1
•Full Spectrum Warrior 2: Ten Hammers
•Battle of the Bands
•Beat City
•Juiced
•Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights
•Big Beach Sports
•Big Beach Sports 2
•Lock’s Quest: Construction Combat
•Big Family Games
•Neighborhood Games
•Crawler
•Pax Imperia
•de Blob
•de Blob 2
•Stuntman: Ignition
•Summoner
•Summoner 2
•Deadly Creatures
•Deep Six
•Terranium
•Destroy All Humans!
•Destroy All Humans! 2
•Destroy All Humans! Big Willy Unleashed
•Destroy All Humans! Path of the Furon
•The Outfit
•Titan Quest
•Titan Quest: Immortal Throne
•uDraw
•Dood’s Big Adventure
•World of Zoo
•Drawn to Life
•Drawn to Life: The Next Chapter
Lot 6: Licensed Software
•Costume Quest
•Stacking
•Scripps Spelling Bee (Scripps)
•Daniel X (SueJack)
•Sherlock Holmes and the Mystery of Osborne House
•Deepak Chopra’s Leela (Curious Holdings)
•Fancy Nancy: Tea Party Time! (Harper Collins)
•Supreme Commander
•Supreme Commander Forged Alliance
•Jeopardy
•Jeopardy 2
•The Biggest Loser
•Journey to the Center of the Earth
•Truth or Lies
•Let’s Ride Best of Breed
•Vampire Legends: Power of Three (dtp)
•Marvel Super Hero Squad: Comic Combat
•Marvel Super Hero Squad: The Infinity Gauntlet
•Marvel Super Hero Squad: The Infinity Gauntlet 2
•Wheel of Fortune
•Wheel of Fortune 2
•World of Zoo
•Nancy Drew: The Hidden Staircase
•Worms 2
•Worms Battle Islands
•Worms Open Warfare
•Worms: A Space Oddity
•Worms: Open Warfare 2 (Team 17)
•Nexuiz
•Paws & Claws Marine Rescue
•Paws & Claws Pampered Pets Resort 3D
•PurrPals 2
•Rio
•You Don’t Know Jack (Jellyvision)
•Rocket Riot
•Screwjumper (Frozen Codebase)
Lots five and six are kind of a grab-bag of titles, and (for example) if DoubleFine wished to get the license for Stacking and Costume Quest back, it appears they would have to bid on everything in lot six.
You can read more details about the auction in the full businesswire press release.
