More than 18 months afterNordic Games grabbed rights to THQ franchises Darksiders, Red Faction and more fromthe insolvent publisherNordic revealed today it has actually gotten the de Blob copyright from the business.
“de Blob is simply a terrific and really special franchise,” Reinhard Pollice, service and item advancement director at Nordic Games, stated in a declaration. “We are thrilled about what the future holds for this polychromatic extravaganza as the latest addition to our portfolio. We will examine chances with the existing video games, in addition to possible follows up.”
Nordic Games was among a handful of business that acquired copyright rights to THQ’s video games. Vienna-basedNordic invested $4.9 million for “significantly all” of THQ’s IPwith the exception of Homeworld and Drawn to Life. Other business that took up THQ’s video games, homes and designers consist of Gearbox Software, Sega, Ubisoft, Deep Silver and 505 Games.
THQ released 2 de Blob video games: de Blob for iOS, Wii and Windows Phone in 2008, and de Blob 2 for Nintendo DS, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Wii in 2011. The vibrant platformer-adventure video games were primarily established by Melbourne, Australia-based Blue Tongue Entertainment, which shuttered in 2011.
For more on Nordic Games and its prepare for the previous THQ franchises, checked out Polygon’s interviews withReinhard Pollice andLars Wingefors