THQ to Begin Auctioning off Remaining IPs Including Darksiders and Red Faction

Apart from some of the recent news on the next-generation, one of the bigger stories in all of video games this year has to be the fall of THQ.

The publisher was teetering with an awfully long time, but in late January, the majority of their assets were sold off and the story was basically written. I say “basically written” because there were a few IPs that were left in the lurch, most notably Darksiders, Red Faction and Homeworld.

Via Polygon, we’ve learned that THQ will shortly begin auctioning off the remainder of their properties. The publisher is hoping to have it all wrapped up by mid-May. Some IPs are not necessarily for sale – in these particular cases, it’s the distribution rights on specific platforms that’s up for auction. The auction will consist of six lots, and it’s required that interested parties submit their initial bids by April 1, with final bids coming two weeks after on April 15. THQ has reportedly said that there has been “more than 100 expressions of interest”, so going on that logic, all of these should be picked up.

You can see the full list of properties below, along with the break down of lots.

Lot 1 – Owned Software

• Red Faction
• Red Faction Armageddon
• Red Faction 2
• Red Faction: Guerrilla

Lot 2 – Owned Software

• Homeworld
• Homeworld 2

Lot 3 – Owned Software

• 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 – Owned Software

• Darksiders
• Darksiders 2

Lot 5 – Owned Software

• All Star Cheer Squad
• All Star Cheer Squad 2
• All Star Karate
• Baja: Edge of Control
• Battle of the Bands
• Beat City
• Big Beach Sports
• Big Beach Sports 2
• Big Family Games
• Crawler
• Deadly Creatures
• Deep Six
• Destroy All Humans!
• Destroy All Humans! 2
• Destroy All Humans! Big Willy Unleashed
• Destroy All Humans! Path of the Furon
• Dood’s Big Adventure
• Drawn to Life
• Drawn to Life: The Next Chapter
• Elements of Destruction
• Fantastic Pets
• Frontlines: Fuel of War
• Full Spectrum Warrior 1
• Full Spectrum Warrior 2: Ten Hammers
• Juiced
• Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights
• Lock’s Quest: Construction Combat
• Neighborhood Games
• Pax Imperia
• Stuntman: Ignition
• Summoner
• Summoner 2
• Terranium
• The Outfit
• Titan Quest
• Titan Quest: Immortal Throne
• World of Zoo
• de Blob
• de Blob 2
• uDraw

Lot 6 – Licensed Software

• Costume Quest
• Daniel X (SueJack)
• Deepak Chopra’s Leela (Curious Holdings)
• Fancy Nancy: Tea Party Time! (Harper Collins)
• Jeopardy
• Jeopardy 2
• Journey to the Center of the Earth
• Let’s Ride Best of Breed
• Marvel Super Hero Squad: Comic Combat
• Marvel Super Hero Squad: The Infinity Gauntlet
• Marvel Super Hero Squad: The Infinity Gauntlet 2
• Nancy Drew: The Hidden Staircase
• Nexuiz
• Paws & Claws Marine Rescue
• Paws & Claws Pampered Pets Resort 3D
• PurrPals 2
• Rio
• Rocket Riot
• Screwjumper (Frozen Codebase)
• Scripps Spelling Bee (Scripps)
• Sherlock Holmes and the Mystery of Osborne House
• Stacking
• Supreme Commander
• Supreme Commander Forged Alliance
• The Biggest Loser
• Truth or Lies
• Vampire Legends: Power of Three (dtp)
• Wheel of Fortune
• Wheel of Fortune 2
• World of Zoo
• Worms 2
• Worms: A Space Oddity
• Worms: Open Warfare 2 (Team 17)
• Worms Battle Islands
• Worms Open Warfare
• You Don’t Know Jack (Jellyvision)