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Posted January 24, 2013
Did anyone buy out Iron Lore Entertainment or get the rights to Titan Quest?
Posted January 24, 2013
Not that I'm aware, but I read that "legacy IPs" are getting auctioned off at a later time, like Homeworld.
Posted January 24, 2013
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jackalKnight: Did anyone buy out Iron Lore Entertainment or get the rights to Titan Quest?
Iron Lore has been defunct for many years, and the Titan Quest IP has not been mentioned on any press release after THQ's auction. So I guess it's one of the no-yet-sold assets.
Posted January 24, 2013
Iron Lore wasn't owned by THQ. I think they went out of business long ago anyway, and I'm really not sure what happened to the rights for Titan Quest. It's possible and likely that the original developers still hold the rights to it, but it's also possible that THQ held the rights to the Titan Quest name.
Posted January 24, 2013
It would be cool if Projekt Red buys out the rights in the auction for the legacy IP. Unlike Darksiders, it doesn't seem to have attracted much attention for getting passed over.
Posted January 24, 2013
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jackalKnight: Did anyone buy out Iron Lore Entertainment or get the rights to Titan Quest?
Love me some TQ. I hope it gets a GOG release somewhere down the line, but in the meantime it's (more or less) DRM-free over at GamersGate. I bought it for like $3.99 this past summer, not a bad catch. The CD key requires no online activation or anything and the install file can be easily extracted from the temporary folder their bootstrap installer creates.
Posted January 24, 2013
Iron Lore Entertainment went bankrupt in 2008, mainly because Titan Quest didn't sold enough copies. It was enough to pay the bills, but not enough for a follow-up project.
Part of the Iron Lore guys started Crate Entertainment which is widely considered the legitimate successor of Iron Lore. They currently work on Grim Dawn which had a successful Kickstarter last year.
Posted January 24, 2013
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jamyskis: Iron Lore wasn't owned by THQ. I think they went out of business long ago anyway, and I'm really not sure what happened to the rights for Titan Quest. It's possible and likely that the original developers still hold the rights to it, but it's also possible that THQ held the rights to the Titan Quest name.
Crave Entertainment has the rights to the engine, but I'm guessing that THQ still has the IP rights.
Posted January 24, 2013
Crate has the engine as its part of Grim Dawn... dont know the deal worked out but they even tried to get the TQ ip and had issues... so.... who knows whats really going to happen :(
Posted January 24, 2013
The legacy IPs are going to be sold later, from what I have heard. Let us hope Sega buys Homeworld.
Posted January 24, 2013
While TQ was a great game, there's little loss with the IP as it took Greek mythology and turned it into an complete mockery and abomination of itself, thanks to THQ execs.

Grim Dawn should continue everything TQ did right, improving on it and all is well.
Posted January 24, 2013
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DodoGeo: While TQ was a great game, there's little loss with the IP as it took Greek mythology and turned it into an complete mockery and abomination of itself, thanks to THQ execs.

Grim Dawn should continue everything TQ did right, improving on it and all is well.
Are you sure, I've been basing my studies on the Kevin Sorbo series "Hercules", and it seems fairly consistent?

:) - Greek Mythology has been the plaything of story tellers since it was written, why is TQ so different?
Posted January 24, 2013
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StingingVelvet: The legacy IPs are going to be sold later, from what I have heard. Let us hope Sega buys Homeworld.
What do you think the chances are that will actually happen, considering they own relic , would it interest Sega enough?
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DodoGeo: While TQ was a great game, there's little loss with the IP as it took Greek mythology and turned it into an complete mockery and abomination of itself, thanks to THQ execs.

Grim Dawn should continue everything TQ did right, improving on it and all is well.
The game wasn't made for its authenticity.......
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Siannah: Iron Lore Entertainment went bankrupt in 2008, mainly because Titan Quest didn't sold enough copies. It was enough to pay the bills, but not enough for a follow-up project.
Part of the Iron Lore guys started Crate Entertainment which is widely considered the legitimate successor of Iron Lore. They currently work on Grim Dawn which had a successful Kickstarter last year.
Im actually quite excited of the prospect of this game as a backer :)
Post edited January 24, 2013 by nijuu
Posted January 24, 2013
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DodoGeo: While TQ was a great game, there's little loss with the IP as it took Greek mythology and turned it into an complete mockery and abomination of itself, thanks to THQ execs.

Grim Dawn should continue everything TQ did right, improving on it and all is well.
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wpegg: Are you sure, I've been basing my studies on the Kevin Sorbo series "Hercules", and it seems fairly consistent?
I'm by no means knowledgeable or even an expert in Greek mythology but ... the Hercules series... fairly consistent... I'm sorry man but this one screams for a facepalm.

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nijuu: Im actually quite excited of the prospect of this game as a backer :)
I backed that one on their website waaay before they did that Kickstarter. :)
Posted January 24, 2013
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jamyskis: Iron Lore wasn't owned by THQ. I think they went out of business long ago anyway, and I'm really not sure what happened to the rights for Titan Quest. It's possible and likely that the original developers still hold the rights to it, but it's also possible that THQ held the rights to the Titan Quest name.
Iron Lore was shut down by their publisher 2 weeks after shipping The Immortal Throne expac. Some of the old employees are currently working on Grim Dawn.
Post edited January 24, 2013 by orcishgamer
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