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THQ Nordic

By FallenXE - 20th August 2016 - 13:26 PM

Nordic Games, the Austria-based developer, was previously unheard of prior to 2013 when it was thrust into the spotlight upon revered game publisher THQ's bankruptcy and fire sale of IPs to various competing developers and studios. Though key studios such as Relic and its associated Dawn of War and Company of Heroes franchises had been bought by SEGA, and the Metro and Homefront series having been picked up by publisher Deep Silver, a key number of THQ IPs still were up for grabs. Enter Nordic Games.

The developer not only managed to secure the acquisition of a large number of franchises, the Red Faction and Darksiders IP among others to note, and of which a full list can be seen below, Nordic also did a follow-up deal in 2014 to get the rights to the trademark and logo of THQ. Now, about a decade after the studio was founded, Nordic has released a pretty lengthy and humorous press statement explaining their rebranding to THQ Nordic, their identity as a developer and of their plans for the future.

The full press release can be read here but we have included an excerpt below:


Whilst we take great pride in our Swedish roots and accomplished a great deal under the Nordic Games masthead, we decided it was time to incorporate the THQ name. Those key brands will continue to shape our business in a meaningful way going forward, and THQ Nordic represents a core approach of doing much more than “owning” a highly competitive portfolio of IPs. We cherish them, and align them with the very best development resources to expand upon them with the level of experience that communities and established fan bases expect and deserve. Side note - another upside to this whole rebrand thing is we don’t get asked about the Nordic Game parties at Gamescom anymore – it was the other guys who threw them.

With this rebrand we are entering the next phase in our company’s evolution.

As of now we have 23 game projects in development, 13 thereof have not yet been publicly announced, but are sure to be in the next months. Needless to say, the majority of these projects are based on former THQ owned IPs and franchises.

As far as the logo design is concerned, Lars Wingefors, founder and owner of THQ Nordic (formerly known as Nordic Games) would like to say this:

“As for the new logo design, we literally stumbled across it when browsing some art files, after we bought the THQ trademark and figured: why not? We hope the reception from our partners is less ambivalent but we’re OK either way. We invite you to our Gamescom booth to play our games and see the logo in large-scale format.”

Please visit us in Cologne and stop by our booth to take a look at our current projects and also some of our upcoming games. If you’re not interested at all, you can still pop by to charge your mobile phones, hunt Pokémons, or just hang out and chat with us.

THQ Nordic at Gamescom 2016:
Entertainment area: Hall 8, C20
Business area: Hall 4.1, D21
Source: THQ Nordic



The THQ IPs and franchises acquired by Nordic Games:

  • Titan Quest
  • Darksiders
  • Red Faction
  • MX vs. ATV
  • Frontlines: Fuel of War
  • Juiced
  • Stuntman
  • Destroy All Humans!
  • Deadly Creatures
  • Full Spectrum Warrior
  • The Outfit
  • Summoner


As a gaming fan it is great to see the THQ brand alive once again, even though only on a spiritual level. The more important point is that the rebranding of Nordic Games to THQ Nordic surely is an indicator for the developer's plan to fully utilise the IPs that it has acquired and inherited into making their studio into a successful and reputable one, and with luck and effort, to be able to garner some degree of success that their new namesake once enjoyed.

We'll be sure to keep an eye out for them at the upcoming Gamescom 2016!