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SEGA Corporation (Headquarters: Tokyo, President, Representative Director, and Chief Operating Officer: Naoya Tsurumi, “SEGA”) acquired all of shares of THQ Canada Inc. (Headquarters: Vancouver, Canada, “THQ Canada”) and some IPs owned by THQ Inc., a parent company of THQ Canada on January 24, 2013 in order to further reinforce PC game development capabilities in the U.S. and European regions. THQ Canada has developed million-seller franchise titles such as “Warhammer 40k Dawn of War” and “Company of Heroes” under the brand of Relic Entertainment Studio.

Relic Entertainment was established in 1997 and acquired by THQ Canada in 2004. THQ Canada have been known familiarly as Relic Entertainment since the acquisition and provided a number of high quality games equipped with graphics equal in quality to movies and rich strategic game features mainly for the PC market in the U.S. and European regions. THQ Canada provides several million seller franchise titles, and its representative products include the “Warhammer 40k Dawn of War” series,.  As a series Warhammer 40k Dawn of War has sold more than 7 million copies worldwide, whilst the “Company of Heroes” series, a real time strategy game based on the modern history of warfare from World War II and after,  has sold more than 4 million copies worldwide.

“We are thrilled to have Relic Entertainment join the SEGA family. The acquisition is a strategic fit and a critical step in growing our business,” John Cheng, President and CFO, SEGA of America said. “They are a well-respected studio with a pedigree for making creative and innovative games and we look forward to seeing what great things we can create together over the coming years.”

SEGA already owns three development companies in the U.S. and Europe, and is progressing to support compatibility with the rapidly expanding online games field, such as PC online games, smartphone games and social games. As a result of the THQ Canada acquisition, SEGA will further advance the provision of various appealing entertainment contents by utilizing THQ Canada’s high-end content development capabilities and accumulated development know-how, and increase SEGA’s presence in the PC online game market.

source (http://blogs.sega.com/2013/01/24/notice-of-segas-acquisition-of-relic-entertainment-and-some-ips-owned-by-thq-inc/)

Results of THQ auctions:
http://www.trueachievements.com/n12057/results-of-the-thq-auction.htm

No one bought Vigil, the developers of Darksiders.  :'(.  I am sad.

Same here.

I seem to get all the sad stories of game series as my faves.

Shenmue
Mega Man Legends
Darksiders

And then Sega destroys some more games when it releases pure shit. :( Oh Sega how I miss the 90's.

So is buying relic going to help with Shining Force?

SEGA is rumored to announce a new Sonic game next month.

I heard Platinum Games has an interest in doing Darksiders, so hopefully something will come of that!

I'd be all for it. They could give the polish the games needed. I just hope they get some of the artists from Vigil or Mimic the style

it might mean we get some for 40k games though. which is nice...

Item #1 - Relic - Developer of the Company of Heroes titles and Warhammer 40k titles, includes all assets for Company of Heroes but NOT Warhammer 40k
Winning bidder: SEGA
Winning bid: $26.6 million
Back-up bidder: Zenimax Media
Back-up bid: $26.3 million

Vigil is dead:
http://www.austinchronicle.com/blogs/screens/2013-01-23/local-game-studio-vigil-to-close/

Platinum only interested if THQ sells for cheap
http://www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/as-darksiders-studio-vigil-games-says-goodbye-a-hope-for-its-signature-series/

http://www.ps3trophies.org/news/news-8885-Crytek-Opens-New-Austin-Studio--Saves-a-Number-of-Vigil-Staff.html

Seems like Crytek was able to save some of the Vigil team and hire them for their new studio.

Retro Studios hired some vigil staff as well