THQ Nordic Acquires Warhorse Studios - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 13 February 2019 / 1,816 Views
THQ Nordic announced it has acquired Kingdom Come: Deliverance developer Warhorse Studios through subsidiary Koch Media.
"Warhorse Studios is one of the leading independent studios in Europe and I am proud to welcome them to the THQ Nordic group," said THQ Nordic AB CEO Lars Wingefors. "Kingdom Come: Deliverance, which has now sold over two million copies, has been a great success since the release exactly one year ago. I look forward to continue working with the founders who will continue managing the studio under strong creative freedom for many years to come."
Warhorse Studios CEO Martin Fryvalsky added, "Becoming part of THQ Nordic family is an important milestone for our studio. We began as a small start-up with a handful of employees who were enthusiastic enough to join this challenging project.
"The skills of our team members, trust and support of our main investor and passion of our fans, who supported development of Kingdom Come: Deliverance through a Kickstarter campaign, helped us grow to an international level. We believe that backing by THQ Nordic will give us an extra push in our mission to bring exciting games to our customers and extend the frontiers of the gaming industry."
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Where is this money coming from...
Good question. Also they've acquired some (ie Kingdoms of Amalur) that it seems unclear what their intentions are for the IP.
Best of luck to them. Hope that creative freedom bit is true.
I'd wondered if Warhorse would get swallowed up by a major publisher. I can't fault their ambition in their projects and I'm curious to see what they come up with next. I still need to get on with Kingdom Come. I've only done the prologue so far.
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