Not that it really means all that much for us, but interesting nonetheless, THQ Nordic has acquired Koch Media GmbH.
Naturally, the announcements contain a lot of legal-speak, but some of it is quite interesting. THQ Nordic have actually put out a few Linux games like the revamp of Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy, the updated Imperium Galactica II and the RPG Silver. They're also the publisher of games that support Linux like The Book of Unwritten Tales, This Is the Police, The Dwarves and a bunch more.
This also means that THQ Nordic also now own Deep Silver, so they now gain Dead Island, Metro, Saints Row, Risen, Homefront and plenty more with that too.
Hopefully THQ Nordic will remain somewhat Linux friendly, since they now essentially control some pretty big names it will be interesting to see if they push for any more games on Linux.
You can see the announcement on the Koch Media site here, with more info here as well.
What do you think to this?
Thanks for the tip, micha!
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
Casting a slightly negative light on it - The bigger the publisher, generally the more focussed on Windows and Console games markets.
Dankrat169 Feb 14, 2018
[email protected] Feb 14, 2018
I hope they get Metro Exodus out for Linux too.
Good that its another linux friendly publisher that's bought it though, It could have been worse, Bethesda could have grabbed it :O
Arehandoro Feb 14, 2018
Quoting: [email protected]Battlechasers was also published by THQ Nordic although developed by Airship Syndicate.
I hope they get Metro Exodus out for Linux too.
Considering we got the original games + the remasters I really hope this is the case. I fired up Last Light Redux last night and was amazed at how far MESA has come with that game. 60+ FPS maxed out at 3440x1440.
Quoting: Dankrat169I hope they release more games on Linux, will be awesome got Darksiders on Linux!
that would be an instabuy. I loved the first one to death. (pun intended.)
Comandante Ñoñardo Feb 14, 2018
Yes, please!!!
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