THQ dropping Devil's Third

The long anticipated Devil's Third is going to have a tough time getting off the ground, with THQ confirming on its earnings call that the game will not be published. THQ CEO Brian Farrell announced the news, saying that the "profitability profile of Devil's Third no longer meets our internal threshold."

[donniebaseball]

Hopefully someone else will publish it. I'm going to guess EA.

[Abash]

Wow, THQ is really struggling to stay afloat isnt it? Hopefully a publisher that can support and advertise it properly picks it up

[morganfell]

I called this weeks ago, almost two months ago and I was continually slammed for my remarks. Several times.

http://n4g.com/news/967193/...

http://n4g.com/news/966958/...

Word took longer than a week because right after I was told, THQ started trying to shop the game to other publishers. They spent over a month trying to sell the project. First they showed it to Square Enix who passed and then they tried to unload it to Ubisoft who also turned it down.

Itagaki was burning through production money partying. Now he has a German Investor he is trying to get on board.

[AntoineDcoolette]

lol

[Grap]

yah like WWE13 is any good for them.. THQ you are dead to me anyway..

[cogniveritas]

The WWE license is probably one of the most prized portfolio holdings they have right now. Yearly release schedule with a known established brand that brings millions of "potential" customers with tons of advertising during WWE programming.

[MidnytRain]

I can't wait for Metro: Last Light.

[Cajun Chicken]

S**t. Devil's Third looked awesome. Really hope someone picks this up.

[NYC_Gamer]

This breaks my heart :(......now i'm getting worried about Metro-Last Light.....THQ is just full of failure in my opinion....Devil's Third was gonna be one of the few titles i supported published by THQ besides Metro...

[NastyLeftHook0]

i hope sony grabs this.

[Godmars290]

PS3-only owner, but my money's on MS. If only because Itagaki likely still has issues with Sony.

@ShaunCameron:
Not certain why, just know that at some point he was making active preferences towards MS. To the point his leaving Tecmo had something to do with NGS2.

[ShaunCameron]

I didn't know that. I know Mistwalker does.

[Regent_of_the_Mask]

They dropped it cause it's a 30fps Devil's Turd.

[Megaton]

Meh, Itagaki is a hack.

[DarkSniper]

This opens the door for Tomonobu Itagaki to reach out to his Japanese peers at Sony Computer Entertainment. Devil's Third looked to be a fantastic game that Dark Sniper is looking forward to. Hopefully he will see it appear on his PlayStation®3.

$niper
youtube.com/therealdarksniper
Twitter:@therealdsniper

[NastyLeftHook0]

tentonsoftube wishes the same thing dark sniper wishes will happen.

[Godmars290]

I wish both of you would stop writing - F*cking *WRITING!* - in the third person!

Honestly, WTF is even up with that?!

[reznik_zerosum]

tarzan loves jane,tarzan play cod to

[Fylus]

@Godmars, that is the first time I've ever seen Tenton write like that. Dark Sniper on the other hand... I agree with the things he says, but his third person commenting is F**KING annoying.

[Adolph Fitler]

Yep, let MS buy the game exclusively (for 6 months) for 150 million or so.....they are good at paying exorbadent prices for useless timed exclusitivity.......and just like all other titles that MS get exclusively that are not Halo, or numerous other by the numbers 1st person shooters, nobody will buy the game. Look at all the awesome titles on the original Xbox that got ignored (& that was on a console that hardly had any great games) Riddick sold poorly even though awesome, Strangers Wrath's sales sent Oddworld Inhabants broke, & there are a fair few more great titles that released either on Xbox or Xbox 360, that suffered dismal sales, due to the fact they were not a me too shooter.

This game deserves a multi-console release if it is any good & Itagi can prove he was the genius behind how great NG & DOA were......so far it ain't looking too good for him & his credentials, as THQ have obviously thoroughly checked the game out & come to the conclusion that it isn't gonna set the world on fire as is.....but then again, they sold True Crime & it sold immediately & has recieved fairly positive previews, so it also may come down to THQ losses making them have to restructure & only have enough money to release literally a handful of carefully chosen titles.

If the game is awesome & Itagi's reputation is upheld, then I hope it gets a publisher that releases as multiplatform, as just being exclusive to 360 or PS3, means the potential for only half the sales numbers.
And as a new unheard of IP, this title will be pushing sh1t uphill to get high sales numbers, unless it gets real high @$$ reviews, awesome ammounts of free publicity, a publisher that can hype it massively & advertise it smart & hard.

As a side note Devil's Third....comon...I would advise a name change upon release, as Devil's Third just fails to raise any kind of hope of a good game....& a great name really can help a new IP....I mean, Halo certainly sounds better than MasterChiefs 1st, doesn't it? Halo was a really clever smart name for said game......so while Devil's Turd could maybe be the subtitle, I think Itagi needs to sell his game off the bat, with an awesome name.

I hope the game is great, I hope it see's the light of day, & I will buy the game if both come to light.
But, the problem for Itagi, is that there are a lot of games either delving into the same type story, like Darksider 1 & 2, GOW3 & 2 seperate collections, Castlevania: LOTS + a sequel in works, not to forget the NG series, (& I don't care what anyone says, even pt. 3 is an awesome game) & then you have all those similar sounding titles like Dragon Dogma (I know to a gamer in the know, that these games do not sound or look that similar, but to a casual, the cover artwork, artstyle of the game & even the names of these games can just all bleed into each other). So I'm just trying to say that poor ol' Itagi has a huge battle ahead, even if publishers rush in & do snap up this title.

Just don't be fanboys on here, & wish it upon the one console, as the game & it's developers deserve every chance they can get to sell more copies & actually make some money & thus keep there jobs. Plus, we have enough exclusives on each console, so lets let ALL gamers (except Wii owners) experience ALL the great game we can share.

[AC130-Gunship]

These THQ A holes need to hold out for that games release. D3 is going to be the biggest game since Ninja Gaiden Black. Cutting this game is bad PR. D3 is currently the only light at the end of THQ tunnel.

After uDraw, they need something that keeps them relevant with the core gaming audience.

[NovusTerminus]

I don't think D3 is a good way to shorten the title... I was thinking you were talking about D3 Publishers.

And THQ is betting on Darksiders 2 right now.

[RockmanII7]

I thought of Diablo 3 at first

[RockmanII7]

My bet is either Namco or Square picking this up, leaning towards Namco.

[ShaunCameron]

I don't know bout Devil's Third's sales potential, but it sure looked interesting.