Rise of Nations/Legends Developer in Danger of Closing
Rise of Nations/Legends Developer in Danger of Closing
Posted 03/17/2009 at 11:42pm
| by Nathan Grayson
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If you thought Empire: Total War and Dawn of War II were forcing the sun to beam a little too brightly over the RTS landscape, here’s some cold reality to yank your bloom setting back down to normal levels. Speaking with Crispy Gamer, THQ VP Julie MacMedan said that, if her beleaguered benefactor can’t offload Rise of Nations/Legends developer Big Huge Games within “the near future,” the studio won’t be giving anyone a rise ever again.
“In addition,” read the statement, “THQ informed the staff at its Big Huge Games studio in Timonium, MD, that it plans to close the studio if a sale is not completed in the near future. These actions were unfortunate but were necessitated by the difficult economic environment.”
THQ recently laid-off 600 employees, and was given a 50-50 chance of survival by Dr. Analyst. Really, it’s every man for himself at this point.
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digital demon
March 18, 2009 at 11:36am
That sucks. Rise of Nations and Rise of Legends are 2 of my favorite games of all time. Hopefully they can weather this economic storm because the gaming world would be losing a true asset in Big Huge Games.
Keith E. Whisman
March 18, 2009 at 10:56am
God I've been waiting for another Rise of Nations game. I really loved Rise of Nations. Legends not so much but I'm going to cry if there is never ever another Rise of Nations Game. Some how THQ and Big Huge Games must survive. There simply is no other way around it. These entities muse survive.
President Obama please bail them out. Computer Games are an important part of the US economy. It's an important part of American life.
sinan
March 18, 2009 at 5:46am
That is pretty sad. I hope someone picks them up even if it is Microsoft. Rise of Nations is one of my top 5 games of all time. Hopefully this is not the end of the franchise.
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