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Darmik
08/14/19 1:38:06 AM
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https://twitter.com/DarkDetectiveNL

Volition is confirmed to be working on a new Saints Row game. It is "the first full entry in the much loved series since the studio released Saints Row IV in 2013", according to THQ Nordic's earnings release.

THQ Nordic has confirmed that Steve Ellis, one of the series' creators, is helping out to "plot the future course" of the #TimeSplitters franchise.

Deep Silver Dambuster Studios has taken over the role of lead development studio for the Dead Island franchise. They are also in charge with the development of #DeadIsland2 now.

The THQ Nordic AB group, which consists of THQ Nordic GmbH, Koch Media (including Deep Silver), and Coffee Stain, will release two AAA games between 1 April 2020 and 31 March 2021, according to the earnings release sent out today.

THQ Nordic has acquired Darksiders III developer Gunfire Games.

The Austin, Texas based company employs over 70 individuals, and is currently working on Remnant: From The Ashes and unannounced projects.

THQ Nordic has acquired Goodbye Kansas Game Invest, a Sweden-based investment company that makes minority investments into smaller game titles.


New Saints Row and Timesplitters sound good.
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Zack_Attackv1
08/14/19 1:45:42 AM
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Timesplitters Switch port, when?
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Smashingpmkns
08/14/19 1:46:46 AM
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I'd be fine with a next gen remake of Timesplitters 2 and 3
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008Zulu
08/14/19 1:47:37 AM
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SR4 was such a colossal disappointment. Just go back to being a tongue-in-check GTA clone, okay?
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Darmik
08/14/19 1:48:00 AM
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I think they'll probably just do remasters of Timesplitters.

Which I'm not against at all. Not sure if it would hold up online though.
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cjsdowg
08/14/19 1:52:34 AM
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Dead Island too isn't out yet. They have been talking about that for so long.

This game out 5 freaking years ago...

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08/14/19 1:54:38 AM
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sylverlolol
08/14/19 1:55:17 AM
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008Zulu posted...
SR4 was such a colossal disappointment. Just go back to being a tongue-in-check GTA clone, okay?

Get the fuck outta here. SR4 was dope as hell especially in coop.
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Tropicalwood
08/14/19 1:57:41 AM
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Darmik posted...
I think they'll probably just do remasters of Timesplitters.

Which I'm not against at all. Not sure if it would hold up online though.

Timesplitters was online though
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Darmik
08/14/19 1:57:48 AM
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I liked Saints Row 4. Considering how much zanier it was I appreciated all of the callbacks to the older games.

I think it's in need of a reboot though. Saints Row 2 level of zaniness would be good.
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Darmik
08/14/19 1:59:27 AM
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Tropicalwood posted...
Darmik posted...
I think they'll probably just do remasters of Timesplitters.

Which I'm not against at all. Not sure if it would hold up online though.

Timesplitters was online though


Only the third game right? I mostly played 2.
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gumbercules89
08/14/19 2:02:16 AM
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I gave up on another dead island a long time ago.

I loved the first one, spent many hours playing this with my friends
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AlisLandale
08/14/19 2:03:20 AM
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Saints Row is going to hit 10 before GTA hits 6
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Killmonger
08/14/19 2:03:30 AM
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Release a remaster of SR1 and SR2, please.
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Questionmarktarius
08/14/19 2:04:12 AM
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May as well ride out the awesome wave, before Nordic turns to shit like Activision and EA did, and Sega is trying to do.
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apolloooo
08/14/19 2:05:37 AM
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Saints row reboot with sr 2 customization without and back to gangsta story
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Tropicalwood
08/14/19 2:06:20 AM
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Darmik posted...
Tropicalwood posted...
Darmik posted...
I think they'll probably just do remasters of Timesplitters.

Which I'm not against at all. Not sure if it would hold up online though.

Timesplitters was online though


Only the third game right? I mostly played 2.

They both did, both were LAN games (at least on the PS2, could be straight up online on Xbox)
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Darmik
08/14/19 2:11:50 AM
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Tropicalwood posted...
Darmik posted...
Tropicalwood posted...
Darmik posted...
I think they'll probably just do remasters of Timesplitters.

Which I'm not against at all. Not sure if it would hold up online though.

Timesplitters was online though


Only the third game right? I mostly played 2.

They both did


Looking it up 2 supported LAN up to 16 players (which you could use a PC and go online with) but nothing official.

That must have been chaotic lol. I love TS2 but I don't think it was a very balanced game.
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Irony
08/14/19 2:12:27 AM
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Questionmarktarius posted...
May as well ride out the awesome wave, before Nordic turns to shit like Activision and EA did, and Sega is trying to do.

Nordic was shit before them lol
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pegusus123456
08/14/19 2:13:10 AM
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SR4 would've been great if they'd actually let you use your superpowers in the main missions.

But the customization in that and SR3 was such utter garbage. I spent ages in SR2 getting my character's outfit just right where I just struggled to find something I liked in those two games.
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apolloooo
08/14/19 2:14:26 AM
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pegusus123456 posted...
SR4 would've been great if they'd actually let you use your superpowers in the main missions.

But the customization in that and SR3 was such utter garbage. I spent ages in SR2 getting my character's outfit just right where I just struggled to find something I liked in those two games.

Layering outfit in sr2 was the boss
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pegusus123456
08/14/19 2:15:37 AM
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apolloooo posted...
Layering outfit in sr2 was the boss

Oh, is that what the difference was?
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dave_is_slick
08/14/19 2:16:18 AM
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Freddie_Mercury posted...
when's kingdoms of amalur 2
This. I'm actually a little hopeful. Almost everything they've said they were interested in doing, with the biggest being Destroy All Humans, is actually in the works and I think they said they were interested in bringing this back as well.

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Tropicalwood
08/14/19 2:19:28 AM
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pegusus123456 posted...
apolloooo posted...
Layering outfit in sr2 was the boss

Oh, is that what the difference was?

Not just layers of clothes, they also allowed you to adjust aspects like the cuffs and necks of the clothes, at least I remember it being that way. Was a damn good system, but you can't sell DLC for outfits if your character creation system is damn near perfect.
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Darmik
08/14/19 2:20:02 AM
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pegusus123456 posted...
apolloooo posted...
Layering outfit in sr2 was the boss

Oh, is that what the difference was?


One of them. I think there was a lot less clothes in general on top of that.

SR3 was streamlined and simplified compared to 2. IIRC it was due to changing engines. I remember 2 had stuff like the shopping mall which I don't think there was anything like that in 3?
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DD Divine
08/14/19 2:20:09 AM
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Is saints row 4 worth playing??

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Vicious_Dios
08/14/19 2:20:21 AM
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I'm always up for a new SR, but you had me at Timesplitters.
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Darmik
08/14/19 2:21:19 AM
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DD Divine posted...
Is saints row 4 worth playing??


Yeah it's good fun.

It goes into more superpower territory than a GTA clone however.
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Tropicalwood
08/14/19 2:22:10 AM
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SR3 didn't have much meat, hell it barely had anything that could constitute actual missions that weren't just glorified side-quests.

DD Divine posted...
Is saints row 4 worth playing??

It's basically just a reskin of the SR3 overworld, but actually fun and has godforbid actual humor. Hell, you get to play as a badass President of this Great United States of America.
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SmidgeIsntBack
08/14/19 2:22:38 AM
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I thought 3 was lame but 4 was fantastic and I can't believe it's been six years holy moly.
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Irony
08/14/19 2:22:39 AM
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DD Divine posted...
Is saints row 4 worth playing??

If you have literally nothing to play
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sutree
08/14/19 2:25:37 AM
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Killmonger posted...
Release a remaster of SR1 and SR2, please.

This would be amazing ( but definitely never gonna happen).

Tropicalwood posted...
pegusus123456 posted...
apolloooo posted...
Layering outfit in sr2 was the boss

Oh, is that what the difference was?

Not just layers of clothes, they also allowed you to adjust aspects like the cuffs and necks of the clothes, at least I remember it being that way. Was a damn good system, but you can't sell DLC for outfits if your character creation system is damn near perfect.

Weirdly enough, SR1 actually had slightly more detailed customization than SR2. For example, I remember you could choose to cuff the left or right pant legs individually in 1, but in 2 you could only cuff both at the same time. There were other small differences as well that I can't remember.

But man, I love those two games. The driving, movement, ragdoll, and shooting mechanics just felt so perfect, the story was fun, and Stillwater was great.
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Darmik
08/14/19 6:35:17 PM
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They also announced a new Metro game is being developed.
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kuwab0
08/14/19 6:40:23 PM
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masterpug53
08/14/19 6:41:10 PM
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I'd be cool if they could pull another Saint's Row 2 and actually end up being a better GTA than whatever GTA is out at the time (in 2's case, GTA 4).
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Lost_All_Senses
08/14/19 6:42:29 PM
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Going back to the Dead Island series from Dying Light is backpedaling. Gives us Dying Light 2 and then worry about making your inferior series entry.
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Strider102
08/14/19 6:43:54 PM
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SR 1 & 2 hd collection and Timesplitters hd collection plz
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Darmik
08/14/19 6:51:48 PM
#38:


Lost_All_Senses posted...
Going back to the Dead Island series from Dying Light is backpedaling. Gives us Dying Light 2 and then worry about making your inferior series entry.


Dying Light 2 is being developed by Techland and published by Square-Enix in America. THQ Nordic doesn't have anything to do with that series.
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Lost_All_Senses
08/14/19 6:53:54 PM
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Darmik posted...
Lost_All_Senses posted...
Going back to the Dead Island series from Dying Light is backpedaling. Gives us Dying Light 2 and then worry about making your inferior series entry.


Dying Light 2 is being developed by Techland and published by Square-Enix in America. THQ Nordic doesn't have anything to do with that series.


Oh. Well....I still don't like it
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creativerealms
08/14/19 6:54:52 PM
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Freddie_Mercury posted...
when's kingdoms of amalur 2

Never. Great game but it tanked a states economy.
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Shotgunnova
08/14/19 7:12:38 PM
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I want Amalur and I want it NOW!
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DrizztLink
08/14/19 7:15:20 PM
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Shotgunnova posted...
I want Amalur and I want it NOW!

I don't care if it tanks a country's economy, gimmie new shit to hit with chakras.
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Solar_Crimson
08/14/19 7:16:34 PM
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008Zulu posted...
SR4 was such a colossal disappointment. Just go back to being a tongue-in-check GTA clone, okay?

SR4 is the only Saints Row game I've played, and the powers went along way towards making me interested in the first place.
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Knowledge_King
08/15/19 9:25:40 AM
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Awesome. The GOAT is back (Saint's Row).
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SSJGrimReaper
08/15/19 9:28:25 AM
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how is the dead island remaster
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Balrog0
08/15/19 9:31:15 AM
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I wanted to like Dead Island so much, but it was just really boring after the first hour or so. I don't think I ever tried multiplayer, maybe that would change my mind

Interested to see what they do with Timesplitters though
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TwoDoorPunkCab
08/15/19 9:32:37 AM
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thq nordic are the unrecognised heroes of gaming
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ShadowElite86
08/15/19 9:34:53 AM
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Lost_All_Senses posted...
Going back to the Dead Island series from Dying Light is backpedaling. Gives us Dying Light 2 and then worry about making your inferior series entry.

I'm probably one of the few people that didn't care for Dying Light, mainly because I didn't like the whole parkour movement concept. I'd personally rather have Dead Island 2.
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Romulox28
08/15/19 9:45:15 AM
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problem with a new timesplitters game would be that like 50% of the timesplitters franchise appeal is the unlockables, and nowadays gamers have been brainwashed to think that they dont deserve unlockables in games unless they pay extra for it via microtransactions

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