I'm certainly not the first, and won't be the last individual to comment on thq's economic situation. More specifically the obvious financial downfall of the company due in large part to miss management. The direct windfall from this is the rumor, which has not been directly addressed by thq america is the effort to sell the code for DMO, since they can't sell 40k or their rights to use the ip digitally. Games workshop retains the right to kill any use of their ip given they prove a good reason. Selling of the developer is a pretty good reason. Also remember than Vigil doesn't have up rights, thq does. So first let us hope that thq and vigil stay together and the game pushes on. Btw, thq Australia and their pr have no say in this since they are getting the axe anyways.

Back to the main point of the post, because of the financial failings of the as a parent company will that drive the initial release costs of the game up or down? I am inclined to say down, which will in turn guaranty that sub prices will go up and the chance of a free to play no longer exist in the short term release window. Think something similar to ea and it's mishandlings of late, such as kingdoms of amalur: reckoning, also remember that will becom an mmorpg down the road based on the console single player success.

I've done a few searches to try and find the rumors that you mention about the code for DMO being for sale but have been entirely unable to locate any... could you please send me a link for this.

Thq can't sell it's ip rights to 40k the only thing they can sell is the studio and material it has worked on, which is mainly code, art, design ect. As far rumors that thq is looking to lose dmo? Search kotaku or gamesindustry.biz, many sites are reporting these rumors.

Those are just speculations from the original tweets, there however appears to be nothing beyond this and that is what I was wondering about... whether there were any further rumors specifically about the MMO being touted for sale and particularly anything in any way sustantiated beyond people imagining what may be the case based on the original rumor.

They just need to make ONE announcement on whether or not they are going to continue this game! Just be honest to the people who have been following this game for a LONG time!

They will don't you worry, but they can't say anything before they reveal their business strategy tomorrow.

Thq killed 240 more jobs and CEO took a 50% pay curt, plus unnamed titles given axe today. Check games industry.biz