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"sales of the uDraw GameTablet and related software, and other titles in the kids, family and casual category were far weaker than anticipated, substantially reducing our financial results for the quarter."

No gak THQ.

H.B.M.C. wrote:
EA are, amazingly, the lesser evil.

After BF3, i find this very difficult to believe

DaMarine

Riker210 wrote:
Honestly even if it never comes out, would everyone really be crazy upset? I'd love to play it, but I prefer the table top over the video games and nothing will compare (at least for me).

Just because I have one flavor of ice cream doesn't mean I don't want another! I too prefer tabletop to the video games. No matter how good a video game is, I'll always prefer the tabletop for the tactile, artistic, and social aspects of it. Regardless, I'd really like to play this game, since the idea of running around the 40k universe with my friends sounds like a lot of fun.

damarine wrote:

H.B.M.C. wrote:
EA are, amazingly, the lesser evil.

After BF3, i find this very difficult to believe

DaMarine

Care to elaborate? Battlefield 3 is a great game, and while Origin is intrusive, that's not Battlefield 3/DICE's fault.

It'll be a shame if it falls, as its one I would have tried, hell probably got Collector editions for, just like WaR.

Of course I am content to continue with WoW at the moment, but I am always happy to try new things. Hopefully CCP will get sorted sooner than later and WoD can get back on track. Secret World might be good, and I've always got City of Heroes for a bit of fun as well.

Oh and there is of course Titan still in the wings, although I still have doubts that it will turn out to be a Starcraft MMO, which I have little to no interest in.

I just hope that THQ doesn't go bankrupt/stagnates bacause noone is willing to help them, DMO is just the game to be...

I feel for the people at THQ at the moment as I have relatives going through the same situation, not knowing if there job is safe. I hope the company pulls through.

Having said that I can't say I'm going to feel like I'm missing out on anything if Dark Millennium isn't released. It looks terrible.

Chances are DMO is bust. Might as well say it now and eat those words if/when it comes back and gains full release in gold plating I only hope, should THQ go bust, that someone reliable takes them up. Activision and EA, big no's. If Valve weren't so slow at making HL2 Ep3 I'd say they should take'm on.

We'll find out what happens soon enough.

Juvieus Kaine wrote:If Valve weren't so slow at making HL2 Ep3 I'd say they should take'm on.

Wouldn't that make DMO another hat simulator that never would get updated

If only Bethesda would take on the 40k IP. A single player rpg in the same vein as Skyrim/Fallout in the 40k universe? Yes please.

ifStatement wrote:If only Bethesda would take on the 40k IP. A single player rpg in the same vein as Skyrim/Fallout in the 40k universe? Yes please.

i agree with you, it would be awesome!

I disagree. I dislike Bethesda as all their games tend to have a huge amounts of game breaking bugs. I’m not a fan of their gameplay either (too streamlined for my tastes). I will admit that their games have a lot of playable content and polish but any half decent MMO developer should be able to achieve this.

Personally I’d like someone to make a “Neverwinter Nights” style game based on the FFG 40K roleplay systems. I don’t know which developer I’d like to make the game as most of the “big companies” haven’t impressed me really.

+1 on the Bethesda dislike, there games are bug ridden piles of gak.

Not bothered by the 40k MMO, i mean how different is it going to be from any other MMO except by having a better IP to draw from.

JUST RELEASE DARKSIDERS 2!

candy.man wrote:I disagree. I dislike Bethesda as all their games tend to have a huge amounts of game breaking bugs. I’m not a fan of their gameplay either (too streamlined for my tastes).

KoganStyle wrote:+1 on the Bethesda dislike, there games are bug ridden piles of gak.

Not to mentioned terrible main quests, shoddy dlc, no sense of continuity, hiring only 10 voice actors for 70% of the voices, empty world to be filled with pc only mods, etc

They should not touch 40k with a 20 foot pole, that hasnt got its knees shot!

This may be all my fault,seems THQ started tanking right after I dropped $5000 into thier stock.
So low now I have to ride it out until the wheels fall off.

H.B.M.C. wrote:Just EA. Not Activision.

EA are, amazingly, the lesser evil.

I disagree.
EA introduced Project 15 Dollar, have ruined Bioware, introduced a Digital Distribution Platform which not only manages to fail to improve upon their previous client, but also fails to compete with any of the other distributors on the market while at the same time pulling games to force people onto their crappy service, have destroyed countless studios and shutdown old game servers that are barely two years old, just to name a few of the things they've done.

Activision are bad, but I think EA takes the cake here simply for introducing practices which are ruining the game industry for consumers and actively does not care. I do not want the Warhammer license in their hands. We've seen crap they are with with Warhammer Online.

It's not unlikely that they could get investor capitol to continue production of the game. If it's in anything resembling good shape the investment would look good on paper. It's easy to monetize free to play MMOs, and a paid copy launch can soften development costs significantly.

Best hope another company buys out THQ,which is very likely with a 50 cents a share stock price.

I saw on G4 this week THQ is looking for a partner for DMO.
I for one don't play table top, I just paint for a hobby.
Im a MMO fan and think it would be a good fit for me, since I love the BL books and fluff.

Wait. I don't really care of THQ is in trouble. I want to know if Relic is in trouble. Relic is the one making the good 40K video games stuff.

Wait a second: THQ owns Relic Entertainment. Oh gosh, we are doom. Someone buy Relic quick.

THQ shares are actually slowly going up.

GW shares once were at 42 cents.

We should all start buying Relic stuff people. It is cheaper than a box of Termies and you can play it for a longggg time.

I love the 40k univrese and i am a big fan of mmo's.
However i think it may be a blessing in disguise if this game is not made just yet, at least until someone comes up with a new and original mmo format, as i dont think anyone currently would be able to do it the justice it deserves.

Brother SRM wrote:

Riker210 wrote:
Honestly even if it never comes out, would everyone really be crazy upset? I'd love to play it, but I prefer the table top over the video games and nothing will compare (at least for me).

Just because I have one flavor of ice cream doesn't mean I don't want another! I too prefer tabletop to the video games. No matter how good a video game is, I'll always prefer the tabletop for the tactile, artistic, and social aspects of it. Regardless, I'd really like to play this game, since the idea of running around the 40k universe with my friends sounds like a lot of fun.

damarine wrote:

H.B.M.C. wrote:
EA are, amazingly, the lesser evil.

After BF3, i find this very difficult to believe

DaMarine

Care to elaborate? Battlefield 3 is a great game, and while Origin is intrusive, that's not Battlefield 3/DICE's fault.

I'm not disagreeing that BF3 isn't a great game; I have put countless hours into what I consider to be the best FPS. I just personally feel that EA really screwed up everything they did with Battlefield, such as stopping it from being put on Steam, instead forcing PC users to use Origin. While certain things DICE have done haven't exactly worked out, it's not them I have the problem with

Rayvon wrote:I love the 40k univrese and i am a big fan of mmo's.
However i think it may be a blessing in disguise if this game is not made just yet, at least until someone comes up with a new and original mmo format, as i dont think anyone currently would be able to do it the justice it deserves.

They did claim it's going to be FPS/Third person shooter, not a mmorpg. Which is fairly original honestly, as I cannot think off the top of my head to other third person mmo's. I've seen fps though.

ZebioLizard2 wrote:

Rayvon wrote:I love the 40k univrese and i am a big fan of mmo's.
However i think it may be a blessing in disguise if this game is not made just yet, at least until someone comes up with a new and original mmo format, as i dont think anyone currently would be able to do it the justice it deserves.

They did claim it's going to be FPS/Third person shooter, not a mmorpg. Which is fairly original honestly, as I cannot think off the top of my head to other third person mmo's. I've seen fps though.

i can think of 2 to be honest, fallout and skyrim. though you don't have to play either as third person

Notice that the claim was that Dark Millenium was going to be a FPS/3PS style for the MMO.

Fallout and Skyrim are just RPGs.

Kanluwen wrote:Notice that the claim was that Dark Millenium was going to be a FPS/3PS style for the MMO.

Fallout and Skyrim are just RPGs.

I'm fairly certain that Fallout 3 A) defaulting to a first person view, and B) letting me shoot things wedges it firmly into the FPS slot. It's an RPG on top of that, but the two aren't mutually exclusive.

TyraelVladinhurst wrote:

ZebioLizard2 wrote:

Rayvon wrote:I love the 40k univrese and i am a big fan of mmo's.
However i think it may be a blessing in disguise if this game is not made just yet, at least until someone comes up with a new and original mmo format, as i dont think anyone currently would be able to do it the justice it deserves.

They did claim it's going to be FPS/Third person shooter, not a mmorpg. Which is fairly original honestly, as I cannot think off the top of my head to other third person mmo's. I've seen fps though.

i can think of 2 to be honest, fallout and skyrim. though you don't have to play either as third person

How are either of those MMO's?

Asuron wrote:I disagree.
EA introduced Project 15 Dollar, have ruined Bioware,

I don't get the dislike for project 15 dollar. All they ever put in it was DLC completely non-essential to the game as an incentive to buy the game new. And ruined bioware? That's the first time I've ever heard that.