THQ Nordic announced an unusual trade with Koch Media (Deep Silver). The publishers have exchanged the rights to a number of IPs. As a result, THQ Nordic acquired rights to Sacred, Risen, Rush for Berlin, Second Sight, and Singles: Flirt Up Your Life while Deep Silver received Red Faction and Painkiller.
Piranha Bytes, the developer behind Gothic, Risen and Elex currently belongs to THQ Nordic while Deep Silver controls Volition studio, the creator of Red Faction and Saints Row.
THQ Nordic trades Painkiller & Red Faction for Koch Media’s Sacred, Risen, Rush for Berlin, Second Sight & Singles: Flirt Up Your Life!
Koch waves farewell as their IPs are transferred. „Take good care of them!“#THQNordic #KochMedia pic.twitter.com/HLVmXJXY9K
— THQ Nordic (@THQNordic) May 5, 2020