Financial report conferences for game companies aren’t always a complete bore that are merely full of self congratulatory updates or the dreaded gloom and doom announcements of company cutbacks. While any financial report will feature those elements there’s usually some good stuff to come out them in the form of new games being announced. Even though all we usually get is an unofficial name accompanied by a vague release window which is bound to be delayed four times it’s always good to know what a company has planned.
Today THQ announced several new games in their financial conference along with dropping a few dates for those projects. It’s no surprise that THQ plans to take us to Mars again with another installment of the popular Red Faction franchise but it was revealed today that Red Faction 4 would be released in the fiscal 2011 which ends on March 31, 2011. So it looks like we could be causing more mayhem on the surface of Mars through Volition’s terrific GeoMod tech this holiday season or early 2011.
That wasn’t the only sequel THQ announced today as the company also plans to release a sequel to Darksiders and another installment of the Saints Row franchise for the fiscal 2012 window. It’s nice to see that THQ has faith in Darksiders though I can’t help but be a bit bummed out that we’ll have to wait until late next year for Saints Row 3 since I need my over-the-top sandbox game fix immediately. Though based on comments made by THQ honcho Danny Bilson in an issue of Game Informer we should get our look at Saints Row 3 and the new mechanics it offers at E3 this year.
THQ also plans for their fps IP Homefront to drop in the fiscal 2011 period while their Warhammer spinoff Space Marine is set for a fiscal 2012 release.
wow sequels. what a surprise