THQ Nordic has closed out the first quarter of the fiscal year by announcing a flurry of acquisitions. <\/p>\n
The Swedish publisher has agreed to purchase racing game maker Milestone, Darksiders <\/em>developer Gunfire Games, and investment company Goodbye Kansas Game Invest. <\/p>\n The Milestone deal will see THQ fully acquire the Italian studio for around $50.2 million in cash<\/a>, but that price could rise based on certain performance targets. The MotoGP<\/em>, Ride<\/em>, and MXGP <\/em>developer has worked on 50 games since its inception back in 1994, and currently has five more titles in development. <\/p>\n Looking at the Gunfire acquisition<\/a>, although THQ didn’t reveal how much it spent on the Texas-based Darksiders creator, it did explain the move will see it absorb all of the company’s intellectual property rights along with its 63-strong team of creative and technical game devs. <\/p>\n Gunfire will remain an independent studio under the THQ Nordic GmbH umbrella, and its team have been tasked with creating “outstanding and unique action adventure games, and online\/co-op experiences” for PC, consoles, and virtual reality devices. <\/p>\n