THQ Nordic now own Koch Media GmbH

By Liam Dawe - 14 Feb 2018 at 1:41 pm UTC

Not that it really means all that much for us, but interesting nonetheless, THQ Nordic has acquired Koch Media GmbH.

Naturally, the announcements contain a lot of legal-speak, but some of it is quite interesting. THQ Nordic have actually put out a few Linux games like the revamp of Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy, the updated Imperium Galactica II and the RPG Silver. They're also the publisher of games that support Linux like The Book of Unwritten Tales, This Is the Police, The Dwarves and a bunch more.

This also means that THQ Nordic also now own Deep Silver, so they now gain Dead Island, Metro, Saints Row, Risen, Homefront and plenty more with that too.

Hopefully THQ Nordic will remain somewhat Linux friendly, since they now essentially control some pretty big names it will be interesting to see if they push for any more games on Linux.

You can see the announcement on the Koch Media site here, with more info here as well.

What do you think to this?

Thanks for the tip, micha!

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no_information_here 15 Feb 2018

Quoting: Purple Library GuyMy dear fellow, I think you are perhaps over-reacting a tad.

OK, no worries then.

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Whitewolfe80 15 Feb 2018

Quoting: Comandante ÑoñardoHomefront and Homefront: The revolution DRMFREE on GOG?
Yes, please!!!

first game was great with cheesy story second game vomit on a plate but some may like the open world never ending fetch quests. Will say though potentially great news a semi linux friendly pub down side they have swallowed a very friendly linux pub see dying light/dead island/saints row and metro series

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Comandante Ñoñardo 16 Feb 2018

Quoting: Whitewolfe80
Quoting: Comandante ÑoñardoHomefront and Homefront: The revolution DRMFREE on GOG?
Yes, please!!!
first game was great with cheesy story second game vomit on a plate but some may like the open world never ending fetch quests. Will say though potentially great news a semi linux friendly pub down side they have swallowed a very friendly linux pub see dying light/dead island/saints row and metro series

I like THQ Nordic because they aren't DRM Lovers like other publishers; they are DRMFREE friendly with big AAA releases..

View video on youtube.com

View video on youtube.com

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Whitewolfe80 17 Feb 2018

Quoting: Comandante Ñoñardo
Quoting: Whitewolfe80
Quoting: Comandante ÑoñardoHomefront and Homefront: The revolution DRMFREE on GOG?
Yes, please!!!
first game was great with cheesy story second game vomit on a plate but some may like the open world never ending fetch quests. Will say though potentially great news a semi linux friendly pub down side they have swallowed a very friendly linux pub see dying light/dead island/saints row and metro series
I like THQ Nordic because they aren't DRM Lovers like other publishers; they are DRMFREE friendly with big AAA releases..

View video on youtube.com

View video on youtube.com

If they keep those games coming to linux fantastic be the first to cheer and say good guy company if darksiders 3 comes to linux but they have been hot and cold on darksiders coming to linux.

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