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Emabulator
05-27-2009, 02:30 PM
GameSpot is reporting (http://www.gamespot.com/news/6210324.html?part=rss&tag=gs_news&subj=6210324) Curt Schilling's 38 Studios has acquired Big Huge Games from THQ saving them from potential closure.

Curt Schilling might have been a starter in his Hall of Fame-worthy career as a Major League Baseball pitcher, but the ace added a rare save to his resume today. Schilling's 38 Studios today announced the acquisition of Big Huge Games from THQ, which in March put the strategy-role-playing game developer on notice that it would be closed if a buyer didn't surface in short order.

A representative for 38 Studios told GameSpot that Big Huge Games is continuing work on all the projects it had underway at the time of its acquisition, including an unnamed role-playing game for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC. That project was originally revealed in 2007 and tied to high profile Big Huge Games hire Ken Rolston, lead designer on The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. However, 38 Studios' plans for the developer extend to its own projects, specifically the massively multiplayer online game project code-named Copernicus.

net7runner
05-27-2009, 02:52 PM
...resulting in the most ambiguous news title in a while.

OmegaVader
05-27-2009, 02:52 PM
Bring on Rise of Nations 2!

Dr.AQAS
05-27-2009, 03:49 PM
so.... are they now 39 Studios?

Chaos Machine
05-27-2009, 04:05 PM
i KNEW this was going to happen, as a matter of fact when it first was announced that thq was shopping bhg around the first thing that came to my mind was schillings new company. I am really excited about this cause schilling is a gamer and not some corporate suit looking to squeeze me.

zim2411
05-27-2009, 04:36 PM
yay, BHG is based a mile away from me and I love them :D