EA Named as Potential Buyer of THQ Assets

Electronic Arts has been named as one of the potential buyers of THQ’s assets. As revealed by Distressed Debt Investing on Twitter, EA is “a potential buyer of certain titles” and “has completed site visits.”

Earlier today it was announced that THQ’s assets will be sold title-by-title on January 22nd. According to DDI, bids are due by 9:00 a.m. Eastern on January 22nd, and the auction will take place at 3:00 p.m. later that day. The auction will allow for bidders to bid on titles or studios.

EA joins WB, who was revealed in court to be among the potential bidders and Ubisoft, who has been rumored to be interested.

For more on the potential future of THQ’s properties, read which studios could potentially be interested in each property and what would happen if Sony bought THQ’s portfolio.

Andrew Goldfarb is IGN’s associate news editor. Keep up with pictures of the latest food he’s been eating by following @garfep on Twitter or garfep on IGN.

Source : ign[dot]com