
Will we get it for free? That's anyone's guess for now, but we can hope so.After decades of conflict, the disastrous Crystal War has finally ended, and the Tuatha warlord Gadflow has been defeated. I bet Re-Reckoning is coming to Steam and, on top of that, it'll be released on all platforms it's coming to at the same time, as so many publishers do nowadays. Deep Silver is a completely separate company, the dealings of which have nothing to do with THQ Nordic.Īnd, of course, THQ Nordic has a history of being rather nice to their fans. Therefore, no, THQ Nordic hasn't released Epic exclusives as of yet. Holding companies reduce risk for the shareholders, and can permit the ownership and control of a number of different companies.Embracer Group is, in fact, listed as THQ Nordic's parent company, but not Koch Media's (Koch's parent company is listed as Koch Media Holding GmbH). However, in many jurisdictions around the world, holding companies are usually called parent companies, which, besides holding stock in other companies, can conduct trade and other business activities themselves. Its purpose is to own shares of other companies to form a corporate group. A holding company usually does not produce goods or services itself. Here's what a holding company is:Ī holding company is a company that owns the outstanding stock of other companies. However, the fact stands that THQ Nordic has absolutely nothing to do with Deep Silver or Volition, or even Koch Media. Its subsidiaries include THQ Nordic and Koch Media (as I said, Deep Silver is one of its divisions, and Deep Silver owns Volition, who develops Saints Row). Here's the hierarcy:Įmbracer Group (formerly Nordic Games Publishing AB and THQ Nordic AB) is a holding company. Second, I've been spouting out facts about THQ Nordic as I come across them. We hope people are still looking forward to playing Kingdoms of Amalur Re-Reckoning in Summer.”Source:

“The news was not supposed to go out yet, which can be summarised as ‘oopsy daisy’ on our end.

“Yes, it’s true and accurate,” said Florian Emmerich, head of public relations for THQ Nordic. Let's get some things straight here, from which we can speculate the remaster's availability and whether it'll be free to current owners.įirst, it's been confirmed (via Polygon) that this announcement wasn't supposed to happen yet, which might be one of the reasons why the game doesn't have a store page here on Steam yet.
