Platinum Games interested in purchasing Darksiders franchise

<p>Atsushi Inaba&comma; the head of Platinum Games&comma; has expressed his interest in purchasing the <em>Darksiders<&sol;em> video game series &&num;8211&semi; but only at the right price&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>During the recent THQ bankruptcy auction&comma; the publisher was stripped of its assets&comma; and many of its games and associated assets were purchased by rival companies&period; However&comma; THQ-owned development studio Vigil Games&comma; the developer behind the two games in the <em>Darksiders<&sol;em> franchise&comma; didn&&num;8217&semi;t find a buyer&comma; with no bids being placed on it&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>THQ has since issued a statement claiming that it would continue to try to find a suitable buyer for the studio as well as other assets left unsold after the auction&comma; but that there would be immediate job losses&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Platinum Games is the developer behind the upcoming <em>Metal Gear Rising&colon; Revengeance<&sol;em> and <em>Bayonetta 2<&sol;em>&comma; amongst others&comma; and upon learning of the lack of bids for Vigil Games and the <em>Darksiders<&sol;em> franchise&comma; Platinum Games boss Atsushi Inaba posted the following message on Twitter &lpar;the original message was in Japanese&comma; with a translation being provided by <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;polygon&period;com&sol;2013&sol;1&sol;23&sol;3909506&sol;platinum-games-boss-expresses-interest-in-buying-darksiders-on-twitter" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">Polygon<&sol;a>&rpar;&colon; &&num;8220&semi;Oh man in THQ&&num;8217&semi;s big sale it looks like nobody&&num;8217&semi;s bought Darksiders&&num;8230&semi;I&&num;8217&semi;d love to buy that &lpar;if it was cheap&rpar;&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lbrack;Via&colon; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;computerandvideogames&period;com&sol;388002&sol;platinum-games-shows-interest-in-buying-darksiders&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">CVG<&sol;a>&rsqb;<&sol;p>&NewLine;