US publisher THQ has almost completed negotiations to sign Juice Games' street racing title Juiced, reuniting the Fund 4 Games owned title with the Acclaim-owned name - while legal clouds gather over Exclaim's involvement. According to a statement from THQ, the court overseeing Acclaim's bankruptcy has approved the sale of Acclaim's holding in the franchise - thought to be the car manufacturer licenses and the Juiced brand name.
It's also believed that the game itself, which belongs to development funding and management firm Fund 4 Games, is set to be acquired by THQ, although a Fund 4 Games spokesperson today declined to comment on details of the deal, saying only that an agreement with the publisher was close. Reuniting the brand and the game has undoubtedly been a legal minefield for THQ - at one point it's thought that Juice Games was facing the prospect of having to rebrand the game before it could be released - but it's still not clear whether all the pieces of the jigsaw are in place.
News source: GamesIndustry.biz
