Devil’s Third blev droppet af THQ tilbage i maj måned. Men de fasthold IP’en i deres kartotek. Men nu har THQ så valgt at give udvikleren Valhalla Game Studios rettighederne tilbage, så Valhalla selv kan få spillet på gaden, når de er færdige med udviklingen. Valhalla er ført an af Tomonobu Itagaki, hjernen bag Dead or Alive og genoplivningen af Ninja Gaiden. Devil’s Third er derfor et meget spændende projekt, som vi meget gerne vil have at se. Og det får vi. Itagaki har skrevet et længere brev til Famitsu (oversat via Eurogamer), hvor han roser THQ og især chefen Danny Bilson.

Most important thing is gamers’ happiness. And people in business side like distributers and presses. And developers. It’s a Happy Three. So we can’t thank THQ enough. Anyway, we now own the Devil’s Third IP.

Devil’s Third development is in its final stage now, and is most expensive in this term. In the West, we need to spend a great deal for advertisements – as much as development cost – to sell a lot. But it wasn’t fit for [THQ’s] mid-term plan. They didn’t want to part with this IP, but we all have to see into the future and at last they did, for us. We were anguished and they were really kind to us. Mr. Danny Bilson was searching for a way to work together until the very end. I do appreciate him and THQ managers that signed the transfer contract.