Whilst big game companies tend to have deep pockets for approved game projects, and these days, it's not uncommon for games to need tens of millions of dollars - bigger and more polished games cost hundreds of millions (GTA V for example).
Whilst Vigil
Games, the developer of the Darksiders franchise no longer exists, Nordic
Games were the
company that bought out some of THQ's
biggest franchises which included
games like Red Faction, MX vs ATV, and Darksiders.