The joint venture between THQ and Shanghai-based I.C.E. Entertainment ceased operations this week and the one free-to-play online game it offered now belongs to Gravity Interactive.
The THQ*ICE website confirms that the joint venture is finished. The advisory message also explains what happened to Dragonica Online: "As of August 31st 2010, North American operations of Dragonica Online on thqice.com is [sic] suspended. The service of Dragonica is being transitioned to another game publisher."
The website offers Dragonica Online players instructions on what to do if they want to continue playing the game after its transition to Gravity Interactive, the new operators of Dragonica Online.
The new home for Dragonica Online offers a welcome message to current users:
"WarpPortal is proud to announce that Dragonica Online will soon be added to our growing list of Free to Play games! Even better, all the THQ*ICE Dragonica character data will also be added to the WarpPortal, so if you played Dragonica Online previously you will be able to link your existing Dragonica game account with your WarpPortal account!"