THQ went bankrupt while they were processing it.
I'm not quite sure what you mean by that.
As far as I know, only Relic ever held the engine rights - not THQ. They may have lost quite a bit of programming talent as staff left around the bankruptcy, but they are trying to replace them:
http://hire.jobvite.com/CompanyJobs/Careers.aspx?k=Job&c=qds9Vfwt&j=o1jY1fw3