By Joey Davidson |
Over the last year or so, THQ entered a world of financial ruin. From falling stock prices to the eventual bankruptcy of the company, the publisher and all of its licenses went down. The good news for fans of their games was that other companies…
By Ron Duwell |
All of the remaining assets owned by the former publisher THQ have been auctioned off, but one huge question mark has been hanging over one of its most classic series. Homeworld, a space-opera RTS, has been bought by Gearbox. The same studio that brought about…
By Joey Davidson |
When THQ went down in flames, one major franchise a lot of gamers were worried about was Saints Row. This series went from being a laughable GTA wannabe to becoming one of the greatest and silliest open world titles on the market. Volition was acquired by Koch…
By Ron Duwell |
Most of THQ and their largest properties have already been bought up and distributed by many of the biggest publishers out there. However, a lot of surprisingly good name recognition still remains on the table from games that didn’t get bought up the first time…
By Ron Duwell |
One of the forgotten victims in the whole THQ auction mess was the Homeworld series. I have to admit, it completely slipped under my radar as well. I know the series and the games, but I was unaware of THQ being the owners. At any…
By Eric Frederiksen |
Think about Bayonetta for a second. Then Metal Gear Rising, Vanquish, and The Wonderful 101. Now, think about Darksiders. Can you imagine them living together, in perfect harmony? Platinum Games’ head Atsushi Inaba can. In a tweet posted earlier today, Inaba expressed–in Japanese–disbelief that the…
By Joey Davidson |
Now that the dust has settled on THQ’s breakup and subsequent auction, we have a pretty clear image of where each franchise did (or didn’t) land. We’re breaking down where each of the studios and their franchises went, and how much they were purchased for.…
By Joey Davidson |
THQ has now been broken up into little bits and sold off to gaming publishers around the world. Their assets are in virtual transit, and the publishing brand no longer exists. The news was delivered to employees by way of a letter from the now…
By Ron Duwell |
An unlikely name has joined the ranks of the companies looking for a piece of the soon do be dismantled THQ. A tweet from Distressed Debt Investing has reported that Independent developer Double Fine will be joining EA and Warner Bros. in an auction for…
By Ron Duwell |
The ballad of THQ’s bankrupcy continues to weave more and more entangled threads of intrigue. The Clearlake Capital Group was all set to outright buy all of the struggling publisher’s assets for $60 million, but a judge blocked the sale stating that the deal did not…
By Joey Davidson |
While it’s incredibly unfortunate that THQ is in the midst of a real financial meltdown, it’s great news that their current project release schedule is set to roll out without interruption. One of the games in the process of development is the sequel to Metro 2033, Metro:…
By Joey Davidson |
Earlier this week, THQ announced that they were filing for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy and that their assets were to be bought buy a company called Clearlake Capital. You can read into that story, and more, by checking out the articles linked to the right. Clearlake…
By Joey Davidson |
THQ has officially “filed voluntary petitions under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware,” according to a brand new press release. The company has been struggling for a long time now, and it appears that THQ has been forced to enter…
By Joey Davidson |
I’ve seen some weird bonuses for pre-ordering and buying games during their opening run. I’ve also seen great promotions for these sales. The most recent awesome limited edition promotion was for The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword that included the 25th Anniversary CD for the Zelda franchise.…
By Joey Davidson |
Let’s start with the good, shall we? Right now you can go to HumbleBundle.com and pay whatever you want (as long as it’s more than $1) for four fantastic THQ games and a little more. Those games are Darksiders, Metro 2033, Red Faction: Armageddon and Company of…
By Joey Davidson |
THQ, the publishers behind Saints Row: The Third, Homefront and the upcoming South Park: The Stick of Truth, held a brief financial call yesterday evening. The 12 minute session featured the delay of several key titles for 2013. Today, the company faced a big drop in…
By Joey Davidson |
Financial calls with gaming publishers are typically lengthy. From start to finish, they tend to run around an hour. According to those who listened in to THQ’s call today, the publisher talked for 12 minutes. They wouldn’t even allow for questions. In those 12 minutes,…
By Eric Frederiksen |
There’s a lot that’s remarkable about the Darksiders series. It’s a first from a new developer, Vigil Games. It’s a new IP from a struggling publisher, THQ. It sports high production values across the board with a unified art direction, strong level design, and solid combat. And…
By Ron Duwell |
Pan’s Labyrinth director Guillermo del Toro will have to continue his ever-growing wait to break into video games. In reaction to their strict spending limitation during a financial crisis, THQ has announced the cancellation of their cooperative effort, inSANE. Announced at the Spike Video Game…
By Ron Duwell |
THQ might be turning a profit these days, but the struggling company is placing a lot of its future on its upcoming sequel Darksiders II. The original was a surprise hit in 2010, but it remains to be seen if the success can be carried…
By Ron Duwell |
Operation Barbarossa. The largest invasion in the history of mankind launched when 3,700,000 Nazi Germany troops invaded the Soviet Union in the Summer of 1941. The Soviet Red Army defended their homeland against 80% of the entire Nazi Army, holding firm to their cities and…
By Joey Davidson |
THQ has been in trouble for a while now. The game development and publishing company saw its product line and profit margins fall to shambles as they pumped money into the uDraw Tablet and licensed franchises that went absolutely no where. After losing millions on…
By Joey Davidson |
The gameplay clip of Metro: Last Light, released by THQ, rocked a lot of the media and attendees at this year’s E3 convention. As the video indicates, the eyes-on, live demo brought in 20 awards from different publications. “Welcome to Moscow” created some all-too-valuable buzz for…
By Joey Davidson |
Live action trailers for video games, as far as I’m concerned, are never really that good. They don’t do much to show off what’s coming, and it’s for that reason that I always take them lightly. The trailer at the head of this post, however,…
