Tag Archives: THQ

Geoffrey Tim

Assassin’s Creed designer leaves Ubisoft. Again.

May 8, 2013 at 12:00 pm | 14 Comments

I giggled at the implicit irony when Patrice Désilets, the chap who designed the first two Assassin’s Creed games, left Ubisoft for THQ, only to have he and his team acquired by Ubisoft after THQ’s meltdown. I’m not sure if I should be giggling a second time – because he’s now left Ubisoft. Again.


Gavin Mannion

Metro: Last Light Redemption trailer

April 30, 2013 at 1:00 pm | 14 Comments

The latest title in the Metro series has had a tough time trying to make it to market with their distributor going out of business and there being a few delays in the process, however it’s nearly here and I’m still hopeful it can prove to be a solid title.


Geoffrey Tim

Saint’s Row 4 is going to be huge

March 25, 2013 at 10:30 am | 14 Comments

THQ might have crumbled, but there’s consolation in that our very favourite series from the publisher – as well as the developer behind it – has been saved from the ruin. Volition Inc’s next chapter in the irreverent, over-the-top Saint’s Row is coming along nicely – and will be the biggest, craziest game in the series, promising a “fuck ton” more open-world content.


Geoffrey Tim

Metro: Last Light gets a release date! Again!

March 1, 2013 at 12:30 pm | 6 Comments

When THQ crumbled, were were worried that 4A Games’ sequel to Metro 2033 would be in a spot of bother. It was meant to be released this month – but THQ’s demise made that rather uncertain. thankfully, the game was picked up in the great THQ auction by Koch Media – and they’ve now given the game a release date. Hooray!


Darryn Bonthuys

THQ still needs to sell off Darksiders, Homeworld and Red Faction

February 27, 2013 at 2:00 pm | 24 Comments

Much like explosive diarrhoea, there happens to be bits of THQ everywhere now. The company is dead, and it’s various games and license have been scattered to the winds of other gaming studios and publishers. Well, most of them anyway. THQ still has a few properties left that no one wanted the first time that they had an auction, so they’re going to be trying once again to kick them out the door one more time.


Geoffrey Tim

2K officially pins WWE licence

February 14, 2013 at 9:00 am | 17 Comments

As was rumoured during the great THQ asset auction, it looks like 2K sports will indeed be taking the reins on the WWE video game licence. Those hoping for a more serious simulation experience as with 2K’s other sports games might want to dial your excitement though.


Darryn Bonthuys

Six ideas to start a new WWE video game era

January 29, 2013 at 3:30 pm | 31 Comments

I’m not ashamed to admit that I enjoy watching  the dubya dubya ee. It’s on three times a week, has good versus evil and it’s never a repeat. In other words, it’s a soapie for men. Manly men. Men with brawn who enjoy watching oiled up guys in tights grapple and twist each other into pretzels. Ahem, moving on, there’s a pretty good chance that Vince McMahon has just slammed a former THQ representative through the conference table right about now. Without someone to publish a new wrasslin’ game, WWE needs to find a new home for their brand. And hopefully, they can get some new ideas into the franchise as well. Here’s six such ideas which they might want to consider.


Darryn Bonthuys

THQ could have survived if it had gone all digital

January 29, 2013 at 8:45 am | 33 Comments

What’s the difference between THQ and my love life? None, because they’re both dead. Now that the former video game publisher is bereft of life and it’s various franchises divided and scattered to the four corners of the earth, it’s time for a little hindsight. Particularly from former THQ boss Jason Rubin, who laments the fact that THQ never made a move into digital markets.


Geoffrey Tim

FFD: What IP would you give to which developers?

January 25, 2013 at 10:15 am | 81 Comments

With THQ’s demise, and other developers and publishers picking up a bunch of their IP we may see some pretty radical changes. Though most properties have gone along with the studios that developed them, others will find themselves being developed by new teams. It brings up a pretty wonderful “what if,” fantasy situation.


Geoffrey Tim

THQ auctioned off; Assets divided

January 24, 2013 at 9:30 am | 71 Comments

Yesterday the video game industry, like vultures circling a soon-to-be-corpse, swopped in to snatch up bits and pieces of THQ and its properties in  an auction. Here’s who got which properties.


Gavin Mannion

THQ is dead.. again. Being sold off piece by piece

January 8, 2013 at 7:45 am | 1 Comment

So our earlier excitement about THQ being saved by Clearlake Capital was put on hold when two separate lawsuits were filed against the deal by creditors who claimed it was a bit of a fishy deal. It looks like they were on to something.


Gavin Mannion

That THQ rescue deal is being investigated

January 4, 2013 at 9:00 am | 5 Comments

On the 20th of December we were all greeted with the news that THQ had officially gone bankrupt but that Clearlake Capital had picked up the companies assets and IP’s and that future development was still on target.


Gavin Mannion

An open letter from the CEO of THQ

December 21, 2012 at 9:45 am | 9 Comments

Yesterday we reported that THQ had officially gone bankrupt and that their assets and IP had now been sold to Clearlake Capital Group. Well today John Rubin, the President of THQ, has posted an open letter regarding the deals and the bankruptcy.


Gavin Mannion

THQ is dead, long live THQ

December 20, 2012 at 9:00 am | 13 Comments

And so it looks like the numerous reports of THQ’s demise were spot on with THQ officially filing for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy earlier today. However, it isn’t actually all that bad in the end.


Geoffrey Tim

Has the casual gaming bubble burst?

December 13, 2012 at 12:00 pm | 17 Comments

For the past few years now, platform owners and software developers have been trying to get a slice of the casual gaming market. Nintendo certainly captured that market with their DS and Wii, and Facebook has been inundated with addictive, spammy junk from the likes of Zynga and similar companies. Has that cash-filled bubble burst?

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