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THQ Dissolves Smartphone Games Studio In Finland

By Tricia Duryee Mar. 3, 2010, 1:43am Comments Off

THQ (NSDQ: THQI) has confirmed that its mobile game studio in Finland has entered into liquidation, putting an end to a decision made a year… Read More »

THQ Settles Legal Spat With Jakks Pacific, WWE; Inks New 8-Year Exclusive Licensing Deal

By Tameka Kee Dec. 23, 2009, 7:11am Comments Off

*THQ* has settled a long-standing legal spat with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and toy-maker Jakks Pacific, over the licensing of WWE… Read More »

THQ Inks Multi-Game Licensing Deals With DreamWorks; Hires New Licensing Head

By Tameka Kee Dec. 3, 2009, 2:03am Comments Off

THQ has secured new licensing deals with DreamWorks Animation, giving the company the rights to develop and publish new games based on the s… Read More »

THQ’s Revs Beat Expectations; Launches New Digital Distribution Store

By Tameka Kee Nov. 5, 2009, 3:50am Comments Off

Game publisher *THQ* swung to a $5.6 million loss this quarter (its fiscal Q2) — after posting a profit three months ago — but it’s still… Read More »

Earnings: Strong Sales, Cost-Cutting Get THQ Back In The Black

By Tameka Kee Jul. 29, 2009, 1:11am Comments Off

Finally — a bright side for THQ (NSDQ: THQI). After posting massive losses for the past four quarters, the game publisher is finally back i… Read More »

THQ Caps Off Cost-Cutting With Company-Wide Reorg

By Tameka Kee Jun. 25, 2009, 12:23am Comments Off

Sluggish sales forced *THQ* into crisis mode late last year: the game publisher shut down or spun off seven of its studios and laid off abou… Read More »

Curt Schilling’s 38 Studios Saves Big Huge Games From Extinction

By Tameka Kee May. 27, 2009, 11:45pm 2 Comments

Role-playing game studio Big Huge Games just got a big huge save from the chopping block: it’s getting acquired by 38 Studios, the interacti… Read More »

Industry Moves: Yahoo’s Head Of Video Departs; THQ’s EVP Of Publishing Leaves, Too

By Tameka Kee May. 27, 2009, 7:13am Comments Off

– Yahoo: The brain drain continues. Satish Menon, VP of Yahoo’s Consumer Platforms Group is leaving; he tells NewTeeVee that he will focus… Read More »

Earnings: More Losses For THQ, Though Revs Beat Estimates

By Tameka Kee May. 7, 2009, 1:36am 1 Comment

Despite closing studios and laying off over 600 staff, *THQ* still couldn’t quite dig itself out of the financial hole for Q1 (its fiscal Q4… Read More »

Gaming Roundup: PS2 Vs. Wii; Why Microsoft Spared Lionhead; THQ’s Savings

By Tameka Kee Apr. 3, 2009, 6:50am Comments Off

– PS2 price cut aimed at the Wii: *Sony* dropped the price of the PS2 to $99, much to the dismay of consumers hoping that a price cut was… Read More »

Huge Losses Mean More Studio Closures For THQ

By Tameka Kee Mar. 18, 2009, 10:26pm Comments Off

Ballooning losses and sluggish game sales forced *THQ* to shed four studios late last year, and now there are three more on the block. First… Read More »

THQ CEO: We Still Have Enough Developers To Make Good Games

By Tameka Kee Feb. 27, 2009, 4:40am Comments Off

*THQ* had a rough second half of 2008: ballooning losses and sluggish sales of a few of its games led the Saint’s Row and WWE publisher to s… Read More »

Earnings: Sales At THQ Wireless Unit Stalling

Earnings: THQ’s Losses Grow; Revenues Miss Consensus; Gets New CFO

THQ Restructures Wireless Division; Will Focus On Smartphones And Layoff 100 Employees

Earnings: Mobile Gaming A Bright Spot For THQ