THQ acquires San Diego studios of Midway Games
Midway Games has announced that they are selling their San Diego based studio assets to THQ.
The deal is worth around USD 200,000.
Midway however clarified that the deal does not include the TNA wrestling game which was developed at this studio.
This studio has around 100 employees. [...]
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Zeebo to launch a videogame console for developing nations
Nintendo Wii, Microsoft Xbox 360 and Sony PlayStation 3 are the primary gaming consoles of this generation.
Zeebo wants to join them but it has a different targeted audience.
Instead of aiming for the American, European and Japanese market, it is designed for the gamers in [...]
THQ to develop UP game for Pixar
Videogame developer THQ has announced that they would be developing a game based on the UP movie that is being made by The Walt Disney Co.’s Pixar Animation Studios.
Up is currently scheduled for launch in May this year.
THQ said that the games would be launched in several platforms [...]
THQ posts a quarterly loss
Video game publisher THQ has come out with their latest revenue report and the company has posted a big quarterly loss.
THQ said that the sales went down drastically. The company also declined to provide an outlook for the current quarter.
The company further announced that they are now going to cut [...]
PlayStation Home for PS3 finally arriving in beta form
Sony Computer Entertainment is finally set to launch its Home online virtual environment.
This service is designed for the company’s Playstation 3 gaming console.
It would be available to all PS3 owners from tomorrow.
This service would enable PS3 owners to have their own avatars who can [...]
– Mobile Game Inspired by Glamorous Lifestyle at the Playboy Mansion –
SAN DIEGO, CA – October 8, 2008 – THQ Wireless Inc., a division of THQ Inc., today announced Playboy Games: Pool Party, the mobile game inspired by the aspirational Playboy “good life,” has launched on major mobile carriers in the U.S. Developed by [...]
Signs 5 year, worldwide multi-game agreement
WOKING, UK – October 3rd 2008 – THQ Wireless Inc., a subsidiary of THQ Inc., today announced a long-term agreement with Player One, a UK- based, sports games publisher to distribute their branded games for mobile handsets worldwide. With this deal, THQ Wireless extends its impressive catalogue of entertainment-based [...]
Agreement with Vertigo Games Announced to Develop First-Ever, PC-Online SmackDown vs. Raw Experience
THQ Inc. (NASDAQ:THQI) and JAKKS Pacific, Inc. (NASDAQ:JAKK) today announced an agreement with PC-Online game developer Vertigo Games for WWE® SmackDown® vs. Raw® Online (working title). Scheduled for release in Asia in late 2010, WWE SmackDown vs. Raw Online will mark the [...]
All-New Original IP Features Six Popular Summer Sports
THQ Inc. (NASDAQ:THQI) today announced Big Beach Sports™ has shipped to retail outlets throughout North America exclusively for Wii™. The game will be available in Europe on June 26th and in Asia Pacific on June 27th. Now you can experience the fun of the beach regardless of [...]
