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A confident letter from THQ president Jason Rubin to company ‘fans’ says its bankruptcy filing "does not mean the end of the THQ story". Far from it – he describes last night’s Chapter 11 filing in the USA as "a new start for our company". Yesterday the publisher filed for …
Read More »Bankruptcy for THQ as it looks to sell
THQ has filed for bankruptcy – but as part of a plan to ultimately strengthen the business and hopefully find it a new owner. The publisher this evening announced it had agreed to sell the majority of its US assets, including its publishing operation and four studios, to affiliates of …
Read More »THQ files for bankruptcy
But publisher claims there will be no redundancies as it looks to sell
Read More »THQ: South Park marketing will be ‘shocking and disruptive’
South Park: The Stick of Truth will be backed by a ‘irreverent, shocking and disruptive’ marketing push. THQ has promised to reflect South Park’s humour in its activity, which included a show-stealing appearance at the Video Game Awards in the US last week. It would be pretty difficult to market …
Read More »THQ considering Linux for upcoming releases
Publisher evaluating costs and benefits of porting games to OS
Read More »THQ mulls ‘costs and benefits’ of Linux for future titles
Following the results of the Humble THQ Bundle, president Jason Rubin has revealed his company is considering Linux for its upcoming releases. Got the Linux message load [sic] and clear via HumbleBundle feedback. Evaluating cost/benefit as we speak,” Rubin said in response to a request on Twitter over the weekend. …
Read More »The seven games that defined 2012 in this week’s MCV
This week’s MCV isnow available to view online – and it boasts our huge review of the year where we discuss the seven games that defined 2012. We also analyse the November sales data, pick the 25 Gadgets to stock this Christmas and reveal the full state of the UK …
Read More »THQ and Humble make $5m as bundle experiment concludes
Humble Bundle’s AAA experiment with THQ has come to a close, and the results look very solid. The effort raised just under $5.1m by selling nearly 900,000 units across its two weeks of availability. Each sale allowed buyers to choose the split between THQ, Humble Bundle, and charity donation. The …
Read More »THQ Humble Bundle closes at $5m
Nearly 900,000 purchases made at an average cost of $5.76
Read More »Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War added the Humble THQ Bundle
Having already made in excess of $4.5m across 800k purchases, THQ has added even more goodies to its popular Humble THQ Bundle. The pay-what-you-want deal already offered copies of Red Faction: Armageddon, Metro 2033, Darksiders, Company of Heroes and its two expansions. Saints Row: The Third was added for all …
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