Those of THQ’s IPs not sold off during the publisher’s bankruptcy auction will be given a second chance in a separate auction, according to company president Jason Rubin. Vigil’s Darksiders franchise, along with ‘back catalogue’ franchises such as Red Faction and MX vs ATV, remain in the hands of THQ. But according to Rubin, those franchises may yet still survive
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The THQ Humble Bundle closed overnight, recording 885,287 sales and generating a total of $5,097,474.23. The bundle included Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War, Saints Row: The Third, Darksiders, Metro 2033, Red Faction Armageddon, three Company of Heroes titles, Titan Quest and Red Faction Armageddon DLC Path to War. Saint’s Row alone was enough reason to pick this pack up in
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So it seems the leftover uDraw tablets are not destined for some landfill pill in the middle of nowhere. A representative for the publisher told Kotaku that to the best of their knowledge, the leftover stock is not being dumped. Instead they hope to sell them at a greatly reduced price tag, “perhaps at non-traditional game retailers and discount stores.”
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Yesterday it was suggested that layoffs at THQ were set to be around 170 members. Today however it seems that amount has risen. An SEC filing logged by the publisher detailed a comprehensive “restructuring plan” that will see “up to” 240 employees let go. “Selling, general and administrative” departments are all set to be affected by this. The majority of
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According to Kevin Dent, CEO of video games consultancy practice Tiswaz Entertainment and head of the IGDA mobile special interest group, THQ has reportedly laid off 170 staff as its recently revised business strategy comes into effect. On his Twitter he writes “This is probably going to break in the morning, I have sat on it for a week or
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