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Ubisoft has officially confirmed its acquisition of THQ Montreal. With it comes the publishing rights to the Obsidian-developed RPG South Park: The Stick of Truth as well as a new, yet-to-be announced IP in development” at the former THQ studio. This deal adds experienced developers to our internal creative teams …
Read More »South Park creators attempt to block Stick of Truth auction as THQ bidding war begins
South Park Studios is attempting to stop the sale of the publishing rights for its new game, The Stick of Truth. The auction for THQ’s assets began yesterday, with rumours suggesting Sega is after Dawn of War and Companies of Heroes developer Relic – which is the biggest creative rival …
Read More »South Park a potential snag for THQ auction
Creators of hit animated TV show claim bankrupt publisher cannot sell their brand without consent
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 »Worrying signs from THQ as it scraps guidance, shuns investor Q&A
THQ may have reported better than expected sales for its last quarter, but the signs are anything but positive for the troubled publisher. Sales for the quarter ending September 30th reached $91.8m, beating expectations. But that’s where the good news ends. Darksiders II sales stand at 1.4m copies, far below …
Read More »THQ delays South Park game till FY 2014
Metro: Last Light, Company of Heroes 2 also pushed back
Read More »E3 2012: South Park look took ‘months of R&D’
Creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker talk South Park: The Stick of Truth
Read More »MICROSOFT: Blockbuster year of games for Xbox 360
Disappointed that there was no word of Xbox 720? Microsoft says there’s no need, thanks to its "biggest year for blockbuster games in Xbox history". The platform holder confidently claims that the next twelve months is going to be better than any previous year for Xbox 360 users, thanks to …
Read More »MICROSOFT: South Park creators mock SmartGlass
Animators Trey Parker and Matt Stone took a cheeky poke at Xbox’s new SmartGlass technology while promoting South Park: The Stick of Truth. "How many times have you been watching an episode of south park, and thinking I want to be playing a game, on my tablet, while connected to …
Read More »South Park RPG delayed to 2013
THQ has announced that Obsidian’s upcoming South Park RPG has been pushed back to next year. The publisher revealed news of the delay during its earnings conference call earlier today. The game is rumoured to be titled ‘The Stick of Truth’, and will include turn-based combat, classes, summons, weapon augmentation, …
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