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Rights for Lovecraftian horror game returned to sender

Good quarter for troubled publisher following massive restructure

Resurgent publisher THQ has successfully fended off the threat of being delisted from the American NASDAQ stock exchange. The publisher was first warned in January that its place on the stock list was under threat following its failure to trade above $1 – the minimum price required by NASDAQ – …

Ron Moravek joins management team as part of firm's restructuring toward core-games development

Second class action filing in two months against troubled publisher

The commercial failure of uDraw has seen a second lawsuit levelled at THQ. Levi and Korsinsky has filed a lawsuit with the Californian District Court. It alleges that THQ issued false or misleading statements concerning the company”. It adds: Specifically, it is alleged that defendants misrepresented or failed to disclose …

THQ has big plans for the future of Darksiders II that goes beyond the game’s launch this summer. Darksiders II arrives on 360, PS3 and PC on August 21st, with a Wii U version to come. It’s the second-highest pre-ordered title in THQ’s history, behind last year’s Saints Row: The …

CEO Brian Farrell believes that the worst is behind THQ as the publisher continues to rebuild. "We want to show the shareholders that the heavy lifting is done," Farrell told Gamasutra. "The last six months have been an exercise in great pain and suffering. We feel like we’re getting there. …

'There's an opportunity for core games that are not just made with the highest budgets', says Brian Farrell

With its position on US tech exchange NASDAQ under threat, THQ has confirmed that it is to instigate a reverse stock split. The process means that every ten shares in the publisher will be converted into a single share, effectively raising the value of said shares. The move will reduce …