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Beleaguered publisher THQ has cut some 120 employees from its game development network, as the company looks to streamline the business to ease costs. Some 80 positions will be made redundant at Texas outfit Vigil Games, while another 40 will go at Vancouver studio Relic Entertainment. The latest bout of …
Read More »THQ to axe 120 jobs across studios
Vigil Games and Relic Entertainment targeted in downsize operation
Read More »THQ and Adidas settle exercise game lawsuit
THQ and Adidas have settled a $10m lawsuit over the fitness title miCoach. The sports brand was suing THQ for failing to provide software for tracking exercise akin to Nike+ and Garmin running watches. "Adidas and THQ have amicably resolved the dispute, which will allow Adidas to get the miCoach …
Read More »Warner signs Codies distribution deal in US
Warner Brothers International Entertainment has signed a deal for the distribution, sales, and marketing of the complete 2012 Codemasters lineup in North and South America. Codemasters’ distribution has previously been handled by THQ, which has hit trouble of late, closing several studios and laying off hundreds of employees. AsGamasutrapoints out …
Read More »Codemasters signs Warner Bros distribution deal
WBIE takes duties from troubled THQ
Read More »Obsidian’s XBLA action RPG ‘on hold’
Obsidian Entertainment has official word that its previously announced XBLA game, originally targeted for a Q1 2012 launch, is currently at an impasse. "That project is currently on hold; we are looking at where we might want to take it," CEO Feargus Urquhart told Joystiq. The original IP and action …
Read More »Adidas sues THQ for $10m
THQ is being sued by Adidas for $10 million after it failed to bring keep-fit title MiCoach to market, according to reports. TheOregonainclaims that the sports giant has filed a lawsuit through the Multnomah Country Circuit Court in Oregon, US, for breach of contract after a deal signed in December …
Read More »Adidas sues THQ for $10m over breach of contract
Publisher reportedly unable to finish development of MiCoach due to layoffs
Read More »EA exec: Zynga and THQ struggles don’t help us
Hilleman takes wider view: Problems for any games firm puts whole sector in negative light
Read More »FEATURE: Have we lost the kids games market?
It was September 2003 when THQ released Finding Nemo. The Traveller’s Tales-developed adventure based on the hit Disney/Pixar movie was a phenomenon. It shifted millions worldwide. In the UK alone it sold over 500,000 units on just PS2 and Game Boy Advance. Fast forward to February 2011 and THQ CEO …
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