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MCV understands that THQ has this week commenced a series of changes to its UK organisation. At this stage no official comment has been made by the company but MCV believes that, as part of a global alignment, a number of UK staff have been placed at risk of redundancy …
Read More »THQ losses lead to 250 job cuts
US publisher THQ has confirmed that it is to cut 250 jobs following losses of $115.3 million for the three months ending September 30th. Losses for the same period last year totalled just $7 million. Net sales for the period reached $164.8 million, down from the $229.3 million seen in …
Read More »THQ to cut 250 development jobs
$115.3m loss for the quarter ending September 30th; 17 per cent of studio workforce to go
Read More »More THQ studio closures on the way?
It appears as though yesterday’s revelation of a downscaling at Juice Games may have just been the start of a massive cull of THQ’s internal development resources. For the full low-down, head over to the only bookmark you need for the day’s global development news, Develop.
Read More »THQ closing more studios?
Reports claim Paradigm, Mass Media, Locomotive, Sandblast all closed; Rainbow also suffers job cuts
Read More »Third of workers go at Juice Games
Warrington-based Juice Games is set to cut around a third of staff, according to MCV sister-site Develop. Sources say the move has come about due to the imminent cancellation of a ‘high risk project’, and is part of moves to combat the worsening economic climate. To read the story in …
Read More »Juice Games to lay off a third of workforce
THQ-owned studio forced to downsize after project cancellation
Read More »THQ sues Activision Blizzard
THQ is suing Activision Blizzard for allegedly copying box art in an attempt to confuse consumers. According to Edge, THQ said Activision’s upcoming title, SCORE International Baja 1000: The Official Game has box art that is too close in similarity to THQ’s September title Baja: Edge of Control. THQ holds …
Read More »Official: THQ to publish 50 Cent game
The will-they-won’t-they saga surrounding THQ’s publishing of ex-Vivendi property 50 Cent: Blood On The Sand has come to an end: after the BBFC classified the title for the publisher. Rumours first circulated that THQ had bought the rights to the Swordfish Studios-developed game earlier this week, when the firm’s name …
Read More »Has THQ acquired 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand?
A new entry in the Australian government’s Classification Database seems to suggest that US publisher THQ has acquired the rights to publish Swordfish Studios’ hip-hop themed 50 Cent: Blood in the Sand. The shooter was one of a number of titles that was left out in the cold following the …
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