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Troubled publisher THQ has finally seen some positive movement on the stock market following the success of its recent Humble Bundle. The pay what you want” offer saw gamers able to pick up the PC versions of Darksiders II, Metro 2033, Red Faction Armageddon and Company of Heroes, as well …
Read More »Humble Bundle launches THQ charity pack
A new pay-what-you-want charity bundle of popular THQ games is now available. Consumers can pay anything from $1 for seven titles with proceeds going to charities Child’s Play and the American Red Cross. The Humble THQ Bundle allows gamers to pay for Steam keys to Darksiders, Metro 2033, Red Faction: …
Read More »Jason Rubin gives $1k to THQ Humble Bundle
Turtle Rock Studios, GameDev.net chip in to help publisher
Read More »THQ teams up with Humble Bundle
Distressed publisher turns to indie pay-what-you-want platform, makes $1m in five hours
Read More »Report: Del Toro’s Insane revived by mystery dev
Horror series won't be released till 2015 at the earliest
Read More »Tattoo artist suing THQ over UFC Undisputed
A lion tattoo on the ribcage of UFC fighter Carlos Condit has landed THQ in some unwelcome legal hot water. Condit has featured as a fighter in THQ’s UFC series and his digital likeness includes an exact replica of a lion tattoo on his midriff. And now the tattoo artist …
Read More »Metro: Last Light dev says Wii U has "a horrible, slow CPU"
The developer of Metro: Last Light has lashed out at the technical innards of Nintendo’s Wii U. Wii U has a horrible, slow CPU,” 4A Games’ chief technical officer Oles Shishkovtsov told NowGamer, with colleague Huw Beyon adding: We had an early look at it, we thought we could probably …
Read More »Retailers, unleash your inner wrestler and win WWE tickets and goodies
You lug boxes of stock around the store and punch prices into the till, but do you dream of lugging heavy men in spandex and punching them into submission? Well, we can’t make that happen. But we can bring you closer to the lyrca-clad behemoths you idolise. MCV and THQ …
Read More »THQ thrown lifeline by lenders as investment negotiations continue
Lender Well Fargo has agreed to extend the terms of its loan to THQ, giving the publisher a new January 15th deadline to meet its demands. Wells Fargo had previously threatened to default THQ after it failed to fulfil the conditions of its agreement. But as well as extending its …
Read More »THQ fends off default with forbearance deal
Publisher protected from creditors' legal action until January 15th next year
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