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Publisher says it's working hard to find new jobs for laid off developers
Read More »Avalanche: Kaos deserved better, and we’ll help
Reasons for Homefront dev's closure 'troubling', says boss of nearby studio
Read More »Desilets joins THQ amid ‘staff poach’ row
Designer's non-compete period ends; Ubisoft claims THQ has unfairly poached staff
Read More »THQ shuts Homefront developer
THQ is in the process of closing down its New York studio Kaos. The publisher has confirmed to Develop it has made a strategic realignment within its internal studio structure and is in the process of closing two locations: the company’s UK studio and Kaos studio in New York." Its …
Read More »THQ to axe Homefront studio Kaos [Update 2]
New York studio informs staff of fate; THQ Montreal to take over Homefront; UK studio axed
Read More »THQ to cut down UK studio [Update 2]
Publisher puts team of 46 on notice, Develop understands, after almost a decade of work
Read More »THQ "never started" Saints Row 3DS
THQ never started production on a 3DS instalment in its popular Saints Row series, according to Danny Bilson. The firm’s executive vice president of core games told GameSpot the development team had decided to work on other projects instead. News that Saints Row 3DS had been canned emerged last month. …
Read More »E3 2011: uDraw boss ‘unsurprised’ by Wii U
Martin Good, executive VP of THQ’s kids, family and casual games label, isn’t shaken by Nintendo’s newly announced Wii U. The uDraw series hasn’t been around for a whole year yet, but the capabilities and functions of the Wii U controller could displace THQ’s purpose-built tablet if Nintendo was to …
Read More »Saints Row 3 due November
Saints Row: The Third will be released in November on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC, developer Volition has confirmed. The sandbox gangster game and GTA rival will arrive in the US on November 15th and three days later in the UK on November 18th. Volition’s senior producer Greg Donovan told …
Read More »E3 2011: Wii U Darksiders II the visual equal of 360 and PS3 versions
The Wii U version of Darksiders II will "absolutely" look as good as the Xbox 360 and PS3 SKUs, THQ’s core games boss Danny Bilson has told Eurogamer. He also added that a working version of the game is already up and running on the hardware. That claim comes despite …
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