|
|
|
30
More: next 50 >>
The man who is widely credited with the development of the original Xbox home gaming console at Microsoft says that, down on its luck, publisher THQ lacked a strategy for the digital space, which lead to the deal that the company has with Innovative Leisure.
Speaking to Eurogamer, Seamus Blackley, who is the leader ... |
9 February 2012
20:21 GMT |
 |
|
During the DICE 2012 conference organized in Las Vegas, Michael Pachter, who is an analyst watching the video game industry, has argued that the current publishing system for video games is broken and that more of the companies handling these duties might disappear in the coming years. Speaking at the event organize... |
9 February 2012
16:41 GMT |
|
|
Video game publisher THQ has announced that it has entered into an agreement with Innovative Leisure, a new developer created by industry veterans, aimed at publishing video games for digital and mobile platforms starting with this year.
The new company is staffed by the likes of Seamus Blackley, who is known as the... |
7 February 2012
08:01 GMT |
|
|
Video game publisher THQ has announced worse than expected results for the fiscal quarter that ended on December 31 of last year, showing a loss of no less than 55.9 million dollars (42.5 million Euro), which is quite an increase when compared to the loss posted in the same period of 2010.
The big problem for THQ ha... |
4 February 2012
10:41 GMT |
|
|
After rumors suggested that all development on Dark Millennium Online has been suspended, publisher THQ has confirmed that the MMO might be having some issues as it was announced that it was seeking a partner which can invest part of the resources required to get it launched after March 2013.
Talking to investors, B... |
4 February 2012
04:15 GMT |
|
|
THQ has confirmed that its upcoming Metro: Last Light title is no longer scheduled to appear this summer, and will now be released in the beginning of 2013. Metro: Last Light is the sequel to the impressive, albeit flawed, Metro 2033. It aims at improving the gritty, post-apocalyptic shooter experience delivered by ... |
3 February 2012
17:21 GMT |
|
|
THQ and Vigil Games have finally pinned a release date onto Darksiders II, their upcoming hack and slash title, which is now set to appear in June, alongside a novel based on the series. Darksiders II wants to improve on the already impressive original, while introducing a new protagonist, in the form of Death, the ... |
3 February 2012
15:31 GMT |
|
|
Video game publisher THQ and the Ultimate Fighting Championship organization have announced that the upcoming UFC Undisputed 3 martial arts simulation will get a number of downloadable content passes, with the companies allowing gamers access to them all via a new season pass feature.
When the game launches all thos... |
3 February 2012
10:15 GMT |
|
|
Video game publisher THQ has announced, via a regulatory filing, that it will be laying off about 240 employees in the coming months while Brian Farell, who is the current chief executive officer at the company, will agree to take a pay cut of 50 percent to his base salary. The 240 people to lose their jobs are link... |
2 February 2012
10:14 GMT |
|
|
Video game developer THQ has confirmed that layoffs have hit its Australian office and there are rumors that the division based in Japan might also be affected. An official statement says, “THQ confirms a reduction in force to the company’s administration and publishing organization.” It adds, &ld... |
31 January 2012
02:21 GMT |
|
|
Video game publisher THQ has announced that it plans to exit the kids-oriented video games business that it has been traditionally linked to and focus on the future development of a number of core game franchises, concentrated on both retail and digital distribution.
THQ says that it plans to continue selling some o... |
26 January 2012
18:41 GMT |
|
|
THQ has revealed some impressive sales figures for its latest Saints Row 3: The Third video game, which has shipped over 3.8 million units and is breaking digital sales records for the company.
THQ has just confirmed that it’s changing its corporate strategy to focus more on hardcore games. In order to really ... |
26 January 2012
17:21 GMT |
|
|
What we know:
Darksiders II is the sequel to the original hack and slash title made by Vigil Games, set to appear later this year for the PC, PlayStation3, Xbox 360 and Nintendo Wii U.
The original Darksiders impressed through its interesting story, allowing players to take control of War, one of the four horsemen ... |
26 January 2012
15:31 GMT |
|
|
THQ has released another classy video for its upcoming Darksiders II hack and slash game, this time focusing on the role of the title’s protagonist, Death, throughout the history of mankind.
While the original Darksiders focused on War, one of the four horsemen of the apocalypse, the second game will see its a... |
26 January 2012
08:31 GMT |
|
|
THQ and Vigil Games have deployed a brand new trailer for their upcoming Darksiders II hack and slash title, focusing on the main protagonist of the new game, Death, and showcasing plenty of gameplay footage.The original Darksiders impressed lots of hack and slash fans with its great mechanics and gameplay variety, n... |
23 January 2012
15:41 GMT |
|
|
Darksiders 2 is set to expand on the concepts of the first game and one of the first features that the development team addressed is the way weapons work in the game, trying to give players more options when it comes to taking down foes. In a development diary for Darksiders 2 David Adams, who is the general manager... |
20 January 2012
02:22 GMT |
|
|
Video game publisher THQ has announced that the second downloadable content pack for its third person shooter Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine will be called The Dreadnought and is set to be launched both in the United States and in Europe on January 25.The DLC will add a whole new multiplayer game mode called Dreadnou... |
19 January 2012
16:41 GMT |
|
|
Video game publisher THQ has launched yet another trailer for the upcoming fighting game UFC Undisputed 3 which is designed to show the player the 150 character roster and the most important names on that list.The trailer promises that players will have the opportunity of taking on and beating up all those shown in t... |
19 January 2012
14:11 GMT |
|
|
Video game publisher THQ has denied rumors that it was canceling the entire line-up of titles set to arrive during 2014, including its big Warhammer 40,000 MMO, called Dark MIllenium Online, as preparation for a sale of the company.Angela Emery, who is a spokesperson at publisher THQ, responded on Sunday, stated that... |
16 January 2012
08:19 GMT |
|
|
THQ has just released a brand new video for its upcoming UFC Undisputed 3 fighting simulator, which focuses on the huge roster of fighters that will appear in the game.
THQ’s UFC franchise went on a hiatus in recent years, so that its developer, Yuke’s, could give it the proper care and ensure that UFC U... |
12 January 2012
02:34 GMT |
|
|
THQ has just listed for release the Homefront: Ultimate Edition, a presumed re-release of last year’s first person shooter.
Homefront was a decent game, with a unique premise of a unified Korea invading the U.S., but it didn’t really impress fans because of its very short single-player campaign.
Now, it... |
11 January 2012
14:21 GMT |
|
|
38 Studios, the developer who is currently working on Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning with publisher Electronic Arts, has announced that it cannot support the current version of the Stop Online Piracy Act that is currently under consideration before the United States Congress.Curt Schilling, who is the founder of 38 St... |
9 January 2012
21:51 GMT |
|
|
Video game publisher THQ has announced the upcoming downloadable content that will be delivered to UFC Personal Trainer: The Ultimate Fitness System in the coming months on the Xbox 360 home console from Microsoft.Up first is the Cain Velasquez Workout Pack, which is supposed to be delivered on January 31 of the year... |
5 January 2012
04:16 GMT |
|
|
Video game publisher THQ has announced the release of the Urijah Faber Workout Pack for UFC Personal Trainer, allowing gamers who own the Xbox 360, the Kinect motion tracking system and the game to get a completely new workout for free.The package includes five new workout routines and 15 Hit and Mitts Drills, allowi... |
4 January 2012
09:26 GMT |
|
|
The UFC organization and THQ have announced that the official roster of the UFC Undisputed 3 video game will be enhanced with the addition of Alistair Overeem, a heavyweight fighter who hails from Holland.Gamers who like the Facebook page of UFC Undisputed 3 and then share it with at least two friends will get a... |
23 December 2011
22:41 GMT |
|
|
A law court in France has decided that publisher Namco Bandai should get the distribution rights for the CD Projekt RED made role playing game The Witcher 2: Assassin of Kings on European markets and it seems that the developers will not appeal the decision.The Lyon based court says that a distribution deal between t... |
9 December 2011
02:52 GMT |
|
|
The leading executive working at South Park: The Game at developer Obsidian says that the inception of the project was unusual because his company was approached directly by the South Park license holders and not by publisher THQ, as it is customary. Speaking to Game Informer, Feargus Urquhart, who is the Chief Execu... |
7 December 2011
16:41 GMT |
|
|
Publisher THQ, developer Obsidian and the creators of the television show South Park have confirmed that they are working on a game based upon the universe, using role playing mechanics, and now Game Informer has offered some details on how the game will play.The game will use an animated art style close to that of t... |
6 December 2011
03:21 GMT |
|
|
Tomonobu Itagaki, who is the main developer working on Devil’s Third at Valhalla Games, says that the game’s focus on realism when it comes to military hardware will make it stand out from the shooter crowd.The developer told Gamasutra that realism is missing in games like Modern Warfare 3, stating, &ldqu... |
5 December 2011
04:19 GMT |
|
|
Video game developer Obsidian Entertainment has announced that they are working on a role playing game that is based upon the popular cartoon series South Park, which will be published by THQ.Matt Stone and Trey Parker, the two creators who direct, produce, write and star in the South Park series, will be in charge o... |
2 December 2011
08:03 GMT |
|
|
The Wii U home console from Nintendo might not yet have a launch date but some developers are already talking about how easy it is to actually create video games for it when compared to the Xbox 360 or the PlayStation 3.David Adams, who is the general manager at Vigil, spoke to Game Informer about the tech demo for t... |
29 November 2011
16:31 GMT |
|
|
The WWE series is dropping the Smackdown vs. RAW subtitle for this year’s release and one of the main developers working on the game says that it was the perfect moment to lend some wider appeal to the game and make it more family friendly.Bryan Williams, who is the creative manager working on the WWE series in... |
28 November 2011
15:01 GMT |
|
|
I skipped over the original Saints Row back in 2006 mainly because I was still in love with Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. In 2008, however, I enjoyed Saints Row 2, largely because it offered something that GTA IV didn’t really have: pure mindless fun, even if it was a pain to play on a PC. Now, with Saints ... |
25 November 2011
08:31 GMT |
|
|
Saints Row: The Third is now out and it seems that the development team at Volition is ready to get working on extra content for it and on a fourth installment in the series, but not before taking a look back at how the game evolved and what more it could have offered.Speaking about how the game was received to VG247... |
22 November 2011
17:51 GMT |
|
|
THQ and Yukes have deployed the launch trailer for WWE 12, the next iteration in their wrestling simulator series, which picks up from where WWE Smackdown vs Raw 2011 left off last year. Wrestling has gained a cult-like following in various areas of the world so THQ has made sure to capitalize on this popularity by ... |
21 November 2011
02:38 GMT |
|
|
When inSane was announced by publisher THQ and developer Volition a lot of gamers were skeptical of the concept, saying that core horror concepts cannot be translated to the video game medium.But, in an interview with Collider, Guillermo del Toro, who is best known as a movie director but is also involved in gaming c... |
18 November 2011
02:31 GMT |
|
|
Saints Row: The Third might just have been launched in the United States but the developers at Volition are already thinking about the future and whether they might start work on another game in the franchise.Speaking to VG247 Scott Phillips, who is the lead designer at Volition working on Saints Row: The Third, has ... |
16 November 2011
17:01 GMT |
|
|
THQ and Volition are getting ready to deploy Saints Row 3 next week, but the publisher has already confirmed that work has begun on the fourth installment in the open world series, which is set to be 'even wilder' than the upcoming one.Saints Row 3: The Third is scheduled to appear next week for all sorts o... |
11 November 2011
14:21 GMT |
|
|
Developer Volition and publisher THQ have announced that more than 1 million unique characters have been created for the upcoming Saints Row: The Third action game using the free to use Initiation Station.The too, which allows gamers to create their own characters using the very deep system that the game uses, has be... |
10 November 2011
10:30 GMT |
|
|
THQ and Relic Entertainment have announced that some fresh downloadable content is coming to the recent Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine, in the form of both free and paid add-ons, just as the companies confirmed that over 1.2 million units of the game were shipped since its release back in September.Space Marine impre... |
4 November 2011
04:50 GMT |
|
|
The official announcement of Grand Theft Auto V has not put a dent into the high hopes that the leadership at publisher THQ has for its own upcoming Saints Row: The Third.Speaking to investors during a conference call after the release of financial results Brian Farrell, who is the president of THQ, said, “It&#... |
3 November 2011
06:51 GMT |
|
|
Most big franchises these days are trying to deliver important stories with a serious tone but one leading executive at THQ believes that players also need distractions like the new Saints Row open world game.Speaking to WorthPlaying, Danny Bilson, who is the leader of the core games division at publisher THQ, has sa... |
3 November 2011
04:06 GMT |
|
|
Video game publisher Electronic Arts has announced that its Origin digital distribution platform will begin to offer titles from other companies, like Warner Bros. Interactive, Capcom and THQ, starting with the month of November.Electronic Arts is bragging that the new agreement means that 'top new releases&rdqu... |
28 October 2011
09:04 GMT |
|
|
Video game publisher THQ has announced that it plans to launch a character creation tool for its upcoming Saints Row: the Third, called the Initiation Station, which will allow interested players to create the protagonist they plan to control in the game.The Initiation Station will be launched for free on the PlaySta... |
26 October 2011
15:01 GMT |
|
|
Video game publisher THQ in association with Cranberry Publishing has announced the launch of The Official Magazine of Saints Row: the Third, the upcoming open world video game coming from developer Volition.The magazine is described as being interactive and has just 14 pages, but the two companies are saying that th... |
26 October 2011
07:35 GMT |
|
|
Dark Millenium Online, the Warhammer 40,000 based MMO, has seen a flurry of speculation lately and now a leading executive at THQ has said that the company is keeping its options open when it comes to the business model for the game.Speaking to Shacknews Danny Bilson, who is the leader of the core games division at p... |
17 October 2011
16:41 GMT |
|
|
Video game publisher THQ has announced that it has no plans to launch the Warhammer 40,000: Dark Millenium Online MMO on March 13 of 2013, despite a number of reports that suggested that this was the date when the new MMO would be out.Dark Millenium Online is being developed by a team at Vigil Games, which has c... |
14 October 2011
14:01 GMT |
|
|
The developers of Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine admitted that the game they launched earlier in the year might not have been a blockbuster but was a solid title which managed to introduce some innovation to the industry.Speaking to Eurogamer as part of a bigger post-mortem analysis Andy Lang, who is the producer who... |
13 October 2011
15:01 GMT |
|
|
Video game publisher THQ has announced that Brock Lesnar is the final superstar who will star in the upcoming WWE 12 wrestling simulation.The fighter has been with the WWE structure until 2004 when he left in order to be able to compete in the UFC but speaking about the reveal he said that he would not be the fighter... |
12 October 2011
07:19 GMT |
|
|
One of the leading developers working on Saints Row: The Third at Volition has said that his game is the only one out this fall to break out of the sequel trap and offer something new.Speaking to Ausgamer Scott Phillips, who is the lead designer working on Saints Row: The Third, has said, “Looking at everybody ... |
11 October 2011
18:31 GMT |
|
More: next 50 >> |
|
|
Find us on Google+
