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FEBRUARY 3, 2010

Agoura Hills-based video game maker THQ said Wednesday afternoon that it is laying off around 60 employees, as part of a reorganization of its Juice Games and Rainbow Studios development studios. Tags: reorg employment jobs layoff videogame content games. The firm said the new studios will focus on digitally distributed games.

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JULY 23, 2012

Agoura Hills-based THQ announced this morning that it has named Ron Moravek as its new Executive Vice President, Production. Moravek is the former co-founder and COO of Relic Entertainment, which he sold to THQ in 2004. He also served at Electronics Arts, Canada, and most recently was a senior advisor to security firm NuCaptcha.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

Agoura Hills-based videogame maker THQ today said it has entered into a new credit facility with Wells Fargo Capital Finance, worth up to $50M for working capital, plus increases to $75M during peak sales periods. The credit facility replaces an earlier facility it had with Bank of America. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 25, 2011

Agoura Hills-based videogame maker THQ is diverging from the usual, first-person-shooter and action games genre with its latest title, saying Monday that it will be publishing a new title from author Deepak Chopra.

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JUNE 14, 2010

Agoura Hills-based videogame maker THQ has drastically lowered its sales guidance, saying early this morning that it has updated fiscal guidance for its fiscal first quarter ending June 30th and fiscal year ending March 31, 2011, due to "lower than anticipated sales" of its title UFC Undisputed 2010, plus a strengthening US dollar.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2010

Agoura Hills-based video game developer THQ and television channel Syfy said Thursday they will be jointly creating new concepts and intellectual property based on THQ's video games. Tags: syfy deblob videogame content hollywood television. THQ introduced de Blob in 2008. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 3, 2009

Agoura Hills-based THQ announced Thursday afternoon that it has opened up a new studio in Montreal, Quebec, which it says will employ over 400 new people. Tags: montreal game studio content videogame employment. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 4, 2012

Agoura Hills-based THQ said Thursday that it is working on the next sequel of its Saints Row' series, Saints Row: The Third - Enter The Dominatrix. THQ said that it will ship the title in the fall, and will ship on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC, for $29.99. THQ said it has shipped more than 11 million units of the franchise so far.

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MAY 27, 2011

Agoura Hills-based videogame publisher THQ said Thursday that it has signed Turtle Rock Studios , a game development studio, for an upcoming, un-named title. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed. Turtle Rock Studios develops the multiplayer game Left 4 Dead and Counter-Strike: Condition Zero.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2011

Agoura Hills-based videogame maker THQ has revived its North Korean-themed food truck, the Pyongyang Express , as it gears up for the release of its first person shooter game Homefront. THQ said it will be serving up heavily subsidized food in Los Angeles and San Francisco from the truck, including fresh tacos, burritos and rice bowls.

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MAY 25, 2011

Agoura Hills-based THQ said Wednesday that it has inked a distribution deal with Codemasters , to distribute four games for that firm. THQ said it will distribute DiRT 3, operation Flashpoint Red River, BODYCOUNT, and F1 2011 for Codemasters in North America. Financial details of the arrangement were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2012

Agoura Hills-based videogame maker THQ is looking for a buyer, after reporting less-than-stellar results on Monday afternoon. THQ said it has hired an investment banker to help it consider "strategic alternatives", in hopes of raising additional capital to bring a number of titles to market.

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JUNE 5, 2012

Agoura Hills-based THQ said late Monday that it has sold off its rights to produce titles for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) brand, to Electronic Arts. Financial details of the sale were not disclosed.

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DECEMBER 2, 2009

Agoura Hills-baed THQ has inked a number of new licensing deals with Dreamworks Animation SKG , the firms announced this morning. Tags: dreamworks video game content gaming kungfupanda penguins madagascar xbox nintndo playstation. The first game due from the deal will be Kung Fu Panda: the Kaboom of Doom in June of 2011.

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JULY 24, 2012

Agoura Hills-based videogame maker THQ reported this morning that it has regained compliance with the minimum bid price rule for continued listing on the NASDAQ Global Select Market. THQ had been hovering below the $1.00

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MAY 30, 2012

Agoura Hills-based THQ announced the next installment of its WWE focused videogames, WWE '13 this morning, saying that it plans to release the latest WWE title on October 30th. The game, currently under development, will run on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and the Nintendo Wii.

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MAY 26, 2009

Agoura Hills-based THQ reported late Tuesday that the firm's Executive Vice President of Publishing, Scott Guthrie, has resigned. Tags: executive vice president publishing content videogame. THQ is a developer of interactive games and other entertainment software. READ MORE>>. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 23, 2009

Agoura Hills-based video game maker THQ , WWE , and JAKKS Pacific said late Tuesday that the firms have reached a settlement of their legal dispute covering a THQ/JAKKS Pacific joint venture and licensing of WWE video games. Tags: jakks legal lawsuit video game videogame content. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 15, 2011

Agoura Hills-based THQ said today that its newest gaming title, Homefront, has hit retail stores. The war game--set in the U.S. after an imagined invasion by North Korea--was developed by Kaos Studios, and runs on Xbox 360, Playstation 3, and Windows PCs.

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JUNE 20, 2012

Agoura Hills-based videogame maker THQ is shifting its plans today to release an expansion for Saints Row: The Third. THQ said the move came due to a desire to "expand the fiction of the franchise."

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MAY 29, 2012

Agoura Hills-based THQ said Monday afternoon that it is in a "major" leadership restructuring, and has set Jason Rubin as President of the firm. Ribin is the co-founder of game developer Naughty Dog, and co-created that firm's popular Crash Bandicoot and Jak and Daxter titles.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2013

Agoura Hills-based videogame maker THQ --or at least, what's left of THQ--released the details of how it plans to sell its remaining intellectual property late Tuesday, saying it expects to complete the bidding and sale of the properties by mid-May.

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MARCH 30, 2009

Agoura Hills-based DTS Digital Cinema disclosed this morning that it is in a strategic alliance to co-brand products along with Qube Cinema. The firms said that the alliance will bring together Qube's digital cinema server, software, and media delivery systems with DTS surround sound and content management software. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 16, 2012

Rumors have been swirling around Agoura Hills-based THQ since this weekend, when a gaming industry analyst, Peter Skerritt, reported that the videogame maker was either looking for a buyer or shutting down its videogame development efforts, cancelling its 2014 lineup. as part of an "ongoing review" of its business.

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DECEMBER 7, 2010

Agoura Hills-based THQ said today that it has tied with mobile game developer ngmoco , on a new Star Wars title, Star Wars Imperial Academy. THQ said that the new title will run on iPhone and iPod touch. The title is being developed by THQ subsidiary THQ Wireless; THQ holds the license to the Star Wars brand in the videogame market.

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MARCH 16, 2011

Agoura Hills-based THQ said Wednesday afternoon that it has shipped approximately 375,000 units of its new Homefront first person shooter in its first day, in north America. THQ's title is set in the u.S. after a fictional invasion by North Korea. THQ said it will be shipping the title in Europe and Asia Pacific throughout this week.

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JULY 29, 2009

Agoura Hills-based THQ has swung back into the black, saying Tuesday evening that it had net income of $6.4M Tags: videogame video game content. on sales of $243.5M for its fiscal first quarter, on the strength of the firm's new UFC 2009 Undisputed title. The positive results compared with a loss of $27.2M and sales of $137.6M

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APRIL 2, 2009

Agoura Hills-based video game maker THQ announced this morning that it has "substantially completed" its latest business realignment, which will save the firm $220M in annual costs. Tags: video game studio content employment jobs layoff. THQ announced in February that it was cutting 600 people, or 24 percent of the workforce.

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APRIL 11, 2011

Agoura Hills-based THQ has set the launch date for its new series of videogames based on the RIO movie. The firm said it will debut its new RIO video game on April 12th, on the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii, and Nintendo DS. THQ and Twentieth Century Fox announced the games in February. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 13, 2010

Agoura Hills-based THQ announced today that it is in a multi-year deal with the writer and director of Hellboy, Guillermo del Toro, to develop a new trilogy of videogames. THQ said that it is working with Volition Inc. on a new game trilogy called inSANE, where del Toro will act as external creative director.

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APRIL 18, 2012

Agoura Hills-based THQ , the embattled videogame maker, is finally seeing some good news, reporting today that it is expecting to report non-GAAP net sales of $160 million to $170 million, above its previous outlook of $130 million to $150 million.

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MARCH 10, 2009

Agoura Hills-based THQ is reporting today that the firm will create a video game based on the upcoming Disney-Pixar movie UP. Tags: video comedy content entertainment disney games pixar. THQ said that Heavy Iron is the studio which developed games based on Disney's Ratatouille and WALL-E titles. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 27, 2009

Agoura Hills-based THQ disclosed this morning that it has prevailed in a binding arbitration with JAKKS Pacific, over WWE video games sold under a license granted by World Wrestling Entertainment. Tags: jakks pacific video games content legal lawsuit. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 6, 2009

Agoura Hills-based video game maker THQ reported its yearly results Wednesday afternoon, reporting that it saw a net loss of $431.1M Tags: video game content earnings. on sales of $830.0M. The losses were significantly higher than the $35.3M the firm lost on sales of $1,030.5M a year ago. on revenues of $187.0M a year ago.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2009

Agoura Hills-based THQ , a developer and publisher of video games, said Wednesday that it is making "additional cost reduction actions" which includes the layoff of approximately 600 people, or 24 percent of the company's workforce. Tags: employment jobs layoff video content game. READ MORE>>.

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