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THQ Chopped Into Tiny Pieces, Scattered To The Winds

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Bankrupt Agoura Hills-based videogame publisher THQ has been chopped up into pieces, and scattered to the winds, after an auction sale of the firm's assets Wednesday. THQ had hoped to sell THQ to Clearlake Capital or another buyer, but apparently found that the separately sold assets would net more than a single buyer.

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THQ Sets Deepak Chopra Title Release

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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. The software was developed by Curious Pictures, the media publisher behind Little Einsteins and Team Umizoomi.

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THQ Taps Naughty Dog's Rubin In Restructuring Effort

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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. In addition to co-founding Naughty Dog, Rubin also was co-founder of Flektor, which was acquired by Fox Interactive Media in 2007. READ MORE>>.

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TouchCommerce Expands Exec Team

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Agoura Hills-based >A href="[link] , a provider of online sales and sales conversion products and services, said today that it has appointed three in a major executive expansion. Kirpalani is based in Paris, and was most recently Director of International Sales for Bazaarvoice. TouchCommerce is headed by Bernard Louvat.

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THQ Details Buyers, Numbers After Fire Sale

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Troubled Agoura Hills-based videogame maker THQ has officially been broken up into pieces and sold, according to the firm Wednesday evening, after a U.S. Relic Studios goes to Sega Corporation for $26.6M; Volition and Metro: Last Light went to Koch Media GmbH for $22.3M and $3.3M.

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DTS In Strategic Alliance

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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>>.