THQ

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Full name: THQ International Ltd
Established: 1989
Website: www.thq.co.uk

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THQ Shuts Five Studios - Set to Lay Off More

Devastation in the USA
04 Nov 2008

Everybody Chill: THQ Confirms Fiddy Game

Blood and sand, it's on!
23 Oct 2008

NYPD: Saints Row 2 to Encourage Depravity

Erm... ban this sick filth?
14 Oct 2008

Saints Row 2: Full, Massive Soundtrack Revealed

From Amerie to Mastodon via Panic At The Disco
08 Oct 2008

Saints Row 2 Gets Support from Howser

Plus: Dark Buffy!
17 Sep 2008

Disgusting! Saints Row 2 Co-Op: Ninjas and Pirates Team Up

All this making nice between factions will end in disaster
11 Sep 2008

The Charts: Brain Training Breaks a Record

Mario Kart Wii Drifts in front of Wii Fit
27 Aug 2008

Rare Treats Us to Pocket Paradise Release

That sounded more rude than we'd meant
15 Aug 2008

The Charts: Healthy Fun Slaps Hardcore Fight Fest

Another week, another Nintendo game atop the Charts
12 Aug 2008

The Charts: SoulCalibur IV Sticks the Summer Knife in

Nintendo becomes a bit less Fit
05 Aug 2008

The UK Video Game Charts are Belong to Nintendo

Would all other platform holders please leave.
29 Jul 2008

Saints Row Over Porn Star's Box

Xbox that is. And PS3.
25 Jul 2008

The Charts: LEGO Indy Makes a Break For It

Nintendo rules the Top 10
22 Jul 2008

The Charts: Wii Fit Gets in a Brawl

Nintendo proves its self-improvement title has stamina
15 Jul 2008

The Charts: Indiana Jones Super Smashed

What happened to Mario & Sonic?!?!
01 Jul 2008

Latest Saints Row 2 Trailer: No Swearing Allowed

Not even bothering to avoid the Grand Theft Issue
05 Jun 2008

THQ Signs Marvel Comics Deal

Super Hero Squad heading to games
08 May 2008

The Charts: All That's Fit to Print

Mario Kart Wii falls behind
29 Apr 2008

Defibrillate Your Foes in Saints Row 2

GTA IV-alike video right here
17 Apr 2008

THQ Challenges Guitar Hero in New Video

... and screens!
01 Apr 2008

The UK Charts: Two on Two

EA shoots its way into the Top 10
11 Mar 2008

Cute Cheerleaders for Nintendo Wii Balance Board

Yup, you can live out someone's fantasy on Wii.
07 Mar 2008

Deadly Creatures To Terrorise Wii

First video and screens inside
15 Feb 2008

THQ Challenges Guitar Hero On Wii

Band Mashups announced
07 Feb 2008

THQ Sees Nintendo Magic

Well, you can't have everything...
06 Feb 2008

The Charts: A Paradise for Burnout?

2008's first big hitter revs up
29 Jan 2008

THQ Cancels Future Stuntman Titles

A nation mourns...
24 Jan 2008

No Online for Wii Worms: A Space Oddity

Social gaming in the good old sense of social
16 Jan 2008

THQ to Acquire Catan Developer

Big huge deal?
15 Jan 2008

The Charts: Assassin's Creed - Kicked Ass or Ass Kicked?

Sales take a new year hit
08 Jan 2008

Destroy All Humans in Fast Food Scandal

When big Willies are released, things look bad for the service industry
02 Jan 2008

THQ Bottles Lesbian Kiss

Lowest common denominator unleashed for MX vs ATV Untamed
02 Jan 2008

The Charts: Call of Duty is Assassinated

What rides high at the start of 2008?
02 Jan 2008

Warhammer 40,000 - Guns in Space

New trailer inside
14 Dec 2007

The Charts: Call Of Duty Re-Enters Infinity

Has it claimed Number 1?
13 Nov 2007

Worms: Spacey New Video Inside

Revisit the early nineties
25 Oct 2007

THQ Poor Financials And Unreal Engine "Challenges"

Fiscal expectations lowered
23 Oct 2007

The Charts: Project Gotham Challenges FIFA

Where's Halo 3?
16 Oct 2007

The Charts: Halo 3 Sent Off By FIFA

Has FIFA Scored?
09 Oct 2007

Conan Gets Barbaric On XB Live - Demo Up Now

PS3 demo to follow later this week
08 Oct 2007

The Charts: BioShocking EA Performance

Medal of Honour: Airborne descends on the Charts
11 Sep 2007

The Charts: Has Tiger Woods Teed Off BioShock?

Or will it land in the water?
04 Sep 2007

Team17 Wiis Out Worms

In space, no one can hear you worm...
31 Aug 2007

The Charts: Transformers Roll Up

New Charts Unveiled
21 Aug 2007

New Worms Open Warfare Trailer

Trailoer reveals some new weapons and game modes.
09 Aug 2007

‘Glastonbury of Gaming’ Hits UK in August

Massive New Consumer Gaming Expo. On a racecourse!
23 Jul 2007

THQ’s de Blob for Wii – Free PC Taster Inside

Paint the town red. Or yellow. Or blue. Etc.
19 Jul 2007

THQ Picks Up Steam

Or Valve's Steam service picks up THQ. Whatever.
18 Jul 2007

Warhammer 40,000 To Storm Handhelds

Futuristic tiff mallets at the ready
19 Jun 2007

Worms Open Warfare 2: Spineless New Trailer

Pimp my multiplayer
29 May 2007

E3 Conference Schedule Announced - Full Details Inside

Time to feign interest
25 May 2007

New S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Titles To Be Unveiled at E3

Perhaps we’ll see a release sometime before 2012?
17 May 2007

Student’s Cannabis Fuelled 'Saints Row Rampage'

Is it the drugs? Is it the game? Is it the man?
15 May 2007

New Saints Row Title On The Way

GTA-alike gets multi-platform sequel
14 May 2007

Xbox 360 GTR Dies As THQ Splits From SimBin

Stuntman and Juiced instead
03 May 2007

The All-New Slimmed-Down E3: Exhibitors Listed

‘The skinny’ on the, err, skinny E3 right here
23 Apr 2007

Worms Declares Open Warfare 2: Video Here

Worms goes online
19 Apr 2007

The Charts: Did PS3 Move Games Too?

Wii's opening weekend outdone
27 Mar 2007

GDC: Second Lifers Get Ambient Wind and Light

And rumble effects too, courtesy of Philips amBX
07 Mar 2007

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Finished and Ready

Gone gold! Thank Christ
06 Mar 2007

Conan Comes To Xbox 360 and PS3 – Arrgh!

The Cimmerian makes it to the next-generation
26 Feb 2007

Chart News: Cut-Price EA Titles Back at Top

Need for Speed, FIFA, back of the net etc.
20 Feb 2007

Something for the Weekend? Today’s UK Game Releases

Details? Packshots? Screens? SPOnG's got em all...
16 Feb 2007

Something For The Weekend? Today’s UK Game Releases

Loads and loads of them
09 Feb 2007

Playable Supreme Commander Right Here

Total Annihilation successor needs to demonstrate it
07 Feb 2007

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Out in March - New Screens and Info

An immense, sprawling behemoth of a game
30 Jan 2007

New S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Trailer Right Here, Right Now

Release (re)confirmed for next March
11 Dec 2006

The Charts: ‘Need for Speed Carbon’ Holds Firm

New Smackdown and Call of Duty 3 biting at its heels
14 Nov 2006

Something for the Weekend, Sir? Games Out Today

War, what is it good for? (Answer: videogames)
10 Nov 2006

WWE Champion and ‘Hot Wrestling Mama’ Pimp New Smackdown

Making appearances at GAME in Nottingham later today
10 Nov 2006

UK Charts: Saints Row Fuels THQ Take Over at the Top

There’s a riot going on.
05 Sep 2006

The Charts – Cars in Road Block at the Top

The UK games industry’s midsummer coasting period.
22 Aug 2006

The Charts: Movie Cash-Ins Fail to Cash-In

Budget bonanza as summer holiday buying trails off.
15 Aug 2006

The Charts – Cars, Guns, Magic Mushrooms, Gays

Summer holiday buying bonanza boosts sales.
08 Aug 2006

Charts: Cars Overtakes GTA to Take Number One

Market gets much-needed shot in the arm.
01 Aug 2006

THQ Pulls Another Next-Gen Game

Sopranos 360 canned
28 Jul 2006

Chart News: A Good Week for Handheld Movie Cash-Ins

Ver kids stock up on holiday games.
25 Jul 2006

Destroy All Hippies Game – Shots and Info Inside

Latest on Destroy all Humans! 2.
06 Jul 2006

Saint’s Row – Latest on Online GTA-a-like

GTA-Lite? Latest video and demo news inside.
29 Jun 2006

Relic's Award-winning Strategy - New Footage

Company of Heroes - latest video inside.
29 Jun 2006

Share Slump: Wall St Analysts on the Games Industry

Short-term bad, long-term good
19 Jun 2006

PS3 launch line-up: 15 titles expected

At least, that’s what Sony reckons
17 May 2006

MotoGP 06 – 360 trailer

Xbox Live stalwart’s next gen debut
27 Apr 2006

The Outfit - free online multiplayer demo

Plus post-launch content dripfeed over Xbox Live
07 Mar 2006

The Worms Turn Back to Classic 2D

DS + Worms + 2D Gameplay = JOY!
05 Jan 2006

THQ Furthers Homoerotic Games Drive

Conan revealed.
10 Nov 2005

World Cyber Games: London Finals Tomorrow

Last chance for ticket to Singapore final.
28 Oct 2005

UK Charts: Zoo Inmates Squeeze Juiced Out

THQ's boy racer running on fumes behind Activision.
19 Jul 2005

UK Charts: Juicy times for THQ

...and not a bit of lycra or sponge in sight.
12 Jul 2005

Juiced Makes Long-Awaited Appearance

THQ trailer now available.
23 Mar 2005

The Sun Shoots Itself in Foot With Shoddy Quickfire Games Assault

Research-free news sees pirate game blamed for Disney F-word.
06 Jan 2005

Nintendo unveils and dates solid line-up for early 2005

Capcom, THQ & Ubisoft covering the bases
27 Oct 2004

Spandex rage – WWE bribery shame claims emerge

Insert next wrestling joke here
20 Oct 2004

Nintendo DS: Complete third party round-up - screens and details inside

The first crop of games for the approximated launch window
11 Oct 2004

THQ acquires publishing rights to Juiced

Which will be fermenting until summer 2005
08 Oct 2004

Rare fills out its pants with Donkey Kong's coconuts

New GBA puzzle title looks awful in an appealing way.
13 Aug 2004

UK Charts: Grecian 2004 - for men

Olympic fever sets in. DRIV3R sits tight.
06 Jul 2004

Dawn of War Footage Goes Over the Top

Warhammer 40,000 RTS looking splendid.
08 Jun 2004

Moto GP 3 Races Towards Xbox and PC

More Ultimate Racing Technology developments.
03 Jun 2004

Eidos Buy-out Rumour Continues

EA, Activision and Ubisoft in the frame.
17 May 2004

E3 Round-up: South Hall - Filling in the gaps

Activision, Eidos, THQ and Capcom explained
14 May 2004

THQ to buy Eidos Rumour

Acquisition chatter from E3.
14 May 2004

E3 2004: THQ Preview

From Chernobyl to Bikini Bottom...
10 May 2004

Nintendo DS to the Power of 100

Dev-kits distributed.
07 May 2004

EA's Easter Agony as Titles Fall From/Fail to Reach Top Ten

Ubisoft and Clancy on the up - if it's Tuesday, it must be the All-Formats positions from ChartTrack.
06 Apr 2004

A Fistful of Screens From Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War

Warhammer - been around a while, gonna be around for a while longer.
16 Mar 2004

New WWE Title for GameCube Announced

Yukes and THQ keep faith with the world's third favourite home console.
16 Mar 2004

Sonic Advances Again

Hedgehog on a roll in 2004.
18 Feb 2004

Microsoft Game Studios’ Latest GBA Offering – Fresh Wulf Screens Inside!

Hark back to the good old days...
18 Feb 2004

Punishment for PS2 and Xbox Owners

The angriest man from Marvel Comics, The Punisher, due next year.
10 Dec 2003

Vauxhall man bags WWE wrestling diva!

There are lots of excuses for taking a morning off work.
20 Nov 2003

FIFA's Show of Strength

Perennial footy title shrugs off True Crime and Smackdown! in third week.
12 Nov 2003

THQ announce ECTS roster

Includes new Smackdown.
08 Aug 2003

Is the game up? SEC moves on developer/publisher cashflow system

It's book-burning season way out west!
22 Jul 2003

It's a great big renaming confusion!

Misfortunate Mummy sees greater exposure in Sphinx
22 Jul 2003

PlayStation 3 specs at development. First-generation of publishers revealed

More PS3 goodness inside.
08 Jul 2003

Millennium Falcon GBA title revealed

THQ shows portable gaming Solo.
25 Jun 2003

THQ shows more of Finding Nemo for Xbox

Cute fish screens released!
25 Jun 2003

E3 Awards announced

Non-playable games sweep the board.
11 Jun 2003

id-developed FPS confirmed for N-Gage!

Red Faction sees 3D mobile gaming come of age.
27 Mar 2003

THQ acquires Big Mutha Truckers

Empire boosted as all-formats US deal emerges.
18 Mar 2003

THQ sponsors Have a Go Show

MX Superfly gets its first public airing.
05 Aug 2002

GT Advance 2 screen overload!

Thanks, THQ!
05 Apr 2002

Microsoft confirms UK launch plans: Full game-list inside!

Microsoft has finally put the cap on its plans for the launch of the Xbox in the UK.
28 Feb 2002

SCEA Announces Budget Range as Console War hots up

Our cousins across the pond will soon be enjoying discounted PlayStation 2 gaming, courtesy of Sony Computer Entertainment.
27 Feb 2002

Smackdown! team debuts GameCube Wrestlemania!

Spandex a go-go for GameCube
30 Jan 2002

Investment firms confident of continued gaming success

Further growth expected in 2002
15 Jan 2002

Street Fighter for mobile phones revealed! First screens inside!

Seminal fighter on the move
06 Dec 2001

THQ acquires Rainbow studios

THQ pips all the rest to the post in race to snap up Rinbow
08 Nov 2001

WWF Smackdown: Just Bring it full wrestler list

All your favourite big sweaty dudes line up inside
23 Oct 2001

THQ snaffle rights to Moto GP for Game Boy Advance

Giant publisher shows off biker classic.
22 Oct 2001

Moto GP Xbox Style

High Octane Superbike Action.
22 Oct 2001

New Screenshots and Info, PS2 Smackdown: Just Bring It

Do you smell what THQ is cooking?
25 Sep 2001

Britney announces proper game tie-in with THQ

Good news, we are sure you'll agree
13 Sep 2001

Rugrats portable fun for everyone

Potential Christmas number one from THQ.
23 Aug 2001

THQ still flying high

And out of nowhere comes...
28 Jun 2001

Indiana Jones Canned for Nintendo 64 Exclusive!

N64 sinks further
20 Jun 2001

Sega GBA remakes unearthed

Jet Set Radio and Crazy Taxi boil washed!
06 Dec 2002

THQ bounced out of court

Copyright infringement sees giant panda kick The Rock’s butt.
27 Nov 2002

Wildlife Fund demands UK videogame withdrawal

It’s madness we tell you, madness.
21 Nov 2002

Xbox Live gets Moto GP

THQ’s US division has announced the release of a trial demo to ship with the Microsoft Xbox Live Starter Kit in November.
26 Sep 2002

ECTS back on track

Konami, THQ and Activision back at Euro event.
05 Jul 2002

Game Boy Advance Munches Xbox

Shocking news sees THQ bring Xbox games to Nintendo portable!
26 Jun 2002

Red Faction 2 confirmed for E3!

Blow up walls. And we don’t mean sausages.
14 May 2002

THQ signs Intellivision!

Old, old games set to feature on new technology.
07 Nov 2001

What’s in a Name?

THQ in ‘Okay, here’s the deal’ record-straightening statement to all those news sites that got it slightly wrong.
26 Oct 2001

Bring on the Dedicated Website

THQ in WWF 'www' lark to generate even more interest, if that's possible, in their upcoming Just Bring It game.
18 Oct 2001

Zoinks! More Scooby Shenanigans on the Way

If it wasn't for you meddling kids, etc...
05 Sep 2001

Mission-Based Snowboarding From THQ and Radical Entertainment

Previously unseen genre hybrid alert!
17 May 2001

Wireless gaming for the mobile generation

Just wait until the third generation of mobiles is with us.
15 May 2001

WWF Smackdown! Just Bring It coming soon

More wrestle mayhem confirmed
30 Apr 2001

THQ snaffles Advance GT for America and Europe

THQ's portfolio of quality titles increases yet again.
17 Apr 2001

THQ celebrates a record breaking year at top of the charts

THQ reaches dizzy heights
12 Apr 2001

THQ signs up Ren and Stimpy creator’s new show

Spumco's latest goes to THQ
15 Mar 2001

THQ Announces Scooby-Doo for Game Boy Advance

THQ has bolstered its Game Boy Advance line-up, announcing Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase for Nintendo’s upcoming pocket rocket.
21 Feb 2001

Half-pint cutesy croissant quaffing comes to PlayStation

Reptar rules! New Rugrats movie tie-in detailed
22 Jan 2001

New Screenshots of the scariest game of 2001

It’s time to sleep with the lights on! Classic super-scary movie, Evil Dead is making its way onto a console near you soon.
18 Jan 2001

Graphically fantastic boombastic RPG coming soon from THQ

The role-playing game genre is looking more appealing with the forthcoming release of Summoner.
16 Jan 2001

Smackdown 2 is a winner all-round.

THQ have the Rock on their side and that makes them an extremely formidable publisher.
12 Jan 2001

The World Wrestling Federation is coming to the Xbox

The power of the Xbox is going to meet the power of the WWF in Raw is War.
08 Jan 2001
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