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Cars 2: The Video Game revving up this summer
Avalanche Studios building spy-themed film spin-off for the Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, DS, Mac/PC; will sport connectivity with World of Cars Online, a free-to-play browser title. Full Story
- Posted Feb 15, 2011 5:12 pm GMT
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24% of THQ staff cut after $192 million Q3 loss
More than 600 workers pink-slipped after 30% revenue decline; Saints Row 2 ships more than 2.6 million, WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2009 tops 4 million. Full Story
- Posted Feb 4, 2009 11:13 pm GMT
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Mercs 2 conquers UK chart
EA's open-world shooter blasts into the charts at first place; Too Human slips out of top 10 after one week. Full Story
- Posted Sep 9, 2008 1:10 pm GMT
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Tiger roars to the top of UK chart
US golfer scores his first-ever debut at the top of the all-formats UK top 40; Too Human enters at number eight. Full Story
- Posted Sep 2, 2008 12:10 pm GMT
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AU Shippin' Out September 1-5: Spore
Create and evolve with Spore this week. Full Story
- Posted Sep 1, 2008 9:07 am GMT
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UK Games Chart: Mario Kart No. 1, Brain Training breaks records
Nintendo's Mario Kart holds onto the number-one position, while Dr Kawashima's Brain Training marks a record-breaking 80th week in the top 10. Full Story
- Posted Aug 27, 2008 1:52 pm GMT
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THQ Q1 losses nearly triple to $27M
1 million WALL-Es help April-June revenues increase by $33.1 million, but ballooning development costs push Saints Row and SmackDown publisher into the red. Full Story
- Posted Jul 31, 2008 1:31 am GMT
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Shippin' Out June 23-27: Bad Company, Guitar Hero DS
Alone in the Dark, Final Fantasy Tactics A2, and a handful of high-profile ports join a deluge of new releases. Full Story
- Posted Jun 23, 2008 8:39 pm GMT
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Disney merges games and Internet
Citing an evolving market, the media multinational merges divisions behind Pirates of the Caribbean Online, Turok, and Hannah Montana. Full Story
- Posted Jun 6, 2008 3:58 pm GMT
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de Blob splatters September
THQ and Australia-based Blue Tongue's action-puzzle game smearing the Wii, DS later this year. Full Story
- Posted Apr 5, 2008 1:01 am GMT
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Q&A: THQ's Sorensen talks acquisitions
VP of product development opines on his company's growing pains, industry consolidation, and iPhone development. Full Story
- Posted Apr 4, 2008 10:43 pm GMT
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Retail Radar: UK dates for Fable 2, Ghostbusters
Play.com let slip dates for a bunch of titles, including Fable 2, Ghostbusters, Prototype, Ninja Gaiden II, and The Bourne Conspiracy. Full Story
- Posted Mar 17, 2008 1:31 pm GMT
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AU Shippin' Out February 18-February 22: Unreal Tournament 3
M-m-m-m-monster kill! Full Story
- Posted Feb 18, 2008 5:57 am GMT
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THQ assembling Wall-E
Publisher confirms massively multiplatform summer release for game based on upcoming Pixar film. Full Story
- Posted Jan 3, 2008 8:35 pm GMT
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THQ Q2 lives up to lowered expectations
Ratatouille serves up sales as Stuntman, Juiced 2 sputter to slow starts at retail. Full Story
- Posted Nov 1, 2007 10:54 pm GMT
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Shippin' Out October 28-November 2: Guitar Hero III, Hellgate, Manhunt 2, Simpsons
Tabula Rasa, PS3 Stranglehold, 360 Virtua Fighter 5, Battalion Wars 2, and many others fill up the US Halloween week release slate. Full Story
- Posted Oct 30, 2007 12:26 am GMT
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THQ delays much of early '08 slate
Destroy All Humans!: Path of the Furon, Frontlines for PS3, and deBlob pushed back beyond March of 2008 as publisher lowers forecasts due to poor Stuntman and Juiced sales. Full Story
- Posted Oct 22, 2007 10:16 pm GMT
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AU Shippin' Out August 6-August 10: Ratatouille, PaRappa, and SingStar
Rats are cooking and dogs are rapping this week. Full Story
- Posted Aug 6, 2007 8:21 am GMT
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THQ trims Q1 loss
Despite a dip in revenue, the SmackDown! and Saints Row publisher cuts April-June shortfall to $9.3 million, reaffirms $1.15 billion full-year guidance, reconfirms new Red Faction. Full Story
- Posted Aug 1, 2007 3:42 pm GMT
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Shippin' Out June 25-29: Transformers, Harry Potter, Ratatouille
Movie-based games headline a heavy week of releases alongside Pokemon's Wii debut and 2K Games' The Darkness for PS3, Xbox 360. Full Story
- Posted Jun 25, 2007 11:16 pm GMT
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BizSpots: IDG, WCG, THQ
IDG nabs another former ESA exec; Cyber Finals up for auction; THQ teams with GBA through 2009. Full Story
- Posted Jun 7, 2007 11:20 pm GMT
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UK game chart: February 4-10
Battlestations: Midway flies straight in at number one, while Little Britain beats the football games into second. "Yeah, I know." Full Story
- Posted Feb 13, 2007 12:18 pm GMT
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UK game chart: January 28-February 3
Capcom's Lost Planet is frozen at the top of the charts for a second week in a row, while football titles from Konami and EA round off the top three. Full Story
- Posted Feb 6, 2007 12:13 pm GMT
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UK game charts: January 20-27
Lost Planet shakes off The Burning Crusade to rediscover the top slot, while football titles continue to prove popular. Full Story
- Posted Jan 30, 2007 12:21 pm GMT
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EA hits top spot in new Danish chart
Chart-Track to monitor sales of video game software and console hardware in Denmark. Full Story
- Posted Jan 19, 2007 1:11 pm GMT
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THQ earnings to hit $1 billion
Pixar, Nickelodeon, Saints Row, and WWE SmackDown! publisher expects to set new milestone in net sales for fiscal-year 2007. Full Story
- Posted Jan 11, 2007 7:21 pm GMT
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2006 UK game sales break records
The British games industry celebrates, as last year was the best ever for game software. Full Story
- Posted Jan 11, 2007 7:14 pm GMT
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UK game charts: December 31-January 6
FIFA 07 starts the new year on top as Electronic Arts offerings finish the week's sales race in first, second, and third. Full Story
- Posted Jan 9, 2007 9:14 pm GMT
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UK game charts: December 24-30
FIFA 07 back on top for the end of 2006; holiday sales promotions help other titles to leap back up. Full Story
- Posted Jan 9, 2007 10:01 am GMT
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UK game charts: December 10-16
Electronic Arts looks to enjoy happy holidays as FIFA 07 takes the festive number-one slot. Full Story
- Posted Dec 19, 2006 7:26 pm GMT
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UK Game Charts: November 27 to December 2
FIFA 07 remains top of the league as the holiday shopping rush begins. Full Story
- Posted Dec 5, 2006 7:08 pm GMT
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UK Game Charts: November 19-25
Gears of War knocked off the top slot in shock tackle by FIFA 07. Full Story
- Posted Nov 29, 2006 9:51 am GMT
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THQ cooking up Ratatouille
Game tie-in for Pixar's next CG comedy will arrive on numerous platforms next summer, including the Xbox 360, PS3, and Wii. Full Story
- Posted Nov 6, 2006 7:25 pm GMT
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UK Game Chart: October 22-28
Pro Evo 6 shoots and scores, in at number one with highest UK first-week sales for two years; five other new entries including Canis Canem Edit. Full Story
- Posted Oct 31, 2006 6:10 pm GMT
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UK Game Charts: October 15-21
Football Manager 2007 knocks FIFA 07 off the top spot; The Sims 2: Pets and Battlefield 2142 among other new entries. Full Story
- Posted Oct 24, 2006 5:05 pm GMT
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UK Game Charts: October 7-14
FIFA 07 still holding on to the top slot for a third week, Scarface: The World Is Yours debuts at number two. Full Story
- Posted Oct 17, 2006 10:41 pm GMT
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UK game charts: October 1-7
Fifa 07 retains the top spot for second week; Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy climbs back up; Tiger Woods and Kingdom Hearts II hold steady. Full Story
- Posted Oct 10, 2006 8:06 pm GMT
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UK Game Charts: September 24-30
EA's FIFA 07 hits the top spot in its first week of release; Kingdom Hearts II, Company of Heroes also enter the top 10. Full Story
- Posted Oct 3, 2006 5:01 pm GMT
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UK game charts: September 17-23
Lego Star Wars II stays at the top for a second week, but it's all change elsewhere in the top 10. Full Story
- Posted Sep 26, 2006 10:05 pm GMT
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UK game charts: September 10-16
Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy jumps up from number three to number one, pushing Dead Rising off the top spot. Full Story
- Posted Sep 19, 2006 10:40 pm GMT
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UK Game Charts: September 3-9
Zombie-killing Dead Rising snatches top-of-the-crop slot from gangster-killing Saints Row; three new entries debut in the top 10. Full Story
- Posted Sep 12, 2006 5:32 pm GMT
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UK game charts: August 27-September 2
Saints Row overtakes Cars for pole position on this week's UK game charts, making it a double whammy for publisher THQ. Full Story
- Posted Sep 5, 2006 7:10 pm GMT
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UK game charts: August 13-19
A good week for EA and the DS; a bad week for anyone looking for excitement from their games chart. Full Story
- Posted Aug 22, 2006 6:09 pm GMT
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UK game charts: August 6-12
Led by THQ's Cars, the top three games remain the same for the third week running, while budget releases fill up the rest of the chart. Full Story
- Posted Aug 15, 2006 3:27 pm GMT
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NPD: July game sales up 29 percent
Gloomy industry mood further evaporates as $386 million tally bests 2005 figures; software up by 22 percent, hardware 23 percent--both largely in part to the DS. Full Story
- Posted Aug 11, 2006 8:01 pm GMT
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UK game charts: July 30-August 5
Cars, Liberty City Stories, and New Super Mario Bros. all hold steady as newcomers get caught up in the midsummer retail doldrums. Full Story
- Posted Aug 8, 2006 7:39 pm GMT
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UK game charts: July 23-29
Cars ends Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories' five weeks at the top, and a platinum release of The Sims 2 helps it re-enter the chart. Full Story
- Posted Aug 1, 2006 6:31 pm GMT
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THQ earns analyst praise
THQ rides Cars success to most analysts' recommendations, despite Q1 losses; Wall Street scoops up THQ shares as stock rises 4 percent. Full Story
- Posted Jul 28, 2006 9:49 pm GMT
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UK game charts: July 16-22
Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories makes it five weeks at the top, followed by THQ's Cars, which jumps 14 places to number two. Full Story
- Posted Jul 25, 2006 5:18 pm GMT
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US console sales chart: July 16-22
Gamers are ready for football as NCAA 07 takes three of top four; Cars motors trifecta into top 10. Full Story
- Posted Jul 25, 2006 2:04 am GMT
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NPD: Sales up 25 percent in June, 4 percent in 2006
[UPDATE] White-hot DS, resurgent Xbox 360 help pull industry out of months-long funk; $844.5 million monthly tally far exceeds analysts' estimates; year-to-date figures now back in black. Full Story
- Posted Jul 14, 2006 6:47 pm GMT
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Shippin' Out June 5-9: PSP Gradius, PS2 GTA: LCS
Cars get jacked and 'tooned, baseballs get Slugged, The Movies gets stunted, And 1 hits the streets. Full Story
- Posted Jun 6, 2006 2:20 am GMT
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E3 06: Hydras, aliens, and sweaty tights at THQ's booth
Publisher produces a variety of attention-grabbing dioramas to promote its latest round of games. Full Story
- Posted May 11, 2006 2:41 am GMT
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E3 06: THQ queues up E3 games
Wii, 360 Cars take pole position for publisher; Saints Row playable for first time on Xbox 360, WWE vs. Raw 2007 also on display. Video chat with CEO Brian Farrell inside. Full Story
- Posted May 4, 2006 9:51 pm GMT
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THQ details Cars
Publisher reveals info on games based on upcoming Pixar film; actors from movie provide voices for "story-based racing adventure." Full Story
- Posted Feb 7, 2006 6:46 pm GMT
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THQ confirms guidance
Despite slumping industry sales, company says it's going to meet financial targets for the holidays. Full Story
- Posted Dec 21, 2005 11:30 pm GMT
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Underminer drills into stores
The Incredibles return to saving consoles and handhelds in THQ's sequel to five-million unit seller; PSP version still underground. Full Story
- Posted Nov 2, 2005 1:47 am GMT
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THQ releases GBA double packs
Two popular kids' games fit in one pack; SpongeBob pairs with Fairly OddParents, Nemo joins Monsters, Inc. Full Story
- Posted Jun 9, 2005 1:59 am GMT
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Analysts boost THQ's stock rating
All expect Incredibles publisher's stock to outperform the market, following Q3 '05 earnings report; predict revenues up to $1 billion in FY07. Full Story
- Posted Feb 2, 2005 8:35 pm GMT
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The Incredibles getting back into the game
THQ is bringing back the computer-generated cast of Pixar's superhero adventure for another multiplatform outing, including its debuts on the PSP and DS. Full Story
- Posted Feb 2, 2005 12:39 am GMT
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Gikas gives go ahead to games pre-NPD data dump
Calling it an "easy comp," one top analyst is anticipating October sales to jump 45 to 50 percent from last year, thanks to San Andreas. Full Story
- Posted Nov 11, 2004 9:12 pm GMT
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Incredibles game flies into retail
THQ's range of titles based on this weekend's Pixar release descends upon store shelves today. Full Story
- Posted Nov 2, 2004 1:22 am GMT
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The Fairly OddParents: Shadow Showdown ships
Sequel to well-received game based on the hit Nickelodeon show is off to stores today. Full Story
- Posted Sep 9, 2004 11:40 pm GMT
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Pixar strikes multigame deal with THQ
The publisher inks an agreement to make games based on four more computer-animated films from the computer-animation studio. Full Story
- Posted Aug 6, 2004 1:39 am GMT
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THQ to Destroy All Humans! at E3
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. publisher will show off a new Pandemic-developed alien-invasion game alongside Tak 2, The Punisher, and more. Full Story
- Posted May 5, 2004 1:54 am GMT


