Quirky games - those that do not easily fall into the readily accepted genres like FPS or RPG - are very hit or miss. Some, like Katamari Damacy, are great successes. Others, such as Stretch Panic, fall well under the radar, and typically end up as cult favorites. Yet, these games are refreshing to play, [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Your daily smörgåsbord of the very best gaming has to offer. Enthusiast: EA compromises identity of Need for Speed Undercover; title reportedly takes cues from The Transporter (Eurogamer) Ubisoft reimagining Driver (BBC via Eurogamer) Stardock's digital-distribution and community platform Impulse launches (Impulse Driven via Joystiq) Mmfmmfmmph mm mmphmm mgnmmm! -- aka Team Fortress 2 Pyro Updates detailed [...]
Continue reading...Monday, June 9, 2008
Your daily smörgåsbord of the very best gaming has to offer. Updated on the fly: Enthusiast: Call of Duty 5 subtitled World at War, detailed in OXM; set in WWII Pacific theatre; features online co-op over Xbox LIVE (Official Xbox Magazine via CVG) iPhone gets first original game in September, an action-adventure named Kroll (Joystiq) Crytek clarifies "no more PC [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, May 6, 2008
After showing a $35 million loss for 2007, THQ CEO Brian Farrell declared that some changes were in order to allow the game publisher to return to the black. In an analyst call, Farrell was frank about the problems that the company faced in the previous year.
Continue reading...Monday, May 5, 2008
THQ announced that the partnership with Nickelodeon has resulted in over $1 billion in sales and over 50 million units moved. And that's not all! Oddly enough, this announcement of this grotesque amount of success is accompanied by a pledge to create still more Nickelodeon games. You know what that means, kids? More SpongeBob! O frabjous [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, April 3, 2008
THQ today announced Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II, the sequel to its 1.5 million-selling real-time strategy title first released in 2004. Exclusive to Windows PCs, it will use the same Essence Engine 2.0 that powered Company of Heroes and promises faster gameplay and a full co-op campaign for its Spring 2009 launch.
Continue reading...Wednesday, April 2, 2008
THQ, a publisher renowned for providing equal doses of hardcore (Company of Heroes, S.T.A.L.K.E.R.) and kid-friendly offerings (Spongebob Squarepants, Ratatouille) has decided to expand their audience even further with the acquisition of Elephant Entertainment, a firm specializing in casual games.
Continue reading...Tuesday, April 1, 2008
Yesterday, Ubisoft announced that it was raising its full year expectations for sales. Unsurprisingly, this has resulted in a note from Wedbush Morgan Securities' Michael Pachter expressing his own high expectations for Ubisoft.
Continue reading...Thursday, February 28, 2008
The SEC has been investigating THQ since 2006 over allegations that the company was "backdating" their stock option grants to allow for higher sales prices, but they have decided not to recommend any action be taken against THQ. It is not clear at this time whether this is a positive finding, meaning they have ruled [...]
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Thursday, October 16, 2008
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