Egoraptor just pooped out a new animation based on Saints Row: The Third. It’s a lot shorter than his more recent vids, clocking in at a mere 11 seconds. However, you’ll probably agree that he successfully managed to condense the key highlights of the game in such a small span of time. Saints Row 3 [...]

THQ CEO Brian Farrell started yesterday’s third quarter earnings call with investors by saying, “On our last call we told you we anticipated that our third quarter would be the largest in our company’s history. Unfortunately, we were wrong.” The company announced a $56 million loss for the quarter ending December 31, 2011, nearly triple [...]

THQ will no longer manufacture uDraw hardware, according to its fiscal 2012 third quarter financial report. “Sales of the uDraw GameTablet and related software, and other titles in the kids, family and casual category were far weaker than anticipated, substantially reducing our financial results for the quarter,” reported THQ president and CEO Brian Farrell. The [...]

The hits just keep on coming for THQ. Last week, the publisher announced a shift away from licensed kids’ games, likely related to poor multiplatform uDraw tablet sales. Yesterday, NASDAQ warned THQ that its underperforming stock, which is currently trading at $0.72/share, could be delisted in six months. Today, THQ revealed in an SEC filing [...]

The Nasdaq stock exchange told THQ on Tuesday that the Saints Row publisher has 180 days to raise its stock prices above the minimum threshold, or else it will be delisted. The decline of THQ has been a long and drawn-out affair. The publisher looked like it would be a strong contender in the games [...]

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THQ said on Wednesday that it is exiting the kids’ licensed games business, and going forward will focus on “core” gamer titles while expanding its digital business. It’s a big change from a few years ago, when THQ had a solid business based on making kids’ licensed games, based on properties such as Spongebob and [...]

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THQ has revealed that it plans to drop out of the licensed kid game market entirely, refocusing its efforts on so-called “core” games such as Saints Row: The Third. This news came at an investor meeting, where it was also announced that Volition’s open world game had sold 3.8 million copies. THQ will be a [...]

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Read more on Kotaku: Following the failure of its uDraw tablet for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 and December’s shutdown of it’s children’s game division, THQ has officially announced today that it’s focusing on its core franchises. So Spongebob is out, UFC, Darksiders, Company of Heroes, inSANE, Saints Row and Warhammer 40,000 are in. [...]

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In the wake of a rumor that THQ had relinquished a publishing deal with Disney for a variety of children’s properties, the ailing publisher released a statement this morning renewing its focus on “core game franchises” over “traditional kids’ licensed video games.” The company will also be focusing on “digital initiatives” going forward, though we’re [...]

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A mistake Saints Row: The Third didn’t make, but always seemed horribly likely to, was promise more than it could deliver. Those trailers, those terrifying spoof gameshows, the hype of such a scale of silliness and violence, was all delivered. Which is one of the many reasons why it was one of 2011′s best games. [...]