4A Games’ Creative Director responds to work condition claims
4A Games’ Creative Director responds to work condition claims

Following on from John Rubin’s claims that working conditions at 4A Games were despicable, Creative Director Andrew Prokhorov has responded to these claims and while agreeing that conditions were... Continue Reading »

Metro Last Light: 4A Games endured horrendous conditions
Metro Last Light: 4A Games endured horrendous conditions

Metro: Last Light will be hitting store shelves today, but has unfortunately already received a mix of average to bad reviews, with many seeing Last Light as a rush job. Considering the trouble THQ had... Continue Reading »

Nordic Games emerge as the big THQ auction winners
Nordic Games emerge as the big THQ auction winners

Nordic Games have dug their hands deep into their frost-bitten pockets and pulled out a huge wad of awesome as they’ve finally announced where the bulk of games from THQ auctions have gone. Nordic... Continue Reading »

Have Crytek confirmed that they will bid for Darksiders IP?
Have Crytek confirmed that they will bid for Darksiders IP?

David Adams, the creator of the Darksiders franchise, former head of Vigil and current CEO of Crytek USA, has tweeted that he is going try to win back his franchise. While Crytek initially seemed unwilling... Continue Reading »

Release date shines through for Metro: Last Light
Release date shines through for Metro: Last Light

Deep Silver has announced that upcoming shooter Metro: Last Light will arrive in UK stores on 17th May. After a troublesome period for THQ, which saw their assets sold, Last Light was originally due to... Continue Reading »

Nexuiz online servers shut off
Nexuiz online servers shut off

The Xbox 360 online servers for Nexuiz have been shut down, in preparation for the second THQ property auction which takes place on 15th April. The auction includes other known titles such as Darksiders... Continue Reading »

Remaining THQ properties to be auctioned off
Remaining THQ properties to be auctioned off

THQ is to auction off its remaining unsold properties including Darksiders, Red Faction, Homeworld and MX. Interest is high with more than 100 expressions of interest and THQ are anticipating a “vigorous... Continue Reading »

Saints Row 4 scheduled to arrive this August? With Metro Last Light not far behind
Saints Row 4 scheduled to arrive this August? With Metro Last Light not far behind

Chris Stockman, design director of the original Saint’s Row game, took to his twitter to respond to queries regarding the next game in the series. @dmc_ryan: Hey just to let you know word around... Continue Reading »

Homefront 2 lives on
Homefront 2 lives on

Some time ago it was announced that Crytek had acquired the rights to Homefront, one of THQs moderately succesful titles, in the hopes of heading up a sequel. Since the recent closure of THQ just what... Continue Reading »

Vigil games given a “fresh start” by Crytek?
Vigil games given a “fresh start” by Crytek?

David Adams, former head of Vigil Games and Co-owner of the Darksiders franchise has been appointed CEO of the newly opened  Crytek studio in Austin, Texas. He is said to be heading a team of 35 people,... Continue Reading »

SEGA’s acquisition of Relic Entertainment
SEGA’s acquisition of Relic Entertainment

Last night it was confirmed that SEGA have acquired all shares of THQ Canada Inc. and some IPs owned by THQ Inc. THQ Canada was responsible for developing titles such as “Warhammer 40k Dawn of War”... Continue Reading »

Platinum games interested in Darksiders IP
Platinum games interested in Darksiders IP

After learning that nobody made a bid for the Darksiders series during the recent THQ auction, executive producer of Platinum Games took to his twitter to announce their interest in picking up the series. It... Continue Reading »

Rumour: THQ auctions – Sega buys Relic, Koch Media buys Volition and more
Rumour: THQ auctions – Sega buys Relic, Koch Media buys Volition and more

THQ’s assets are currently up for sale to the highest bidder, which means a number of studios and games will be under a new rival publishers. Well, we have the latest rumours for you here. Sega... Continue Reading »

Double Fine interested in THQ IPs?
Double Fine interested in THQ IPs?

Distressed Debt Investing report that Double Fine have asked for the files on the THQ bankruptcy case, as well as Warner Bros. While Warner Bros may be looking to pick up new titles, Double Fine actually... Continue Reading »

THQ files for bankruptcy
THQ files for bankruptcy

THQ have announced that they have filed for bankruptcy sold “substantially all of the assets”  in an Asset Purchase Agreement with affiliates of Clearlake Capital Group. This includes all... Continue Reading »

Metro: Last Light gets new gameplay trailer
Metro: Last Light gets new gameplay trailer

Upcoming post-apocalyptic shooter, Metro: Last Light has received a new trailer titled “Genesis”, which shows a bit of gameplay taken directly from the game. The title is the sequel to Metro... Continue Reading »

South Park: The Stick of Truth gameplay trailer released
South Park: The Stick of Truth gameplay trailer released

Obsidian are here to save the cartoon related game genre. After the disappointing Family Guy release Back To The Multiverse, which our very own Dave Moran reviewed here, there are a lot of people, myself... Continue Reading »

Darksiders 2: The Demon Lord Belial DLC out today
Darksiders 2: The Demon Lord Belial DLC out today

Ah, Death. Aside from the obvious parodies where he rides a white horse called Binky, the Grim Reaper should be feared. For some, he is a tool to be used for revenge, which is exactly what THQ have used... Continue Reading »

Ubisoft interested in buying some THQ brands
Ubisoft interested in buying some THQ brands

Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot acknowledged that buying some THQ brands is “something we can consider”. THQ have been hit with hard times, as they’ve had to close a number of their studios... Continue Reading »

Review: WWE ’13
Review: WWE ’13

When to comes to annual releases, the yearly WWE game is normally my top priority as to which I’ll be picking up around this time. 12 months ago, WWE games decided to ditch the “Smackdown vs. Raw”... Continue Reading »