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THQ Inc.
Type Public, (NASDAQ: THQI)
Founded 1989 (as Trinity Acquisition Corporation)
Headquarters Agoura Hills, California, USA
Key people Brian J. A public company usually refers to a company that is permitted to offer its registered securities ( Stock, bonds, etc The NASDAQ (acronym of National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations) is an American Stock exchange. Agoura Hills is a city (incorporated in 1982 in Los Angeles County, California, and has the ZIP code The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Farrell (Chairman, CEO, President),
Jack Sorensen (EVP Worldwide Studios),
Ian Curran (SVP Int'l Publishing)
Industry Computer and video game industry
Revenue ▲ $1. For other uses of this term see Industry (disambiguation An industry (from Latin industrius, "diligent industrious" The video game industry (formally referred to as Interactive entertainment) is the economic sector involved with the development, Marketing In business revenue or revenues is Income that a company receives from its normal business activities usually from the sale of goods and services 35 billion USD (2007)
Net income ▲ $68. The United States dollar ( sign: $; code: USD) is the unit of Currency of the United States; it has also been Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Net income is equal to the Income that a firm has after subtracting costs and Expenses from the total Revenue. 038 million USD (2007)
Employees over 1,600 Worldwide
Website Homepage

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The company maintains a balance of internally created and externally licensed content in its product portfolio. THQ's internally created franchises include Saints Row, Frontlines: Fuel of War, Red Faction, MX vs ATV, Company of Heroes and others. The company also holds exclusive, long-term licensing agreements with leading sports and entertainment content creators including World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), Games Workshop (Warhammer 40,000), Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), Nickelodeon and Disney·Pixar. Nickelodeon (commonly referred to as Nick) is an American Cable television network owned by Viacom International, founded in 1977 as Pinwheel Pixar Animation Studios is a CGI animation production company based in Emeryville California.

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History

The company began building out its internal product development capabilities in 2001 with the acquisition of Volition, Inc. located in Champaign, IL. Volition Inc is a Video game developer for consoles and Windows -based PCs Volition is located in Champaign Illinois. Since then, THQ's internal studio system has grown to 16 studios across the globe with distinct capabilities across all viable gaming platforms. Studios such as Relic Entertainment, Paradigm Entertainment, Juice Games, Kaos Studios, and Volition, Inc. , who are working on games for next generation of consoles as well as PCs.

THQ's global distribution network includes offices in North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific as follows: United States, Canada and Mexico; Austria, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom; Australia, and Korea, Japan. Key THQ Wireless brands include Star Wars, WWE and certain Disney-Pixar properties. THQ Wireless serves content via all major carriers worldwide including Sprint, Motorola, Nokia (N-gage), AT&T, Sony-Ericsson, Orange in Europe and others.

The company has several titles in development for next-generation console systems and personal computers, including Saints Row 2 and Destroy All Humans!. Saints Row 2 (abbreviated to SR2) is a sandbox-style action-adventure Video game developed by Volition Inc Destroy All Humans! is a video game developed by Pandemic Studios and published by THQ. Major franchises include games based on THQ's long standing licensing relationships with WWE, Disney/Pixar and Nickelodeon. World Wrestling Entertainment Inc ( WWE) is a publicly traded privately controlled integrated media (focusing in Television, Internet, Pixar Animation Studios is a CGI animation production company based in Emeryville California. Nickelodeon (commonly referred to as Nick) is an American Cable television network owned by Viacom International, founded in 1977 as Pinwheel In addition, the company holds long-term rights to Bratz from MGA Entertainment and Warhammer 40,000 from Games Workshop. MGA Entertainment (Micro-Games America Entertainment is a manufacturer of children's toys and entertainment products founded in 1997 The Lord of the Rings Strategy Battle Game or Lord of the Rings SBG rather than Lord of the Rings when

On May 10, 2007, THQ reported its highest annual sales figures and net profits ever for the fiscal year which ended March 31. Events 1291 - Scottish Nobles recognize the authority of Edward I of England. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. THQ's revenues reached over $1 billion.

In March 2008 THQ announced they were to develop the world's first ever cheerleading game using the Wii balance board. [1]

Studios

Additional Developers/Divisions

Upcoming games

Main article: List of THQ games

2008

2009

See also

References

  1. ^ THQ announce cheerleading game - 07/03/2008

External links

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