THQ And Double Fine Productions Announce Stacking For The Playstation 3 And Xbox 360

THQ and Double Fine Productions have announced Stacking, an upcoming third-person puzzle adventure game coming to the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360. You play as Charlie Blackmore, a small Russian Doll trying to bring his family back together. The Puzzles in the game will have multiple ways of completing them and the player is encouraged to find them all.



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AGOURA HILLS, Calif. – November 24, 2010 – THQ Inc. (NASDAQ: THQI) and Tim Schafer’s Double Fine Productions expect to release their second co-production in early 2011: Stacking, a third-person adventure puzzle game that makes players laugh while challenging their perception and intellect.

In Stacking, a family of Russian stacking dolls has been separated by tough economic times. The youngest doll, Charlie Blackmore, begins a heroic effort to bring his family back together. But he’s one size smaller than any other doll in the world. Game players will help Charlie, who is all too accustomed to being overlooked and dismissed – too small to be of any real consequence – discover that his size can be his greatest strength.

Created by Double Fine project lead Lee Petty, Stacking is scheduled to be available this spring as a download on Xbox LIVE® Arcade for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, and also on the PlayStation®Network for the PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system.

Stacking is the second downloadable game produced by THQ and the award-winning Double Fine Productions. The adventure of Stacking requires players to capture and stack dolls together, then use each doll’s unique abilities to solve the game’s challenges. As more puzzles are solved, new dolls are acquired and the game’s visually lush, carefully constructed story unfolds.

Unlike most adventure puzzle games, every challenge in Stacking will have multiple solutions and players will be encouraged to discover them all. They’ll also discover a wide variety of new characters and side activities, which will allow them to accumulate hundreds of in-game awards.

“Stacking is distinctive in its overall cinematic look as well as its approach to puzzle solving, and we believe the game will appeal to both the casual and hardcore video game player,”

said Martin Good, Executive Vice President, THQ Kids, Family, Casual Games, and Global Online Services. “We are pleased to expand our library of digital download offerings and do so with high-quality games from the wonderfully creative team at Double Fine Productions.”

Double Fine Productions founder and CEO Tim Schafer added, “We’re really excited to be doing another game with THQ, building on the success we had with Costume Quest, and delivering another great adventure told in an entirely new way. What Lee has created with Stacking is something truly awesome – a game with a great story and puzzles, and a completely fresh method for interacting with them both.”

About Double Fine Productions
Double Fine Productions (www.doublefine.com) is an award-winning, independent game development studio founded in 2000 by games industry veteran Tim Schafer, creator of such gaming classics as Grim Fandango, Full Throttle, and Day of the Tentacle. Located in San Francisco's South of Market district, Double Fine specializes in high-quality games with an emphasis on originality, story, characters, and fun. Its first release, the critically-acclaimed Psychonauts, won multiple awards, including “Best Action / Adventure Game” from OXM, and a BAFTA for its screenplay. Double Fine’s heavy metal epic Brütal Legend won “Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year” from the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences, and the recently released Costume Quest has been nominated as 2010’s Best Downloadable Game by the Spike TV Video Game Awards.

About THQ
THQ Inc. (NASDAQ: THQI) is a leading worldwide developer and publisher of interactive entertainment software. The company develops its products for all popular game systems, personal computers and wireless devices. Headquartered in Los Angeles County, California, THQ sells product through its global network of offices located throughout North America, Europe and Asia Pacific. More information about THQ and its products may be found at www.thq.com. THQ and the THQ logo are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of THQ Inc.

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The Re-Cap: News From QTE Gamers From Wednesday 24th November

• QTE Blog: The Re-Cap: News From QTE Gamers From Tuesday 23rd November http://ht.ly/1a8JSX
• Its reported Kevin Butler will be making an appearance at the Video Game Awards on 11th December http://ht.ly/3eCQG
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• Taito has trademarked Darius Twin, Lufia and Lufia II in the USA. Speculated these games are coming to Virtual Console http://ht.ly/3eCSa
• QTE Blog: Slang Announce They Are Lowring The Price Of Lucha Libre AAA: Heroes del Ring To $39.99 http://ht.ly/1a8TvX
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• Finnish TV station's website released a screenshot confirming Angry Birds Christmas, Coming early December http://ht.ly/3eCU2
• QTE Blog: Hello Games Announce New Characters Are Coming To Joe Danger http://ht.ly/1a8WuA
• PC: Multiplayer Servers for Stargate Resistance will shut down on 15th January, Game no longer available for purchase http://ht.ly/3eCUP
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• QTE Blog: Sony Announce And Detail PSP Firmware Update 6.35 And Media Go Update http://ht.ly/1a90Dd
• Activisions Eric Hirshberg has insisted that Activision will “never, ever charge” for Call Of Duty Multiplayer http://ht.ly/3f5s7
• QTE Blog: New Zero Punctuation - Call of Duty: Black Ops http://ht.ly/1a96Ng
• PS3: Sony's Chris Deering says the PS3 can sell as much as the PS2 and possibly even more. Phil Harrison's not too sure http://ht.ly/3f5uq
• PS2: Sony reveal Playstation Exclusivity for Grand Theft Auto 3 was cheap, wasn't the first game Take Two offered http://ht.ly/3f5yc
• PS3: Sony admits they have under estimated Playstation Move demand, supply maybe limited until Jan/Feb http://ht.ly/3f5zn
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• QTE Blog: UK PSN Update 24/11/10 http://ht.ly/1a9cBX
• PC: Team Meat reveal RunMan is in Super Meat Boy. 1 unknown character still to be revealed http://ht.ly/3f9SP
• PS3: Japanese PSN gets "Western Game Buyer Selection" on 25th November, comes with PSN/Minis, no translation speculated http://ht.ly/3f9V7