THQ And Random House Detail New Agreement To Create, Develop, And Publish IP Across Mediums

THQ and Random House Publishing Group have detailed a new agreement between them that will see a joint come together to create, develop, and publish IP across multiple mediums. This deal builds on an existing agreement between THQ and Random House which saw the recent publication of Homefront: The Voice Of Freedom, a prequel novel. the first new IP to appear from the new deal will appear as a collection of games and books.

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The team expects the new IP to first appear as a collection of games and books, while they further develop a rich IP universe that will allow for ongoing shelf life through other media. Drawing on rich skills and expertise in transmedia production, the team aims to bring a new level of quality to mutually created properties, expanding IP creation in ways that will immerse fans more fully in the fiction regardless of media.

The new IP incubator builds on Random House and THQ's continuing efforts to bring THQ's existing IP library to all book publishing formats, such as the recent HOMEFRONT: THE VOICE OF FREEDOM prequel novel. In addition, THQ plans to increase Random House's involvement in the creation of world bibles for prospective THQ properties through the Random House Publishing Group's IP creation and development group, Random House Worlds.

"Working with THQ has been nothing less than a huge pleasure for us, and we have very lofty goals for where this project will go," said Keith Clayton, director of creative development at RHPG. "It's really inspiring to work side-by-side with partners who share our creative passions as well as our view on the evolution of the entertainment industry. We truly think that this is the new direction for entertainment, and we're proud to be leading the way as we provide a platform for storytellers to have their visions realized across multiple mediums."

"This collaboration is a shining example of how we can generate interesting and exciting publishing opportunities as our various media continue to converge," said Lenny Brown, THQ Director, Creative and Business Development, Core Games. "Working with the incredible team at Random House, we expect to build a huge IP universe from the ground up, exploring the characters, settings, and stories of these worlds in ways that let each medium do what it does best, and giving fans a truly unequaled experience. We hope to make this relationship the gold standard in transmedia."

ABOUT THE RANDOM HOUSE PUBLISHING GROUP:

The Random House Publishing Group is a division of Random House, Inc., the U.S. company of Random House, which is the trade book publishing division of Bertelsmann, AG, one of the world's foremost media companies. The Random House Publishing Group is comprised of Ballantine Books, Bantam, Delacorte, Dell, Del Rey, The Dial Press, The Modern Library, One World, Presidio Press, Random House, Spectra, Spiegel & Grau, and Villard Books.

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, Homefront and the THQ logo are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of THQ Inc.

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The statements contained in this press release that are not historical facts may be "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are based on current expectations, estimates and projections about the business of THQ Inc. and its subsidiaries (collectively referred to as "THQ"), including, but not limited to, expectations and projections related to THQ and RHPG's ability to successfully create and develop new IPs across multiple media and are based upon management's current beliefs and certain assumptions made by management. Such forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to, business, competitive, economic, legal, political and technological factors affecting our industry, operations, markets, products or pricing. Readers should carefully review the risk factors and the information that could materially affect THQ's financial results, described in other documents that THQ files from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal period ended March 31, 2010, and subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, particularly the discussion of trends and risk factors set forth therein. Unless otherwise required by law, THQ disclaims any obligation to update its view on any such risks or uncertainties or to revise or publicly release the results of any revision to these forward-looking statements. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this press release.

THQ And Volition Have Released A Gameplay Teaser Trailer For Saints Row The Third

THQ And Volition have released a teaser trailer for Saints Row The Third. this trailer aims to tease some gameplay from Saints Row The Third and carries over a sense of humour familiar to the series.


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Hit X Podcast: All The News From QTE Gamers From The Weekend Of Saturday 2nd And Sunday 3rd April

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The Re-Cap: News From QTE Gamers From The Weekend Of Saturday 2nd And Sunday 3rd April

• QTE Blog: The Re-Cap: News From QTE Gamers From Friday 1st April http://ht.ly/1c0ySS
• QTE Blog: Hit X Podcast: All The News From QTE Gamers From Friday 1st April http://ht.ly/1c0AJ5
• 360: A confirmed Forza 4 gameplay video has leaked, it shows Kinect, in-game action, details some features http://ht.ly/4rL8u
• QTE Blog: 2K And Gearbox Have Released 2 New Gameplay Videos For Duke Nukem Forever http://ht.ly/1c0BUn
• Android: HTC Reveal the HTC Flyer will be updated to Honeycomb in the future, but reveal no release date for it http://ht.ly/4rLdm
• Final Fantasy XIV producer Naoki Yoshida reveals there is currently no date for when the free trial ends. http://ht.ly/4rLeJ
• QTE Blog: Konami Have Released A Launch Trailer And Screenshots For Rush'N Attack: Ex Patriot http://ht.ly/1c0Det
• Final Fantasy XIV producer Naoki Yoshida talks in-depth about the games issues, why he was brought in + much more http://ht.ly/4rLh1
• 3DS: Gaijin Games have teased a Commander Video Bit.Trip game is coming to the 3DS http://ht.ly/4rLhK
• QTE Blog: Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Have Released A Behind The Scenes Look At The F.E.A.R.3. Comic http://ht.ly/1c0EMc
• The EA Download Manager has listed Battlefield 3 as coming out 2nd November. its unknown if this is a mistake or real http://ht.ly/4rOKJ
• Irem have apologised to their fans in a letter and thanked them for their support over the years http://ht.ly/4rP1L
• QTE Blog: Sony Have Released A New MLB 11 The Show Trailer Showing Home Run Derby http://ht.ly/1c0HBP
• QTE Blog: What Have You Played This Week? http://ht.ly/1c1mAP
• QTE Blog: QTE Tweets Of The Week http://ht.ly/1c1prB

QTE Tweets Of The Week

This is the top 9 most clicked news stories from the QTE Gamers Twitter Stream. Things are kinda back to normal this week. Its a shame that only 1 post from the site made the top 9, but the rest was kinda expected. The number 1 story by a long way was news about the ipad 2 selling out. If I had to pick a surprise I would say the number 2 story and number 6. I had expected number 7 and number 5 to be higher

9 QTE Blog: Microsoft And Sky Announce A League Of Their Own Will Have Kinect Sports Product Placement http://ht.ly/1bZZCQ

8 PC: Specs for Fable 3 released. Minimum, Vista/Xp/7, 2GB RAM, 12GB HDD, NVIDIA 7600GT/ATI HD 2600, Core 2 Duo 2GHz http://ht.ly/4qpJX

7 Analysts predict the PS3 outsold the 360 worldwide by end of 2010, 43.4M to 42.9M. poor 360 sales in Asia and Europe http://ht.ly/4rg2K

6 PS3: God Of War HD And God Of War II HD is being released as separate downloads on the PSN in Japan for ¥1,500 each http://ht.ly/4qx5H

5 3DS: there appear to be a couple of reports of issues with the 3DS, dubbed "Black Screen of Death", reboot can fix it http://ht.ly/4nL6c

4 Its reported iOS update 4.3.1 has patched the exploit used by Comex. hacker says it won't take long to re-hack http://ht.ly/4oCTi

3 Tesco Comments Over GAME buying 3DS from them, "We think you could say this is game, set and match." http://ht.ly/4pxIv

2 Konami announce the EU Release of Castlevania: Lords of Shadow DLC Reverie has been delayed http://ht.ly/4oWTL

1 iPad2: its reported the iPad 2 has sold out in the UK, best chance to get one now is to order it online http://ht.ly/4oCOz

What Have You Played This Week?

I know, no 3DS Games this week! Well that's cause when it's not had Pokèmon in it, family have wanted to play it so they've been playing, and loving, the AR Games and Face Raiders. But the 3D has been a slight issue with only myself and sister not having any issues with it. Some have turned the 3D of and still enjoyed playing around, whilst others turn it down. I have managed to get some game time in this week oh and I also managed to get a Spot Pass Hit.

Football Manager 2010 – PC – Still in League 1 and still with Havant & Waterlooville. Its tough and the season has been full of highs and lows. Thankfully I had a very easy draw in the FA Cup and got quite far so that earned me some money.

Pokèmon White – DS – I didn't get too much further this week. Most of my game time was spent exploring a mountain and trying to catch a very rare Pokèmon that seemed to appear once every 3 hours!

Pac-Man Championship Edition DX – PS3 – I have all the trophies in the game which means that yes i've now completed it. Well completed in the sense that every level has a score. The fun will be trying to beat that score and get higher in the rankings.

Split Second – PS3 – Well i've played a few more “Seasons” now. The first was easy but the rest of the game is not. Difficulty does ramp up but its manageable and its not got a point where it feels too hard, the fast frenzied nature of the game means sometimes you finish near the back just because a building fell on you. The racing as a whole is really good. The cars feel like the old Burnout games, but with a touch more refinement, and the circuits are designed to let you drift, draft, and over take with ease. The destruction element is really fun, each level has several small things that explode, one or two medium things, and 1 big thing that explodes, and it usually changes the layout of the circuit cause its soo big. Couple this explosive action with the fast pace of the races, and its really easy to loose yourself and get involved. But, whilst the racing is great, all the fluff around it does detract. Having “Seasons” isn't bad, its a nice way to break up the monotony of racing over and over by splitting things up into groups of 6, and there are 12 seasons in all. Its the over the top nonsense around it that's too much. They saw their game had explosions and action and turned the fluff around the races into some major action movie/tv show which I personally didn't think it needed. Its not around all the time its only between “Seasons” when it really gets in the way, and only a little when introducing a new racing mode. There are several different styles of races that fit perfectly well into the game and each are fun and challenging in their own way. I've not finished the game but the racing alone makes it worth the £10 I spent on it. Oh, the online multiplayer...i've yet to find anyone else so it looks like it's single player racing all the way.

Formula 1 2010 – PS3 – Those who follow the site know I have strong opinions about his game and the lack of forward thinking from the Codemasters team, an example being how the cars in the game look very little like the cars that finished the 2010 season. I decided to rent this game as i'm still an F1 fan and the new season has got me all excited. I've not played much so far but the racing aspect is good and handles well. The cars feel different and there is a noticeable speed difference. Sure the cars don't look like I remember but that experience wasn't bad. The fluff around all this isn't so great. It takes longer than it should to be able to even have a chance to race. They make you start your career mode before you've seen the main menu. Once you've set yourself up for career and they explained all sorts, then your given the chance to race. But as I had just done all this career stuff I thought I was stuck with Virgin Racing. Turns out i'm not as you can choose a different team for Time Attack. It would've been easier if the career stuff started when you choose it.

Chime Deluxe – PS3 – I have this game on the 360 and I really enjoyed it. I liked the idea of buying a good game for charity. The PS3 version is a bit more expensive but its a definitive version of the game. There is just soo much depth to the game in that you can never have the same game twice. Each level is a song, each piece adds something, each quad adds something else, and each filled part of the level adds something else. The songs are good and fit very well to the game style and how it works. There is a demo, its not perfect as you only get to play one level, but it does show the idea of the game and if your interested or liked games like Lumines i'd recommend you at least try the demo.

Super Stardust HD – PS3 – I love this game. It just never stops giving, lol. First it was rumble, then trophies, then 3D, and now there's even more DLC. The game is simple, fun, and looks great. The DLC adds a game style the PSP version has and it works well. If you like twin stick shooters like Geometry Wars, you should at least try the Demo for the game.

Sony Have Released A New MLB 11 The Show Trailer Showing Home Run Derby

Sony have released a new trailer and detailed the Home Run Derby mode in MLB 11 The show. the trailer is in-game and shows people using Playstation Move to hit Home Runs. this mode can of course still be played using the Dual Shock 3. you have the option to play a quick 3 out or even 5 or 10 outs, using up to 8 batters.



Source: USA Playstation Blog