THQ may refer to:
 | This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title THQ. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. |
THQ Inc. was an American video game developer and publisher based in Agoura Hills, California. It was founded in April 1990 by Jack Friedman, originally in Calabasas, and became a public company the following year through a reverse merger takeover. Initially working in the toy business, it expanded into the video game business through several acquisitions before shift its focus away from toys entirely. THQ continued its trend of acquiring companies through the noughties.
Relic Entertainment is a Canadian video game developer based in Vancouver, founded in 1997. The studio specializes in real-time strategy games and is known for series such as Homeworld, Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War and Company of Heroes. Acquired by THQ in 2004, the company was sold to Sega on January 22, 2013 as part of THQ's bankruptcy. Relic is now a part of Sega West, which also comprises Creative Assembly, Sports Interactive and Amplitude Studios.
Piranha Bytes GmbH is a German video game developer based in Essen. Founded in 1997, they are best known for their Gothic and Risen series of role-playing video games. As of May 2019, the studio has 32 employees and is a subsidiary of THQ Nordic.
Big Huge Games is a video game developer located in Timonium, Maryland. The company was founded in February 2000 by four veteran video game industry developers: Tim Train, David Inscore, Jason Coleman and Brian Reynolds. Their first game, Rise of Nations, was a critical and commercial hit. The original studio became defunct in May 2012, but the name "Big Huge Games" was later reacquired by Reynolds and Train for their new venture. The revived studio released the mobile game DomiNations on Android and iOS in April 2015.
The Adventure Company is a Canadian video game developer and a former publishing division of DreamCatcher Interactive. It was sold to THQ Nordic GmbH in 2011 following DreamCatcher's parent assets being sold after entering administration.
Blue Tongue Entertainment Pty Ltd was an Australian video game developer founded in 1995. It was acquired by THQ on 17 November 2004, and remained an internal development studio of THQ until its closure in August 2011. In addition to THQ, Blue Tongue had worked with the publishers Hasbro Interactive and Vivendi Universal Games.
Yuke's Co. Ltd. is a Japanese video game developer based in Osaka. It was established on 26 February 1993 by Taniguchi. The company is best known for their development of the WWE 2K video game series.
505 Games S.p.A. is an Italian video game publisher based in Milan. It was founded in 2006 as a subsidiary of Digital Bros.
Barking Lizards Technologies is an American video game developer that develops for mobile phones, PlayStation 2, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, PlayStation Portable, Wii and personal computer. Founded in 2001, Barking Lizards Technologies is based in Richardson, Texas. Their titles were published through several major video game publishers, namely THQ, and Activision, and have recently published a title of their own, Osiris Legends for iOS.
Kaos Studios was an American video game developer based in New York City, New York. Kaos Studios was formed in 2006 when publisher THQ hired the core members of Trauma Studios the team behind the popular Desert Combat modification for Battlefield 1942, to create a new studio based to focus on first-person shooter video games.
Milestone srl is an Italian video game developer based in Milan that focuses on racing games. It was founded by Antonio Farina in 1994, originally under the name Graffiti, before becoming Milestone in 1996. Milestone was part of Leader Group between 2002 and 2011, and in August 2019, the studio was acquired by Koch Media.
Koch Media GmbH is a German-Austrian media company headquartered in Höfen, Tyrol, Austria, with an operating subsidiary based in Planegg, Germany. The company was founded in 1994 by Franz Koch and Klemens Kundratitz. The company operates video game publishing labels Deep Silver and Ravenscourt, the video game developers Warhorse Studios and Milestone srl, as well as a film distribution arm, Koch Films. Koch Media's parent company, Koch Media Holding, was acquired by Swedish holding company THQ Nordic AB in February 2018.
The AFL video game series is a series of Australian rules football video games based on the AFL. Released originally by Beam Software, it has since been developed by several other game developers.
Coffee Stain Studios AB is a Swedish video game developer based in Skövde, founded in 2010 by nine University of Skövde students. The company is best known for its game Goat Simulator, which was released in April 2014, and Satisfactory, released as an early access game in 2019. Their parent holding company, Coffee Stain Holding, also operates Coffee Stain Publishing, a publisher, and majority-owns developers Coffee Stain North and Lavapotion. In November 2018, the Coffee Stain group was acquired by THQ Nordic AB.
Warhammer 40,000: Dark Millennium Online was a video game to be based on Games Workshop's Warhammer 40,000 setting. It was under development by Vigil Games until THQ's closure.
THQ Nordic GmbH is an Austrian video game publisher based in Vienna. Formed in 2011, it is the primary publishing subsidiary of Embracer Group. Originally named Nordic Games, as was the parent company, both companies were renamed THQ Nordic in August 2016 after the parent company had acquired the "THQ" trademark in 2014. THQ Nordic's core portfolio comprises assets that were acquired from other developers and publishers, such as from JoWooD Entertainment and its subsidiaries DreamCatcher Interactive and The Adventure Company in 2011, from THQ in 2013, and from NovaLogic in 2016. THQ Nordic has acquired and established several subsidiary studios, including Black Forest Games, Bugbear Entertainment, Gunfire Games, HandyGames, Piranha Bytes, and Rainbow Studios.
Brian Farrell is an American video game executive. He is best known for his tenure as the President, CEO, and Chairman of the Board of THQ, Inc., a publicly traded American video game developer and publisher. THQ successfully developed and published licensed children's games and then expanded its product lineup to include games and game franchises for more adult audiences like Saints Row, numerous WWE wrestling games, several UFC fighting games, Homeworld, Company of Heroes, Red Faction, Homefront, and Full Spectrum Warrior. The company got into the video game business in 1990 with the acquisition of Broderbund's video game division. Brian Farrell took over as CEO in 1995. At its peak in 2007, THQ had 15 development studios and was generating over $1 Billion in annual revenues. A brutal decline from those storied heights eventually led to the dissolution of the company and sale of assets in 2013. Farrell first joined THQ in 1991 as CFO and Treasurer. Farrell came to be closely identified with THQ as the public face of the company as well as its leader; his opinions about everything from retail game pricing to video game consoles generated significant press attention. Before he made the leap into videogame development, Farrell was CFO of Starwood Hotels and Resorts.
Gunfire Games, LLC is an American video game developer based in Austin, Texas. The studio was founded by David Adams in July 2014, bringing with him the core team of Crytek USA just prior to that studio's closure. The company was acquired by THQ Nordic in August 2019.
Embracer Group AB is a Swedish video game holding company based in Karlstad. The company was established under the name Nordic Games in December 2008, forming the video game publishing subsidiary of game retailer Game Outlet Europe. Co-founders include Game Outlet Europe founder Lars Wingefors, who operates as the company's chief executive officer, Pelle Lundborg and Nik Blower. In 2011, Nordic Games established a second office, Nordic Games GmbH, in Vienna, Austria, and soon shifted its publishing operations to the new office.