THQ
Status: dead
Country: USA
aka(s): TH*Q, T*HQ
Full name: Toy Headquarters
Founded as Trinity Acquisition Corporation in 1989
Website: www.thq.com/
Filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy on 2012-12-19.
Liquidation: (some may have not been fulfilled)
* Relic Entertainment sold to Sega
* Volition and Metro publishing rights sold to Koch Media (Deep Silver)
* Homefront franchise sold to Crytek
* Take-Two bought rights to a game under working title Evolve
* THQ Montreal and publishing rights to Southpark sold to Ubisoft
Darksiders, Homeworld, Red Faction and Destroy All Humans! are yet to be sold.
It is known for Age of Empires, Alone in the Dark, Altered Beast, Banjo-Kazooie, Battle Arena Toshinden, Broken Sword, Colin McRae Rally, Columns, Company of Heroes, Crazy Taxi, Croc series, Darius, Darksiders, Dawn of War, Destroy All Humans, Destruction Derby, Devil Dice, Dragon's Lair, Kick Off, Let's Ride!, Madden NFL, Megami Tensei, Micro Machines, MotoGP, MX vs ATV, NBA Live, Persona, Phantasy Star, Prison Tycoon, Puyo Puyo, Red Faction, Road Rash, S.T.A.L.K.E.R., Saints Row, Shining, Shinobi, Sonic the Hedgehog, Space Channel 5, STRIKE, Summoner, Super Monkey Ball, Supreme Commander, Tak, Takeda, Tetris, Titan Quest, Turrican, Virtua Tennis, Viva Piñata, Worms
Releases per year
Overall rankings
Common gametypes
Top platforms
| GBA |  | 140 | |
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| Windows | | 107 | |
| PS2 | | 95 | |
| Wii | | 70 | |
| Nintendo DS | | 68 | |
| Xbox | | 55 | |
| X360 | | 55 | |
| GameCube | | 50 | |
| GBC | | 46 | |
| PS | | 45 | |
| PS3 | | 39 | |
| GB | | 31 | |
| SNES | | 23 | |
| PSP | | 21 | |
| N64 | | 18 |
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THQ best rated games
| WWF No Mercy | 2000 | n64 |  |  |  |
| Persona 3 | 2006 | ps2 | | | |
| Disney's The Hunchback of Notre Dame: Topsy Turvy Games | 1996 | gb | | | |
| Red Faction II | 2002 | ps2 | | | |
| WWE Day of Reckoning | 2004 | gc | | | |
| WWE SmackDown! vs. RAW 2006 | 2005 | psp | | | |
| Gitaroo Man | 2002 | ps2 | | | |
| Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Burning Earth | 2007 | nds | | | |
| de Blob | 2008 | wii | | | |
| Red Faction: Guerrilla | 2009 | ps3 | | | |
THQ worst games
| Home Alone 2: Lost in New York | 1992 | nes | |  | |
| Toy Story | 1996 | gb | | | |
| MTV Sports: Skateboarding featuring Andy Macdonald | 2000 | ps1 | | | |
| Rugrats: Scavenger Hunt | 1999 | n64 | | |  |
| Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Wrath of the Darkhul King | 2003 | gba | | | |