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THQ Inc.

(THQI) is in the Technology Industry

Market Cap:$297.0M

Last Fiscal Year Sales:$1.0B

Public
US

Dow Jones Description

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.

Number of Employees 2,000

Contact Information

29903 Agoura Road

Agoura Hills, California 91301

www.thq.com

(818) 871-5000

Peer Companies

NAICS Code Software Publishers: 511210

Company News

Recent Events

Reuters Summit-THQ CEO says pleased with holiday sales

12/02/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story
THQ Appoints Germaine Gioia As SVP Licensing And Merchandising - Quick Facts

12/02/09 - Mgmt. Change Entering - Vice President - View Story
THQ and DreamWorks Animation Announce Multi-Year, Multi-Property Video Game License Agreements

12/02/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story
THQ and DreamWorks Sign Multi-Year Deal

12/05/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story
THQ Releases MX vs. ATV Reflex Video Game

12/07/09 - Product Announcement - View Story
Brightpoint Jumps, but Ciena Tumbles

11/23/09 - Bond / Stock Rating - View Story
Analyst Downgrades for November 24th

11/24/09 - Bond / Stock Rating - View Story
Volition's parent posts small operating loss in 3rd quarter

11/11/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story
THQ to Release Video Game on James Patterson's The Dangerous Days of Daniel X for...

11/07/09 - Product Announcement - View Story
Deutsche Bank Downgrades THQ, Inc THQI to Hold; Slashes Estimates on Industry Weakness

11/05/09 - Bond / Stock Rating - View Story
THQ Unveils First Person-Shooter Metro 2033TM

10/22/09 - Product Announcement - View Story
Euphoria Over Positive Data May Lift Stocks Despite Caution Ahead Of Jobs Report - RTTNews...

11/05/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story
Marvel Super Hero Squad Multi ships to retail

10/22/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story
THQ Launches New Disney/Pixar Game

10/12/09 - Product Announcement - View Story
THQ Appoints Edward L. Kaufman Executive Vice President, Business and Legal Affairs, and Corporate Secretary

9/08/09 - Mgmt. Change Entering - Vice President - View Story
THQ Partners with Windysoft to Bring Company of HeroesR OnlineTM to South Korea

9/08/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story

News & Analysis

software and thq inc. - All News and Analysis

THQ Inc. Fights to Strong Q1

Seeking Alpha - 2009-07-29

Seth Gilbert submits: THQ Inc. THQI is a company still at work turning itself around but the waypoints along the trail show its clearly making progress and moving in the right direction. A day after winning an arbitration ruling over Jakks Pacific, the Agoura Hills...

Tags: Software, Seth Gilbert, THQ Inc.
THQ's Online Role-Playing Studio Sold Amid Pressing Financial Troubles

Seeking Alpha - 2009-05-28

Seth Gilbert submits: As a pro baseball player, Curt Schilling made his mark as a starting pitcher. Though there were a few transitional years early in his career spent as a reliever, over twenty years, the majority of time he entered a game, it was from the beginning. Schilling...

Tags: Software, Seth Gilbert, THQ Inc.
THQ: Shares Rise on Profit Projection

Seeking Alpha - 2009-04-02

Eric Savitz (Barron's) submits: THQ THQI shares are posting a fat gain Thursday after the video-game company announced that it has completed a previously announced cost-reduction plan designed to chop its annual spending by $220 million. THQ CEO Brian Farrell said in a statement that the company’s goal is...

Tags: Software, Eric Savitz, THQ Inc.
THQ Disappoints with More Mediocre Games and Earnings

Seeking Alpha - 2009-02-05

Marty Hashemi submits: Don’t say I didn’t warn you. In my last article, A New Era of Video Games: The End of Shovelware, I highlighted THQ THQI as a victim of the new discriminating video game environment. In November, THQ warned its investors with bleak guidance and the stock...

Tags: Software, Marty Hashemi, THQ Inc.
Videogame Shares Falling, Weak Sales Data To Blame

Seeking Alpha - 2008-09-12

Eric Savitz (Barron's) submits: Video game shares are trading lower on Friday following a disappointing reading on August sales from market research firm NPD. As a number of analysts noted this morning, NPD reported that August console game sales rose 13% year-over-year, while hardware sales rose just 3%. ...

Tags: Software, Activision Inc., Electronic Arts Inc., GameStop Corp., THQ Inc., Take-Two Interactive Software Inc.