THQ Inc.

Moby ID: 69

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February 4, 2010: The company announces to rebrand two of its studios, Juice Games and Rainbow Studios, to THQ Digital Studios Warrington and THQ Digital Studios Phoenix respectively, at the cost of 60 jobs.
December 4, 2009: The company announces to open a new division in Montreal, responsible for product development, R&D, art and content development, as well as QA and localisation.
August 10, 2009: It is reported the company has acquired the development studio Midway Studios - San Diego.
November 2008: The company closes five development studios: Helixe, Sandblast Games, Locomotive Games, Mass Media and Paradigm Entertainment.
August 7, 2008: The company announces to open a new headquarters in Shanghai, China.
April 1, 2008: The company announces the acquisition of casual games publisher Elephant Entertainment, LLC.
January 14, 2008: The company acquires developer Big Huge Games.
May 2007: The company acquires the Finland-based mobile development studio Universomo Ltd. and makes it a part of the THQ Wireless Inc. division.
February 2007: The company acquires Mass Media, Inc.
July 25, 2006: The company acquires Paradigm Entertainment Inc.
March 17, 2006: The company acquires Vigil Games.
March 3, 2006: The company acquires Juice Games.
February 27, 2006: The company announces to open a sales and marketing office in Copenhagen, Denmark, in order to cover all of Scandinavia.
February 3, 2006: The company announces the opening of the new development entity Kaos Studios, founded by veterans of Trauma Studios.
February 1, 2005: Alex Garden, Relic Entertainment's founder and Director of Product Development after the acquisition by THQ, leaves the publisher to work on other unnamed projects.
November 18, 2004: The company acquires developer Blue Tongue Entertainment.
October 19, 2004: World Wrestling Entertainment files suit against the WWE license holders THQ (games) and JAKKS Pacific (toys) for obtaining the license, which lasts until 2009, through a commercial bribery scheme.
April 29, 2004: Company acquires Relic Entertainment.
January 2003: The company founds THQ Studio Australia as a wholly-owned subsidiary.
April 4, 2002: The company acquires development studio Outrage Entertainment and renames it Outrage Games.
November 7, 2001: The company acquires Rainbow Studios.
2000: The company acquires game development studio Volition, along with the matchmaking service PXO.
1999: THQ France is established in Paris.
1999: Company buys out Funsoft
April 1998: The company acquires GameFX Technology.
1994: The company enters the market of video games.
1991: Trinity Acquisition Corporation merges with Toy Head-Quarters to form T*HQ, later renamed as THQ.
1989: Company originally founded as Trinity Acquisition Corporation.