THQ
THQ (short for "Toy Headquarters") is a video game publisher and developer based in California. Originally a publisher of licensed games during the NES and SNES era (a lot of them not very good), it has since expanded its product to include original IPs such as Saints Row, Company of Heroes, and Destroy All Humans.
In recent years, however, THQ has gone through some tough financial times. It has closed down several studios, laid off thousands of workers, and moved on from licensed properties based on kids' shows to focus on "high quality-owned I Ps".
Games published/developed by THQ and its studios:
- 50 Cent: Bulletproof and 50 Cent: Blood in the Sand
- All-Star Cheer Squad
- Banjo-Kazooie's Game Boy Advance games
- Company of Heroes
- Costume Quest (developed by Double Fine; on PSN and XBLA)
- Dawn of War
- Darksiders
- De Blob
- Deadly Creatures
- Destroy All Humans
- Dragonica (from 2009-2010; U.S. publishing is now handled by Gravity Interactive under the name Dragon Saga)
- Drawn to Life
- Full Spectrum Warrior
- Home Front
- Juiced
- Locks Quest
- Marvel Super Hero Squad
- Metro 2033
- MX Vs ATV
- Red Faction
- Saints Row
- Sonic Advance (co-published with Sega)
- Splashdown
- S.T.A.L.K.E.R.
- Tetris Worlds
- Titan Quest
- UFC Undisputed
- You Don't Know Jack -the 2011 version
- WWE Smackdown vs. RAW
- many properties based on Nickelodeon cartoons, including:
- Avatar: The Last Airbender
- The Fairly Odd Parents
- The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron
- SpongeBob SquarePants
- Tak and The Power of Juju (interestingly; the video games came several years before the cartoon)
- Nicktoons Unite (a multi-continuity crossover featuring most of the above)
- Many properties based on Pixar movies