All is not well for THQ. The company is sinking and flailing, due to debts and losses, and it’s responding by cutting back on jobs, pay and the kinds of games it’ll make. Now, it’s CEO Brian Farrell is saying that a big part of its problems is because people didn’t like the uDraw GameTablet. more »

European gamers won’t be able to launch nukes or throw flaming chainsaws in Twisted Metal on February 14. Eat Sleep Play co-founder David Jaffe confirmed on NeoGAF the localization process is taking longer than expected in Europe. A new release date hasn’t been set, but Jaffe heard Twisted Metal might be available in Europe on more »

As part of its third quarter fiscal 2012 earnings report, THQ revealed estimated release dates for more than 10 upcoming games. Most of these games are expected to be released in THQ’s fiscal 2013 year which runs until March 2013. There are also a few others titles such as inSANE which should come out in more »

THQ announced its third quarter financial earnings for fiscal 2012 earlier today. One interesting note in the publisher’s financial report declared the end of uDraw hardware. THQ will rely on its core games and digital revenue until it can become profitable again.

The mystery that is Lollipop Chainsaw is slowly being revealed, though really there isn’t too much to keep secret about a zombie beat’em up starring a former cheerleader. Still, as the release window draws near, Warner Bros. Interactive, Kadokawa Games and Grasshopper Manufacture have decided to get people excited by announcing three pre-order promotions for more »

Your quest isn’t over yet, Skylanders fantatics. Activision has set before you a new task. It is one that will require you to visit many stores and spend lots of money so that the brave warriors Cynder, Double Trouble and Slam Bam may once again join the fight against Kaos in the Skylands. In short, more »

Sometimes videogame publishers tend to gravitate towards a certain console when promoting multiplatform games. Activision for example clearly favors the Xbox 360 with its Call of Duty games, and Ubisoft gives the PS3 a slight advantage with the Assassin’s Creed franchise. For Resident Evil 6, Capcom will show special attention to the Xbox 360 crowd.

Syndicate will not require EA’s Online Pass when it is released. This is somewhat unusual since EA tends to tie its Online Pass into its multiplayer (and single-player) games. With Syndicate, EA Partners wants everyone to experience Syndicate‘s cooperative multiplayer mode regardless of whether they purchase the game new or used.

The latest patch for Skyrim is out of voluntary beta and is ready for mass distribution. Bethesda released the version 1.4 update of Skyrim on Steam and it brings a lot of improvements. I really mean that. Bethesda squashed a large number of bugs and patched up just as many quest glitches. As usual, Bethesda released more »

Yesterday we learned The Simpsons Arcade Game will be coming to the PlayStation Network on February 7 as a free gift to PlayStation Plus subscribers. Everyone else will have to pay $10. Today, Konami revealed the XBLA version of The Simpsons Arcade will be coming to us on February 3 for 800 Microsoft Points. Both more »