As part of the recent attempt to overhaul the entire company, THQ announces it has laid off 200 jobs, closed another 2 studios, and killed off another 2 game series.
THQ's main Australian studio called THQ Brisbane and a developer studio also located in Australia called Blue Tongue were both shut down. Along with some other moves, the total number of people laid off was around 200 this time.
Following the recent news of Red Faction being done as a series, THQ announced both the MX vs ATV and the de Blob series have both been killed off with no intention of reviving either series in the future.
THQ initially started the restructuring last year due to very poor fiscal year and the weak sales of UFC resulting in that series moving from an annual to 2-year schedule.
http://kotaku.com/5829346/thq-cuts-2...tudio-and-more
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