JULY 2, 2009 • UFC 2009 Undisputed has fared well in Europe and stayed on the top 10 in United Kingdom, Ireland, Germany, Sweden and Finland for several weeks. In several smaller markets such as the Nordic the title has performed better than the local distributor expected. The increasing popularity of the sport and the perfo.....

MAY 27, 2009 • Boston Red Sox veteran baseball player Curt Schilling purchased Big Huge Games from THQ Inc. The acquisition is intended to significantly augment Schilling’s own 38 Studios. The latter has an Unreal engine-based MMO titled Copernicus in development. Terms of the sale were not disclosed. Impact: Big Huge Games is a top class development shop that simply was not a good fit for THQ, a company that specialized in B grade licensed pro.....

April 27, 2009 • DFC Intelligence is releasing a series of reports that deal with emerging models in the game industry, built around the opportunities provided by digital distribution and online game play. The most established of these areas are high-end subscription massively multiplayer online games (MMOGs). These long established products are now some of the most profitable segments in the entire game industry. However, the evolution of MMOGs has occurred outside what one normally define.....

MARCH 6, 2009 • THQ got some needed good news with brisk sales of Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II. The PC title raced ahead to the top of computer game charts, with estimates of selling 300,000 units in the U.S. In the U.K., the game did well enough to come in at No. 3 on the overall sales chart behind Street Fighter IV a.....

FEBRUARY 26, 2009 • THQ closed its International Office in Zürich as part of a cost-reduction restructuring. The closure comes a year after the office had been opened to facilitate the publisher global expansion plans. On March 18, THQ notifi ed employees at its Big Huge Games studio that it may be closed in 30 days if a bu.....