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Good afternoon team,

I want to take this opportunity to update you all on some important actions we are taking to best position THQ for future profitability and growth.

As you know, the past year has been a challenging one for THQ, and the video game industry is changing rapidly. We are responding aggressively to both changing market dynamics within the video game sector and the impact of today’s difficult economic environment. Over the past several weeks, we have completed a new strategic plan for THQ and presented it to our board of directors. The plan was initiated by me and developed by the executive committee in close collaboration with senior members of our product development and publishing organizations.

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Nintendo has been on a roll for over two years. A standard Wii video console still only costs $285, but add popular games and accessories for the new Wii Fit …
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Rumors are around that THQ will be closing the doors on five of their studies this week, 16 to 11; Paradigm, Helixe, Locomotive, Sandblast Games and Mass …
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Mario, did you not read my post about Obama and his views on video games? He is not a big fan of you my friend. …
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Maybe I should of posted this earlier. This is the study that caused the reaction from that researcher at Texas A&M. You can see his reaction below. When is this …
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If this turns out to be true, I think this is a little delay. If I remember correctly, The Conduit was supposed to be out …
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Now I want this game even more!

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“Any entertainment company could be interested in EA given continued growth in video game sales, the potential for cross-fertilisation with TV and film storylines, and advertisers’ interest in buying space …
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In the literature review the authors suggest that research on video game violence is consistent when this is hardly the case. The authors here simply ignore a wide body of …
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If the presidential campaign was waged out on a crazy golf course, who would putt the most balls? Who would manage to sneak past the windmill and ultimately take the crazy mini golf trophy? In Kidz Sports – Crazy Mini Golf’, you can create your character, grab your putter and prepare to lead America….. or just the golf course to begin with….!

Why not call a few mates round, grab your putters, choose your characters and aim for the entrance to the windmill in a multi-player game of Crazy Mini Golf?

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REDWOOD CITY, CA – November 3, 2008 – Hudson Entertainment, the North American publishing arm of Hudson Soft, today announced that its popular title, DECA SPORTS™ for Wii, has officially been named a Gold Award winner at the 2008 National Parenting Publications Awards (NAPPA) Children’s Products competition.

Now in its 18th year, NAPPA is the most comprehensive awards program for Children’s Products and Parenting Resources. More than a seal of approval, NAPPA is a juried competition that helps parents make the best buying choices for their families. Their independent panel of judges are experts in their fields with extensive professional experience working with children and parents. They evaluate hundreds of products to select the most fun, appealing, safe, educational, age-appropriate and enduring products so that parents can make the best purchasing choices for their families.

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REDWOOD CITY, CA – November 3, 2008 – Hudson Entertainment, the North
American publishing arm of HUDSON SOFT, today announced that it has
officially launched Alien Crush Returns, available for digital
download on WiiWare for Wii. Alien Crush Returns is a sci-fi pinball
game based on the classic TurboGrafx-16 series from Hudson
Entertainment.

The timeless brand is reborn on WiiWare with an entirely new sci-fi
take on pinball including bonus stages and power-ups. Players never
know what kind of bizarre creatures will appear in the next board. In
extraordinary pinball fashion, the game offers gameplay spanning two
screens, providing players a lot of real estate to rack up points,
multipliers and bonuses. The game is played across multiple boards,
all of which feature an eerie sci-fi landscape with enemies that try
to prevent players from obtaining pinball perfection.
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Nov. 3, 2008

Sometimes you feel like a pinball, bouncing from one thing to the other. Do you spend time blasting things in outer space or just spend a quiet …
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