THQ

THQ
Used between 2011 - 2013 Used between 2000 - 2011
Information
Founded	1990
Current State	Declared Chapter 11 bankruptcy
Headquarters	Agoura Hills, California, USA 🇺🇸
Type	Publisher
Worked On
Website	THQ Nordic's website

THQ was a video game publisher founded in 1990 by Jack Friedman, and started releasing games in 1991. They were well-known for publishing a large variety of titles, from original IPs to a large number of licensed WWE, Nickelodeon and Pixar games among other licenses. They have also published games developed by a variety of well-known developers, including Heavy Iron Studios, Pandemic Studios, WayForward and Rare to name a few. Drawn to Life's original studio, 5th Cell, was among them as early as 2003, with THQ later publishing the series for a time. They were behind publishing Drawn to Life, Drawn to Life: The Next Chapter, Drawn to Life: The Next Chapter (Wii), and Drawn to Life Collection; as well as the Altron-developed Drawn to Life: Spongebob Squarepants Edition by a subsidiary, PlayTHQ.

In 2012, due to declining sales and the failure of their uDraw GameTablet, THQ declared Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The Drawn to Life Series was sold to 505 Games in April 2013 for $300,000. Almost all the remainder of their IPs have been aqcuired by their successor by Nordic Games, who later renamed themselves to THQ Nordic.

Notable Games

• Quest 64 (Published in North America Only, Developed by Imagineer, N64, 1998)
• Rugrats: Search for Reptar (Developed by n-Space, PS1, 1998)
• WWF WrestleMania 2000 (Developed by AKI Corporation (N64) & Natsume (GBC), 2000)
• WWF Royal Rumble (Developed by Yuke's, Sega Dreamcast, 2000)
• The Simpsons: Night of the Living Treehouse of Horror (Developed by Software Creations, GBC, 2001)
• SpongeBob SquarePants: Legend of the Lost Spatula (Developed by Vicarious Visions, GBC, 2001)
• Red Faction (Developed by Volition, PS2/Windows/Mac, 2001)
• Aidyn Chronicles: The First Mage (Developed by H2O Entertainment, N64, 2001)
• Earthworm Jim (Developed by Game Titan, GBA, 2001)
• Sonic Advance (Published in North America Only, developed by Sonic Team & Dimps, GBA, 2001)
• Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (Developed by AWE Games (PC), BigSky Interactive (PS2/GCN) & Human Soft (GBA), 2001)
• SpongeBob SquarePants: SuperSponge (Developed by Climax, PS1/GBA, 2001)
• Conker's Bad Fur Day (Published in Europe Only, Developed by Rare, N64, 2001)
• SpongeBob SquarePants: Revenge of the Flying Dutchman (Developed by BigSky Interactive (PS2/GCN) & Vicarious Visions (GBA), 2002)
• Hey Arnold!: The Movie (Developed by Altron, GBA, 2002)
• Sonic Advance 2 (Published in North America Only, developed by Sonic Team & Dimps, GBA, 2002)
• Finding Nemo (Developed by Traveller's Tales (PS2/GCN/Xbox) & Vicarious Visions (GBA), 2003)
• SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom (Developed by Heavy Iron Studios (GCN/PS2/Xbox) & Vicarious Visions (GBA), 2003)
• Mini Poccha (Developed by 5th Cell, Java, 2003)
• Tak and the Power of Juju (Developed by Avalanche Software (PS2/GCN) & Helixe (GBA), 2003)
• Seal Team 6 (Developed by 5th Cell, Java, 2003)
• Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge (Developed by Rare, GBA, 2003)
• Siege (Developed by 5th Cell, Java, 2003)
• The Simpsons: Road Rage (Developed by Altron, GBA, 2003)
• Sonic Battle (Published in North America & Europe, Developed by Sonic Team, GBA, 2003)
• WWE SmackDown! Here Comes the Pain (Developed by Yuke's, PS2, 2003)
• Jet Set Radio (Published in North America Only, Developed by Vicarious Visions, GBA, 2003)
• Full Spectrum Warrior (Developed by Pandemic Studios (Windows/Xbox), Mass Media Games (PS2) & 5th Cell (Java), 2003)
• The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (Developed by Heavy Iron Studios (GCN/PS2/Xbox) & WayForward (GBA), 2004)
• Sabre Wulf (Developed by Rare, GBA, 2004)
• Nicktoons: Freeze Frame Frenzy (Developed by Altron, GBA, 2004)
• Tak 2: The Staff of Dreams (Developed by Avalanche Software (PS2/GCN) & Helixe (GBA), 2004)
• The Incredibles (Developed by Heavy Iron Studios (GCN/PS2/Xbox) & Helixe (GBA), 2004)
• Sonic Advance 3 (Published in North America & Europe, developed by Sonic Team & Dimps, GBA, 2004)
• It's Mr. Pants (Developed by Rare, GBA, 2004)
• Banjo-Pilot (Developed by Rare, GBA, 2005)
• Juiced (Developed by Juice Games, PS2/Windows/Xbox, 2005)
• SpongeBob SquarePants: Lights, Camera, Pants! (Developed by THQ Studio Australia (GCN/PS2/Xbox) & WayForward (GBA), 2005)
• Tak: The Great Juju Challenge (Developed by Avalanche Software (PS2/GCN), Altron (DS) & WayForward (GBA), 2005)
• Destroy All Humans! (Developed by Pandemic Studios, 2005)
• Nicktoons Unite! (Developed by Blue Tongue Entertainment (PS2/GCN) & Climax (GBA/DS), 2005)
• SpongeBob SquarePants: Creature from the Krusty Krab (Developed by Blitz Games (Wii/GCN/PS2) & WayForward (GBA/DS, 2006)
• Destroy All Humans! 2 (Developed by Pandemic Studios, 2006)
• Nicktoons: Battle for Volcano Island (Developed by Blue Tongue Entertainment (PS2/GCN), Natsume (DS) & Halfbrick Studios (GBA), 2006)
• Avatar: The Last Airbender (Developed by THQ Studio Australia (PS2/Xbox/GCN/Wii/Windows), TOSE (PSP, DS) & Halfbrick Studios (GBA), 2006)
• Cars (Developed by Rainbow Studios (PS2/GCN/Xbox/Xbox 360), Beenox (Windows), Helixe (GBA/DS) Locomotive Games (PSP) & Incinerator Studios (Wii), 2006)
• Saints Row (Developed by Volition, 2006)
• Drawn to Life (Developed by 5th Cell, 2007)
• SpongeBob's Atlantis SquarePantis (Developed by Blitz Games (Wii/PS2) and Altron (DS/GBA), 2007)
• Nicktoons: Attack of the Toybots (Developed by Blue Tongue Entertainment (PS2/GCN), Natsume (DS) & Firemint (GBA), 2007)
• Conan (Developed by Nihilistic Software, PS3/Xbox 360, 2007)
• El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera (Developed by Blue Tongue Entertainment (PS2) & Barking Lizards Technologies (DS), 2007)
• Ratatouille (Developed by Heavy Iron Studios (PS3/Xbox 360), Asobo Studio (PS2/Xbox/GC/Wii/PC/Mac), Helixe (GBA/DS) & Locomotive Games (PSP), 2007)
• Drawn to Life: Spongebob Squarepants Edition (Developed by Altron, 2008)
• Lock's Quest (DS) (Developed by 5th Cell, 2008)
• Saints Row 2 (Developed by Volition, 2008)
• WALL-E (Developed by Heavy Iron Studios (PS3/Xbox 360/Wii), Asobo Studio (PS2/PSP/Windows), Savage Entertainment (SPS) & Helixe (DS), 2008)
• Viva Piñata: Pocket Paradise (Developed by Rare, DS, 2008)
• De Blob (Developed by Blue Tongue Entertainment, 2008)
• Tak and the Guardians of Gross (Developed by Blitz Games, PS2/Wii, 2008)
• Tak: Mojo Mistake (Developed by Altron, DS, 2008)
• SpongeBob SquarePants featuring Nicktoons: Globs of Doom (Develoepd by Incinerator Studios (PS2/Wii) & Natsume (DS), 2008)
• Drawn to Life: The Next Chapter (Developed by 5th Cell, 2009)
• Drawn to Life: The Next Chapter (Wii) (Developed by Planet Moon Studios, 2009)
• SpongeBob's Truth or Square (Developed by Heavy Iron Studios (Xbox 360/Wii), Barking Lizards Technologies (PSP) & Altron (DS), 2009)
• Up (Developed by Heavy Iron Studios (PS3/Xbox 360/Wii), Asobo Studio (PS2/PSP/Windows/Mac) & Altron (DS), 2009)
• Drawn to Life Collection (Developed by 5th Cell, 2010)
• Costume Quest (Published until 2013, Developed by Double Fine Productions, PS3/Xbox 360, 2010)
• Darksiders (Developed by Vigil Games, 2010)
• uDraw Pictionary (Developed by Page 44 Studios, 2010)
• uDraw Studio (Developed by Pipeworks Studio, 2010)
• SpongeBob SquigglePants (Developed by WayForward, 2011)
• De Blob 2 (Developed by Blue Tongue Entertainment (Wii/PS3/Xbox 360) & Halfbrick Studios (DS), 2011)
• Saints Row: The Third (Developed by Volition, 2011)
• Homefront (Developed by Kaos Studios, 2011)
• Darksiders II (Developed by Vigil Games, 2012)
• WWE '13 (Developed by Yuke's, 2013)
• The Avengers (Developed by THQ Studio Australia & Blue Tongue Entertainment, cancelled)

Trivia

• THQ is the company most involved with the entire Drawn to Life Series, publishing five out of the seven games.