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Feb 06, 2012 Red Star Coming To US and THQ Rough Times - Press Pause Daily

UK company bringing Japanese games to the US and times are looking tough for THQ.


SHOW NOTES:


Story 1:  

A lot of really cool and interesting games are released every year in Japan, and very few of those find their way to the US. Well it looks like one UK company is trying to change that.


The company, called Rising Star Games, has been successfully bringing Japanese games to Europe for several year, and they have just opened their first US offices. The first game that the company will be bring to our shores is a game called Akai Katana, which will come to the Xbox 360 sometime in Q2. Red Star has also created another company that will handle digital download releases.


Hey, we are all for more cool games making their way to the good ol’ US of A. Here’s hoping that these guys are successful, so we can get many more.


http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/rising-star-games-cracks-america/090323



Story 2:  

Saint’s Row publisher THQ is have a rough run recently. The company is currently trying to move away from licenced kids games to more adult fare. As such they made a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission that they would be laying off 240 employees, mainly in the administrative areas of the company.


THQ also announced that CEO Brian Farrell would take a 50% paycut, as well as a reduction in his compensation package, should he be let go.


And the final blow came when the company received a notice from the NASDAQ that if their share price did not rise to above to at least $1 for 10 consecutive days by July 23rd, the company would be delisted and removed from the market.


The company has some good games, like Saint’s Row, UFC, and Darksiders. It would be a shame if the company folded. Here’s hoping that they can turn things around.


http://www.gamespot.com/news/thq-layoffs-hit-240-ceo-takes-50-pay-cut-6349587




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