THQ cans Frontlines PS3, Juiced and Stuntman franchises

[TTR Dr Payne]

http://www.joystiq.com/2008/01/23/th...an-franchises/

THQ cans Frontlines PS3, Juiced and Stuntman franchises

73 Comments by Ludwig Kietzmann Jan 23rd 2008 7:30PM
Filed under: Sony PlayStation 2, Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Xbox 360, Action, Driving, First Person Shooters, Business



Confirming earlier rumors, THQ has announced that the PlayStation 3 version of dystopian shooter, Frontlines: Fuel of War, has been canceled. And it's not the only game to have its plug unceremoniously pulled. Indeed, THQ's update to its fiscal 2008 outlook brings to mind Joystiq's consistently inept maid who's always yanking all the cables out with her feet while she's dusting the office TV.

In describing the publisher's third fiscal quarter (ended December 31, 2007), the report notes "non-cash charges of approximately $27 million" in relation to the cancellation of not only the PlayStation 3 edition of Frontlines, but the PlayStation 2 version of Destroy All Humans!: Big Willy Unleashed. THQ also notes a decision "not to pursue" its Juiced and Stuntman properties, the latter particularly described as underperforming following its release on Xbox 360 and PS3 last year.

Also appended are two unannounced titles for Xbox 360 and PS3 which "had" been scheduled for release in THQ's fiscal year 2010. One of them was being worked on by THQ's Concrete Games Studio, also the victim of a closure according to the report. Though it would be easier to blame the maid, THQ CEO and president, Brian Farrel, deemed the decouplings necessary to "strengthen [THQ's] pipeline and position [the company] to compete aggressively with compelling, high quality games."

[Tearo]

Lol At The Box Thingy!

[TTR Dr Payne]

lmao I know, I thought it was great. I usually dont add the pictures into the post because it takes longer to add it, but when theres a good picture, like this one, I'll add it. He really does look like the guy off the Ghost Recon box aswell.

[IllBashU]

i guess we wont be seeing any more of those juiced adds

[Tearo]

Originally Posted by TTR Dr Payne

lmao I know, I thought it was great. I usually dont add the pictures into the post because it takes longer to add it, but when theres a good picture, like this one, I'll add it. He really does look like the guy off the Ghost Recon box aswell.

Even if he didn't have that thing on his eye he would be like the guy from Ghost Recon, but them adding the eye thing..It just says RIP OFF!