Looks like things are going from bad to really bad to awful for publisher THQ, with an industry man reporting – not speculating, but straight-out reporting – that the company is about to sack over 170 employees.
https://lastchance.cc/thq-might-get-kicked-off-the-nasdaq-stock-exchange-5881115%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
The word comes from independent industry exec Kevin Dent, who took to Twitter to write “This is probably going to break in the morning, I have sat on it for a week or so. The culling at THQ was 170+ souls including [THQ’s vice president of technology] Mark DeLoura.”
If this is indeed the case, it caps off a fairly awful week for the publisher, who has faced rumours of studio closures and been threatened with being booted off the Nasdaq stock exchange.
https://lastchance.cc/dont-blame-udraw-blame-yourselves-rankled-staff-tells-5879436%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
Kotaku is following up with THQ and will update this story should the company comment.
THQ to announce 170 layoffs today – report [Eurogamer]
