Tag Archives: brian farrell
Sat, Feb 04, 2012 | 13:19 GMT
THQ Q3: Six new core games, partner sought for DMO
THQ has posted its financial results for the quarter ending December 31, 2011, revealing $9.2 million year-on-year decrease in sales but a healthy looking release schedule.
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Posted in: Financials, THQ, THQ Financials, Trade
Tags: brian farrell
Thu, Feb 02, 2012 | 10:00 GMT
THQ confirms 240 job cuts, CEO salary halved
Financially troubled publisher THQ has come clean on the staff cuts resulting from its restructuring, revealing even greater carnage than rumours suggested.
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Posted in: THQ, Trade
Tags: brian farrell
Thu, Nov 03, 2011 | 08:56 GMT
THQ boss shrugs off GTA V worries
THQ boss Brian Farrell has shaken off any worries between Grand Theft Auto V and Saints Row, saying the two are in a “completely different positioning.”
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Posted in: Action, Rockstar, THQ
Tags: brian farrell, grand theft auto v, rockstar north, saints row, Saints Row: The Third, volition
Thu, Sep 08, 2011 | 15:36 BST
THQ CEO Brian Farrell predicts disc-free future, talks Saints Row DLC
THQ CEO Brian Farrell believes that eventually, consoles will no longer require discs and will instead support cloud gaming, the result of which would mean a reduction in cost for publishers with the savings trickling down to consumers.
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Posted in: Development, THQ, hardware
Tags: brian farrell, cloud gaming, saints row, Saints Row: The Third, volition
Tue, Jul 12, 2011 | 19:42 BST
Farrell: Large game companies need to adopt a start-up approach in order to survive
THQ’s Brian Farrell feels that in order for a large company to succeed in the current market, it needs to do business more like a start-up; therefore, THQ has decided to rethink its business strategy an behave in a like manner.
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Posted in: THQ
Tags: brian farrell, GamesBeat 2011
Tue, Jun 14, 2011 | 04:08 BST
THQ pushing for “digital ecosystems”
THQ chief executive Brian Farrell has said the publisher remain optimistic about the industry’s future by ignoring declining markets and ramping up digital strategies.
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Posted in: THQ, Trade
Tags: brian farrell
Tue, May 17, 2011 | 21:53 BST
THQ considers itself “one of the big” publishers, says Farrell
Brain Farrell doesn’t see any reason why THQ shouldn’t be considered one of the “big ones,” like EA or Activision.
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Posted in: Development, THQ
Tags: brian farrell
Fri, Mar 25, 2011 | 08:32 GMT
Homefront ships 2.4 million worldwide, sells 1 million units
THQ’s announced that it’s shipped 2.4 million units of Homefront since it launched last week.
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Posted in: Action, PC, Shooter, THQ
Tags: brian farrell, homefront, Kaos Games
Thu, Mar 17, 2011 | 16:00 GMT
THQ doesn’t want to do away with the pre-owned market
THQ CEO Brian Farrell has said the firm doesn’t want the pre-owned market to die, because it is something consumers demand.
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Posted in: Retail, THQ
Tags: brian farrell, used games
Thu, Feb 17, 2011 | 16:40 GMT
“We don’t expect new hardware any time soon from either Microsoft or Sony,” says Farrell
THQ’s Brian Farrell told attendees at the Goldman Sachs Technology and Internet Conference yesterday that the firm doesn’t expect new consoles “anytime soon from either Microsoft or Sony”.
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Posted in: Development, THQ, hardware
Tags: brian farrell
Thu, Feb 17, 2011 | 14:37 GMT
THQ: Console makers need to “adjust their business models” for new consumer experiences
During the Goldman Sachs Technology and Internet Conference yesterday, THQ’s Brian Farrell told investors that in order for the firm to realize the potential of its new pricing model – which debuts with MX vs ATV: Alive – console makers need to “adjust their business models.”
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Posted in: Development, Retail, THQ, Trade
Tags: brian farrell, microtransactions, MX vs. ATV Alive
Sat, Jan 08, 2011 | 18:49 GMT
Games industry hoping 3DS pulls market out of its year-long slump
Gaming industry vets are excited over Nintendo 3DS, and are hoping the handheld’s release will help pull the market out of the slump it’s been in for the past year.
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Posted in: 3DS, Development, Nintendo
Tags: Andrew Thompson, brian farrell, Craig McNicol, industry
Sat, Dec 04, 2010 | 15:08 GMT
“The industry is a lot healthier than just what NPD is reporting,” says THQ’s Farrell
THQ CEO Brian Farrell has said much of the company’s profits next year will be coming from digital downloads, which are not taken into account when NPD looks at monthly videogame sales.
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Posted in: Charts, Development, Retail, THQ, Trade
Tags: brian farrell, digital sales, npd, steam
Fri, Nov 12, 2010 | 10:55 GMT
THQ: Saints Row movie to be announced next month
THQ CEO Brian Farrell has told Gama that the movie tie-in for Saints Row will be formally announced next month.
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Posted in: Action, Movies, THQ
Tags: brian farrell, saints row, saints row 3, Saints Row movie
Thu, Nov 11, 2010 | 19:51 GMT
THQ’s Farrell: $59.99 price point is “keeping people out” of gaming
THQ CEO Brian Farrell believes games need to be less expensive, otherwise, there’s a risk of losing new customers.
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Posted in: Retail, THQ, Trade
Tags: brian farrell
Thu, Nov 04, 2010 | 16:45 GMT
THQ expects its digital offerings to continue doubling
CEO Brian Farrell said during THQ’s call to investors last night the firm expects its digital sales to double next year, and continue to grow from there.
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Posted in: Retail, THQ, Trade
Tags: brian farrell, digital downloads
Wed, Oct 27, 2010 | 23:13 BST
THQ: The last thing the industry needs now are new consoles
THQ President and CEO Brian Farrell has said the industry doesn’t need a new console generation at the moment, because Move and Kinect will help extend each respective console’s life cycle while expanding the gaming audience.
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Posted in: Development, Kinect, PS3, PlayStation Move, THQ, Xbox 360, hardware
Tags: brian farrell
Sat, Sep 25, 2010 | 21:49 BST
THQ to try out hybrid pricing scheme with next motocross title
THQ’s Brian Farrell has said the company plans to experiment with a hybrid model of monetization with its titles in the future.
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Posted in: Development, Hot, Racing, Retail, THQ, Trade
Tags: brian farrell, dlc, Goldman Sachs Communacopia XIX, microtransactions, motocross, MX
Tue, Aug 24, 2010 | 15:30 BST
THQ and others feel Cloud gaming is the future
THQ CEO Brian Farrell is a proponent of Cloud gaming, and believes it has the potential to lower the “entry barrier” into gaming for consumers who don’t wish to spend the cash on a console.
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Posted in: Development, Internet, PC, Retail, THQ, Trade, tv
Tags: brian farrell, cloud gaming, david perry, digital distribution, gaikai, game industry tv, Nolan Bushnell, ted price
Wed, Feb 17, 2010 | 18:37 GMT
Farrell: THQ has motion control titles to show off at E3
THQ CEO Brian Farrell dropped quite a few noteworthy bits of information during his much quoted interview with IGN this week.
While we have covered this extensively, there was one other thing we couldn’t resist pulling from it, and that was the news that THQ would be showing motion control titles at E3 this year.
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Posted in: Development, E3 2010, Hot, PS3, THQ, Xbox 360, hardware, peripherals
Tags: arc, brian farrell, natal
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