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THQ is set to announce that they have laid off an additional 170 employees. The news comes shortly after announcements of increased layoffs and possible studio closures by the company, which has had a bumpy ride over the last few weeks. Independent industry executive Kevin Dent was first to break the story with the following tweet: "This is probably going to break in the morning, I have sat on it for a weeks or so. The culling at THQ was 170+ souls including Mark DeLoura." Dent later tweeted ...
Saints Row: The Third is very hard to put down. This game really takes the concept of a sandbox game to the next level. This game could really scratch the itch that gamers have had since GTA San Andreas.
"A brilliant and successful new IP can affect an entire generation of games and game players; I consider these to be the best new franchises of this current generation (2005-present)."
It seems that we will soon get the chance to play as Gangsters once again. There has been some recent information regarding when things can get interesting for a Saint's Row 3 reveal. Check it out for the full details.
"Both Amazon and GameStop are listing “Saint's Row Platinum - 2 Pack” for the Xbox 360. According to the GameStop listing, the compilation will come with Saints Row and Saints Row 2 on separate DVD discs in a “single standard DVD case.”"
"As of posting, the band's website reads:
We may not like playing video games all that much but we do like it when our music is featured on them! Makes us a bit proud even when it's a game as big as Saints Row for the PSP and even prouder when the nice developer people show excellent taste by picking "The Lotus Eater" for it. So if you love playing video games: the game is expected to hit the streets around March 2010."
Inspired by SomethingAwful, users on NeoGAF made a thread quite a while ago photoshopping video covers using anagrams of the video game titles. Recently the thread got bumped. Go to source for some choice titles or click alternate source to browse through some of the classic images if you have never seen them before (highly recommended).
THQ's CEO Brian Farrell, has given a talk at the BMO Capital Markets Interactive Entertainment Conference to take a look at their goals for the next several months. The main concept, "fewer, higher-quality games".
They're going to do this by looking at the areas they detailed being "core market, kids' games, family games, the female audience, and online gaming". Note how they made females a separate category.
The main focus is core gaming, which everyone knows is the biggest thing arou...
![Box shot of Saints Row [Europe]](http://i.neoseeker.com/boxshots/R2FtZXMvWGJveF8zNjAvQWN0aW9uL1Nob290ZXI=/saints_row_frontcover_small_CfoRndTnCp5JXbE.jpg)