THQ culls Frontlines: Fuel of War (PS3) and Juiced/Stuntman franchises

mistermostyn | January 24, 2008 | News | Playstation 2 Playstation 3

Following on from the canning of Destroy All Humans! Big Willy Unleashed, THQ has now pulled the plug on Frontlines: Fuel of War on the PS3 as well as cutting loose under-performing IPs Juiced and Stuntman.

Specifically the California-based company has confirmed in the report for its fiscal third quarter (ending December 31, 2007) that it has cancelled Frontlines: Fuel of War for the PlayStation 3 and also chosen to drop under-performing intellectual properties (IPs) Stuntman and Juiced. THQ has also dropped its Concrete Games studio.

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Frontlines: Fuel of War [XBOX360, PS3, PC]
Juiced [PS2, Xbox, PC]
Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights [DS, XBOX360, PSP, PS3, PS2, PC]
Juiced: Eliminator [PSP]
Stuntman [GBA, PS2]
Stuntman: Ignition [PS2, PS3, XBOX360]

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Red 9 | January 24, 2008

Didn't care about Frontlines. THQ wasn't doing well since this new generation of gaming began.
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Slumpy monkey | January 24, 2008

shame for ps3 owners. Frontlines looked like an awesome game.
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Ameer | January 26, 2008

What does it mean to 'drop'? Does that mean they still own the IP, but are not developing it?

Would be a shame for Stuntman. Not nearly as big a deal for the other two.