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[[File:THQ logo.png|thumb|right| | [[File:THQ logo.png|thumb|right|THQ's logo used from 2011 to 2013.]] | ||
'''THQ''' ('''T'''oy '''H'''ead'''q'''uarters) was an American video game company best known for publishing games based on licensed franchises. Founded in 1990, THQ filed for bankruptcy in 2012 and went defunct in 2013; their properties would get sold off to other companies, with some purchased by Nordic Games, which renamed themselves to THQ Nordic in 2016. | '''THQ''' ('''T'''oy '''H'''ead'''q'''uarters) was an American video game company best known for publishing games based on licensed franchises. Founded in 1990, THQ filed for bankruptcy in 2012 and went defunct in 2013; their properties would get sold off to other companies, with some purchased by Nordic Games, which renamed themselves to THQ Nordic in 2016. | ||
[[File:THQ old logo.png|thumb|right|200px|THQ's logo used from 2000 to 2011, as it appears in ''Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge'' and ''Banjo-Pilot''.]] | |||
After [[Microsoft]] purchased [[Rare Ltd.]] in 2002, Rare Ltd. was still allowed to develop games for competitors' handhelds, including [[Nintendo]]'s [[Game Boy Advance]] and Nintendo DS, as Microsoft had no stake in the portable console market. THQ published Rare Ltd.'s original games for these systems; in the case of ''[[Banjo-Kazooie (series)|Banjo-Kazooie]]'', these games were ''[[Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge]]'' and ''[[Banjo-Pilot]]''. | |||
[[File:THQ old logo.png|thumb|right|200px| | |||
After [[Microsoft]] purchased [[Rare]] in 2002, Rare was still allowed to develop games for competitors' handhelds, including [[Nintendo]]'s [[Game Boy Advance]] and Nintendo DS, as Microsoft had no stake in the portable console market. THQ published Rare's original games for these systems; in the case of ''Banjo-Kazooie'', these games were ''[[Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge]]'' and ''[[Banjo-Pilot]]''. | |||
[[Category:Companies]] | [[Category:Companies]] | ||
