Rest in peace THQ

We are witnesses of a sad day for gaming industry. One of the older companies just filled in for bankruptcy  Let's spend a moment of silence for THQ, and after that, let's recall their history....

The two most knows versions of the THQ logo, left one from 2000-2010, right from 2010-2012

Now, after we held our respects, let's remind ourselves about THQ. Let's start with all we probably know: they were both developers of great games, such as:

• Red Faction (first critacally acclaimed game with destructable terrain)
• Saints Row (I know people who call this game "the killer of GTA")
• Company of Heroes (one of the greatest RTS's history has known. 93/100 on metacritic agreess with mine opinion)
• Darksiders (a great game, however painful without playing on a pad) 

They also produced many good, but (in some cases) forgotten games, such as Summoner, Titan's Quest, Dawn Of War 1, Supreme Commander, Star Wars: Battle For Naboo. Even the youngest kids could have some fun thanks to them. They produced/developed games with Spongebob Squarepants, Scooby Doo, or the Teen Titans. They've got even My Little Pony in their portfolio.

I think those lastly mentioned productions were done because of THQ's history. Not everyone knows, that they had started as toy manufacturer in the early 1990s. They extended to video games in 1991 and from 1994 they decided to withdraw from producing toys, and focus on releasing games.

Their long history of making games has not saved them. Even moves, that someone might call desperate, such as the Humble THQ Bundle, and giving out Metro 2033 for FREE has not helped them.

Why I am writing this? Because I think the world of gaming will be much poorer without THQ and it's productions. I just hope that anyone who will buy their assets will continue making the games they had started, such as Metro: Last Light, Company of Heroes 2, South Park: The Stick of Truth or Saints Row 4.

THQ deserves our memory, for all the good moments they gave to us, gamers. 

Another moment of silence for them, and let's hope we won't have to write or read any more blog entries like this again....