Castrum - Looks like THQ is downsizing pretty fierce:
No longer on THQ's slate is the MX vs. ATV racing game franchise. The most recent entry, MX vs. ATV Alive, was released earlier this year. Seemingly also gone are properties like de Blob. Australian developer Blue Tongue is now closed as is THQ's Brisbane studio, which was working on a video game based on Marvel's The Avengers. THQ will also eliminate its development studio in Phoenix.
The publisher said last month that its Red Faction property is all-but dead as well, that it "[does] not intend to carry forward with that franchise in any meaningful way." In June, it closed Homefront developer Kaos Studios. THQ did not mention one of its other upcoming titles, the Valhalla Games-developed Devil's Third, which recently slipped to 2013.
I never cared for the MX vs. ATV series, though I did hear de Blob was a decent game or two. I'm sure there will be many who will miss Red Faction, however I won't be one of them (didn't particularly enjoy RF: Guerrila). As for Homefront, I actually enjoyed it to a fair degree, mostly because I'm a History nerd and I'm into politics (the gameplay itself wasn't too bad either). Sad to see the series ending so abruptly.
http://kotaku.com/5829346/thq-cuts-200-jobs-mx-vs-atv-series-de-blob-studio-and-more
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