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THQ Announces Its Own Partner Program
Red Faction: Guerrilla and Darksiders publisher THQ has announced the launch of a new business unit (or scheme) this morning that appears to be something like EA's co-publishing arm EA Partners. The unit--which will be led by ex-IGA publisher relations VP Tim Walsh--is called THQ Partners, and like EA Partners, THQ aims to provide "select developers and publishers" access to a worldwide publishing pipeline.
“I’m looking forward to working with a select number of world-class developers and publishers to distribute their great games through our global network," Walsh said in a statement.
No partnerships under the new unit were announced this morning, but assuming THQ Partners is like EA Partners, we'll see a smattering of both large and small third-party developers eventually join up with THQ in order to get their products into our sweaty hands. EA Partners, for example, has published Valve's uber-successful Left 4 Dead series but it is also poised to put out indie developer Hothead Games downloadable DeathSpank.
There's nothing too funny about this kind of business, but I did just e-mail Walsh asking what his favorite kind of sandwich is and inquired about his bench press max. I'll let you know when I know.
Red Faction: Guerrilla and Darksiders publisher THQ has announced the launch of a new business unit (or scheme) this morning that appears to be something like EA's co-publishing arm EA Partners. The unit--which will be led by ex-IGA publisher relations VP Tim Walsh--is called THQ Partners, and like EA Partners, THQ aims to provide "select developers and publishers" access to a worldwide publishing pipeline.
“I’m looking forward to working with a select number of world-class developers and publishers to distribute their great games through our global network," Walsh said in a statement.
No partnerships under the new unit were announced this morning, but assuming THQ Partners is like EA Partners, we'll see a smattering of both large and small third-party developers eventually join up with THQ in order to get their products into our sweaty hands. EA Partners, for example, has published Valve's uber-successful Left 4 Dead series but it is also poised to put out indie developer Hothead Games downloadable DeathSpank.
There's nothing too funny about this kind of business, but I did just e-mail Walsh asking what his favorite kind of sandwich is and inquired about his bench press max. I'll let you know when I know.
Nice, THQ has really impressed me in the last year or so. They've put out really good games and now they're doing this. Pretty awesome.
I like the idea of these partner programs. I am actually very curious about whether there is any collective bargaining ability between THQ and the partner once a company/developer/publicser has become a partner. Otherwise I guess it is more for startegic reasonas of solidifying IP under a big banner like THQ with the money/size to publicize it etc. I guess what I am saying when you are a partner are you treated like an employee with benefits or are you still basically a contractor.
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