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Destroy All Humans! PS3 still coming to Europe
THQ has informed Eurogamer that the PlayStation 3 version of earthling annihilation sim Destroy All Humans! Path of the Furon, isn't quite as canceled we were lead to believe. It's still on track for a European release, joining its Xbox 360 sibling on shelves next year, February 13th. Is that enough time to sort out those "development issues?" A spokesperson for the publisher explained: "Due to the game being shipped earlier in North America on 2nd December a decision was made to proceed exclusively with the Xbox 360 format in that market." If you were to ask us, we'd say the European strategy for releasing outside the holiday period and on twice as many platforms seems like the smarter one. If you were to ask us.
THQ refuses to Destroy All Humans! on PS3
The PS3 version of Destroy All Humans! Path of the Furon has been mysteriously canceled a week before its release. Originally scheduled for December 1st, the game will now ship exclusively on Xbox 360. According to THQ, "development issues" have been blamed for this cancellation. Perhaps those "issues" involved forgetting to actually start development of the PS3 version. Or perhaps THQ just didn't care. Or maybe it's because THQ fired everyone that might've even worked on a PS3 version. Regardless, we doubt many of you are feeling the loss. [Via NeoGAF]
Reports: THQ closing 5 studios, downsizing Juice Games
Various reports are emerging today that THQ has sharpened its battle axe and promptly swung ... at itself. Stuntman: Ignition developer Paradigm Entertainment has been closed, reports Gamasutra, and Juice Games has been dealt a crushing blow, losing a third of its staff, according to Develop. Additionally, amidst sinking share value and ongoing internal woes, THQ is poised to make further cuts this week. In fact, a peek at THQ's studio listing reveals the company is -- quite suddenly -- down to 11 studios (compare this to the soon-to-be-updated Wikipedia page, which lists 16 teams). Missing and presumed dead are: Helixe Games, Locomotive Games, Mass Media, Sandblast Games, and aforementioned Paradigm.Tune in Wednesday when the troubled publisher releases its quarterly financial report -- and bring a splatter guard. There will be blood. Source - Juice Games to lay off a third of workforce [Develop]Source - THQ Closes Paradigm Entertainment [Gamasutra]Source - Studio System [THQ]
XBLM receives new human-destroying, intellivision-like Xbox Originals
Per last week's announcement, two new exclamation point loving Xbox Originals just released to the XBLM and both are patiently awaiting your 1200 Microsoft point purchase. The new achievement-less titles (that NEVER gets old), Destroy All Humans! and Intellivision Lives!, can be found under the "New Releases" section of the Marketplace. If you can't decide which title to buy, maybe you can opt to pickup both OR (as we suggest) ignore them completely. But maybe that's being a bit harsh?
Rumor: Layoffs at THQ's Rainbow Studios and Sandblast Games
Gamasutra sources indicate that publisher THQ has laid off staff at two of its internal studios: Sandblast Games , currently creating Destroy All Humans! Path of the Furon, and Rainbow Studios, currently working on the Wii-exclusive Deadly Creatures (potentially related sidenote: early last month several Rainbow Studios vets left to form their very own TimeFly Studios). Both developers will apparently continue work on their existing projects.THQ has been making changes of late, killing several key franchises like Juiced and Stuntman, nabbing some new execs, and evidently those changes extend to their studios as well. With over a dozen development houses under its belt, if this rumor is true, it may not be the last round of layoffs out of THQ.
Destroy All Humans: Path of the Furon announced
Alien adorers and destruction devotees will be excited to hear that THQ's latest chapter in the Destroy All Humans franchise will be crash landing on the Xbox 360 this Fall. Being developed by Sandblast this time around, Destroy All Humans: Path of the Furon will see Crypto demolishing every single object in full HD with new and completely twisted weaponry. Yup, all those fancy next-gen features will be added including Hi-Fi sound, polished graphics, shaders galore and a beefier physics engine. And yes, there will be co-op as well. Check out the new Path of Furon trailer embedded above and take it all in. Things do explode, but ... yeah ... it's just Destroy All Humans.
