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THQ Admits To Poor Summer News

By Jon Wilcox on 23/10/2007

Below par sales of Stuntman: Ignition and Juiced 2 behind disappointing financial expectations...

THQ has today reduced its financial expectations for the second and third quarters of the fiscal year, primarily due to the under-performance of Stuntman: Ignition and Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights at retailers in the summer.

Lowering its expectations for the second quarter to $229 million (£111.8 million) and the $490 million (£239.2 million) for the third, the publisher also announced that several of its titles have been pushed back into the 2009 fiscal year, beginning April 1st 2008. The PlayStation 3 version of Frontlines: Fuel of War, De Blob on Wii and Nintendo DS, and Destroy All Humans!: Path of the Furon are all affected by the decision.

"We are disappointed that our latest editions of Juiced and Stuntman did not perform to expectations," said Brian Farrell, president and CEO of THQ. "Because of THQ's commitment to delivering quality products, we have moved the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions of Destroy All Humans!, and the PS3 version of Frontlines into fiscal 2009. We believe the additional time will enable us to create the best products for our customers."

Farrell added, "Our new title de Blob has generated strong critical acclaim and excitement among gamers. We have decided to schedule this title for global release next fiscal year in order to enhance the game and maximize the opportunity for this new franchise."

Farrell continued, "We are looking forward to this holiday season, with our proven line up, led by WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2008 on six platforms. Importantly, we expect fiscal 2009 to be a very strong year, as we benefit from a solid product slate, including Disney/Pixar's Wall-E, Red Faction 3, Saints Row 2 and our first games based on the UFC."

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User avatar By: Anonymous Coward

Added:Sat 24th Nov 2007 21:47, Post No: 12

peaple that say this games sucks because its easy are a buncha f-ing dumb a-holes, sure any idiot(like the ones above)can say its easy if all their trying to accomplish is get from one scene to another, but the main point here is to get 5 stars in each scene, which you can only do by starting your stunt at the beginning of the scense and chaining it all the way to the end without breaking the combo chian(which can be quite difficult somtimes) unlike the previous game no matter how many points you score won't mean much if you want the 5 star, to get 4 stars all you have to do is rack up as many points as is required, but no matter how many points you have and you end up breaking the combo chain you will not get the fifth star. all in all a great game and if you liked the first one this a great sequal don't let a buncha idiots throw you off, heck just look at he site reviews.

User avatar By: Anonymous Coward

Added:Sat 15th Sep 2007 11:05, Post No: 11

I would say 9/10, however if they had an update that made the track arena not have those damn buildings in the middle, and make the damage in the arena as good as the original, then a 10/10 would be in order. :-)

User avatar By: Anonymous Coward

Added:Sat 08th Sep 2007 11:01, Post No: 10

FIRST GAME WAS GREAT, THIS WAS TOO EASY AND THE CARS HANDLING IS RUBBISH AND THERE IS NO SENSE OF SPEED. IF YOU LIKED THE FIRST ONE DON'T BUY THIS.

User avatar By: Anonymous Coward

Added:Mon 03rd Sep 2007 16:49, Post No: 9

NOT AS MUCH OF A CHALLENGE AS THE FIRST ONE, BUT IT'LL HAVE YOU GRINDING YOUR TEETH AS YOU TRY NOT TO SWEAR IN FRONT OF THE KIDS

User avatar By: Anonymous Coward

Added:Sat 01st Sep 2007 22:13, Post No: 8

just bought the game friday nearly finished it saturday a great game let down by being far to easy...

User avatar By: Anonymous Coward

Added:Sat 01st Sep 2007 17:04, Post No: 7

For some reason the physics in the arena area lot worse than the original...and you can't damage the car either. i.e. the wheels don't come off and you can't completely total it. I'd liked to have had more destruction buthey, it's still damn fun!!!

User avatar By: Anonymous Coward

Added:Fri 31st Aug 2007 08:47, Post No: 6

what's grey and comes in pints?......an Elephant. I'm here all week.

User avatar By: Anonymous Coward

Added:Wed 29th Aug 2007 22:12, Post No: 5

i played the demo and it was awsome and the demo is just the tip of the ice burg. If u liked the first game you will lap this up.

User avatar By: Anonymous Coward

Added:Tue 28th Aug 2007 09:22, Post No: 4

I played the demo and it was awesome. I hope it wasn't all the best stuff and the other movies are fun too.

User avatar By: Anonymous Coward

Added:Mon 27th Aug 2007 11:31, Post No: 3

Why can a game never be hard and not get knocked? Some people like games being hard. That way when you accomplish something, you ACTUALLY ACCOMPLISH SOMETHING. Stuntman 1 was a very good game. I still have to see if the 'dumbing down' hurts or helps the game, but the first approach was valid as well.

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