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This is the sad, sad ghost of THQ’s offices

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THQ was one of the more prolific developers and publishers to kick the bucket in the last generation.In a sad, sad situation, the company was forced to declare bankruptcy after a spiralling series of poor judgement calls and mismanagement, most notably the decision to invest fortunes in the UDraw Tablet. It’s a sad situation, made sadder by these sad pictures of THQ’s offices.

THQ’s most promising titles went on auction, being picked up by other publishers – and we’ve already seen the fruits borne from many those acquisitions, like Saint’s row IV, Metro Last Light and South Park Stick of Truth. A new company has moved in to the former publisher’s offices and Redditor Soulessgingr(no, not Rince) captured it all for posterity.

It sad stuff; it seems like the place was just evacuated, with awards, copies of games, statues and the like just lying about. Take a look. It’s heart-breaking stuff.

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A huge, broken  blood Raven from Dawn of War..I see these inside random BT Games stores.

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A stack of awards and the like that really should have gone to the people who made the e winning games.

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A reminder that we may never See Darksiders’ story come to a conclusion.

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Ransacked walls of games released by the publisher

And some posters for games that were meant to published by THQ, before it went belly-up.

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Last Updated: May 29, 2014

28 Comments

  1. No Longer SIR Twakkus

    May 29, 2014 at 12:06

    Man thats sad…. Was one of my favourite studios.

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  2. Devourer of Small Bunnies

    May 29, 2014 at 12:10

    Breaks my heart

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  3. Viking Of Science

    May 29, 2014 at 12:14

    Wow, this is the saddest collection of photos I’ve seen in a while…

    now, a poem (kinda, i suck at rhyming, so call it a late eulogy):

    THQ, how I Miss thee, and thy Warhammer games.
    I Long for more Darksiders, more Titan Quest.

    You gave me a chance to be a Supreme Commander,
    To Destroy Most of Mars.
    And tought me how to survive in the ZONE.

    Mistakes you made, let’s be honest, SO many licensed games….

    But Still, I miss You, THQ….

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  4. Admiral Chief in Space

    May 29, 2014 at 12:16

    ;-(

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  5. InsanityFlea

    May 29, 2014 at 12:16

    It’s a cut throat industry. Big budgets, big gambles.

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  6. Ultimo_Cleric N7

    May 29, 2014 at 12:27

    That hurts so very much.

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  7. RinceofFuturePast

    May 29, 2014 at 12:31

    Firstly frak you Geoff 😛 And damn this is sad. Why leave this behind?

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    • Admiral Chief in Space

      May 29, 2014 at 12:33

      LOOOOOOOOOOOOOL

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  8. Sk3tz0

    May 29, 2014 at 12:32

    Why all that stuff still there??

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    • Admiral Chief in Space

      May 29, 2014 at 12:33

      *was

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      • Sir Rants A Lot Llew. Jelly!!!

        May 29, 2014 at 12:43

        *is

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        • RinceofFuturePast

          May 29, 2014 at 12:46

          boom! Edit: well, pretty sure it’s in the photographer’s home now 🙂

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          • Sk3tz0

            May 29, 2014 at 13:10

            Bad grammar result of boss walking in office mid sentence and .. what i wanted to mention was..

            Why would all those items be left behind, surely at closure they would of emptied out the building stick it all in storage..

          • Sir Rants A Lot Llew. Jelly!!!

            May 29, 2014 at 14:05

            When you liquidate you kinda lose everything. No cash for removal vans or anything. Tis how it goes unfortunately

  9. Jedi JJ

    May 29, 2014 at 12:32

    This is really quite heartbreaking

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  10. Sir Rants A Lot Llew. Jelly!!!

    May 29, 2014 at 12:43

    That’s very heartbreaking. It really is.

    But what a haul. That’s some serious treasure just left behind for someone to just pick up

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  11. Johan Fourie

    May 29, 2014 at 12:44

    Wow. I actually got a lump in my throat. Quite sad. What erks me is that the person just left all his/her awards on the shelves. Must have been broken to the point of just saying “Fuckit, what’s the point in keeping these.”

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    • ToshZA

      May 29, 2014 at 12:47

      I have to agree. How despondent were they to just leave those behind?

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  12. Brian Van der Merwe

    May 29, 2014 at 12:58

    sad it feels like a lost a family member

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  13. Gavin Mannion

    May 29, 2014 at 13:03

    That’s so depressing…

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  14. CypherGate

    May 29, 2014 at 13:14

    To make this even more sad. Listen to this song while scrolling through this article again.
    Raphael Lake – Reasons cant get anymore sad than that.

    Reply

  15. Skyblue

    May 29, 2014 at 13:15

    WTF. This shit is just plain nasty. I read this just after receiving an SMS from SANRAL promising me a discount if I sell out and add a jacuzzi to Nkandla.

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    • Alien Emperor Trevor

      May 29, 2014 at 13:21

      It’s not a jacuzzi. It’s a walk-in manual clothes washing pool.

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      • Sk3tz0

        May 29, 2014 at 13:27

        Its a back up for when the Fire pool does not work. Due to every one having a Braai and Fire pool Party.

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        • Sk3tz0

          May 29, 2014 at 13:31

          I can Picture it now.. JZ in his BIllabong Swim gear.. Standing on the Diving Board above the Fire Pool glass of JW Blue in his hand Announcing.. Last one in The Fire Pool is a Sour DA Leader.. followed by a Cannonball ala Ron Burgandy Style.

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          • Skyblue

            May 29, 2014 at 13:34

            Really funny dude but you need a bit of punctuation to emphasize the point.

          • Alien Emperor Trevor

            May 29, 2014 at 13:41

            Attempted cannonball… his showerhead gets caught on the crystal chandelier & he ends up hanging there, stuck.

  16. brad coetzee

    May 29, 2014 at 15:16

    I feel nothing. Whats wrong with me?

    Reply

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