THQ Studio Australia was one of the subsidiaries of electronic game publisher

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. Based in

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, the studio have developed titles for the Sixth and

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generation of games consoles and managed (via internal producers) the development of handheld versions of their games utilizing smaller local and interstate development studios.

History

THQ Studio Australia was founded in 2003 and concentrated on developing titles based on popular

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TV licenses. Releasing a new title yearly between 2004 and 2008 before expanding into multiple teams and developing movie tie-in games such as ''The Last Airbender'' based on M. Night Shyamalan's 2010 film of the same name and their last developed game release of DreamWorks Animation's ''

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'' film. In August 2011, THQ Studio Australia was announced to be closed down as part of a restructuring and realignment plan by

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, THQ.

Games developed

References

External links

Queensland Games
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