JohnCenaFan28
11-05-2008, 04:32 AM
GameSpot.com reports that THQ, the video game company responsible for publishing WWE's "SmackDown vs. RAW" franchise, is closing five of its studios and laying off employees at two others. A THQ spokesman confirmed that Paradigm Entertainment, Mass Media, Helixe, Locomotive Games, and Sandblast Games have all officially ceased operations, while a portion of the workers at Rainbow Studios and Juice Games were laid off. "It's just constantly trying to react dynamically to the market," the spokesman explained, "whether it's because of things happening to our industry or the economic environment as a whole. It's making sure that we're set up over the next three to five years to be profitable and successful."