THQ purchased Rushware
The important bit: THQ announced Wednesday that it has purchased Rushware Microhandelsgesellschaft mbH and its subsidiaries, Softgold Computerspiele GmbH, which focuses on publishing and localizing PC and console products, and ABC Spielspass GmbH, which is the console product.
THQ purchased Rushware is the business side of the news today, and this one has the usual late-90s mix of studios, publishing deals, lawsuits, money, and big promises.
The important bit: THQ announced Wednesday that it has purchased Rushware Microhandelsgesellschaft mbH and its subsidiaries, Softgold Computerspiele GmbH, which focuses on publishing and localizing PC and console products, and ABC Spielspass GmbH, which is the console product. Rushware, with headquarters in Kaarst, Germany, outside of Dusseldorf, will serve as THQ’s publisher and distributor in Germany and other German-speaking territories. The company reported sales of $34 million in 1997 and approximately $21 million through November 30, 1998.
It is not as fun as a new demo, but these moves decide what games actually get made, sold, patched, or buried. Ignore the suits and you miss half the story.