Toy company-turned-game studio co-founded by one of the men behind LJN, and initially wielding a similar reputation for licensed stinkers. They eventually became a strong publisher of popular titles, before a gamble on the infamous "uDraw" tablet peripheral sealed their fate.
They went defunct in January 2013 as a result. The name would be somewhat revived in June 2014, when Swedish holding company Nordic Games purchased the THQ trademark and certain assets, later rebranding themselves as THQ Nordic in August 2016 until 2021, when they rebranded to Embracer Group to represent its growth. They've mainly specialized in remakes and revivals of several original THQ titles since.