News

1.4 Million Unsold Video Games Won’t Be Buried

Yesterday, we learned that the video game publisher THQ is sitting on 1.4 million unsold copies of uDraw, a hugely unsuccessful game designed around a tablet peripheral. uDraw was such a disastrous investment — the publisher lost around $US100 Million on production and lost revenue — that it is almost singlehandedly responsible for their dire financial straits.


February 3, 2012
News

The uDraw Is Completely Dead To THQ

Blaming the poor sales of the uDraw tablet on a dismal third quarter of 2012, THQ has officially halted production on the device and has plans to eliminate existing stock through retail channels. Hey, isn’t Valentine’s Day coming up?


November 24, 2011
PlayStation

UDraw Studio Instant Artist Doesn’t Quite Live Up To Its Name

Imitating

Contrary to what the title led me to believe I was not instantly transformed into an artist upon starting up uDraw Studio Instant Artist, the pack-in software for THQ’s new uDraw Tablet for the Xbox 360. I did, however, manage to record an entire video without drawing one penis.


July 23, 2011
PlayStation

New Marvel UDraw Game Is A Preview Of Our Wii U Future

Ever since I played the Wii U last month at E3, I’ve been running through my memories of the surprisingly abundant Wii U-ish experiences I’ve had with other gaming hardware, some of which I’ve written about.


June 8, 2011
News

The PS3 And The Xbox 360 Have Tablet Controllers, Too

uDraw is THQ’s…drawing platform. This past May, an HD version was mentioned, and at this year’s E3, it’s been shown off for the PS3 and the Xbox 360.


June 6, 2011
News

uDraw Coming To Xbox 360 And The PS3

Kotaku AU

uDraw was something of a barnstorming success for THQ, so the news that the device is heading to the 360 and the PS3 shouldn’t come as too much of a surprise – but still. We’re surprised!


May 4, 2011
PlayStation

Metro 2033: Highlights From The People At THQ

Publisher THQ had some good news and bad news to deliver today, starting with the not-so-great results from its last financial year. The publisher lost a cool $US136 million. But it had some good news for fans of Metro 2033, Homefront and the very successful uDraw gaming tablet that hit the Wii last year.


February 3, 2011
News

Homefront’s Delay Will Help THQ “Dominate” Retail In 2011

Kotaku AU

We’ve just gotten word from THQ that Homefront’s release date has slipped by one week to March 17 – a delay that seems tailored to help their prize IP make a bigger splash at retail.


October 2, 2010

The Kotaku Guide To Fall Video Game Hardware, Controllers

With the arrival of fall (spring in the southern hemisphere) comes the arrival of expensive shopping decisions. You can shell out for games, but what about game hardware? Do you need the Kinect? The Move? One of the new video game guitars? Or even a new console?


October 1, 2010
News

The Wii Drawing Tablet Might Be The Best Wacky Wii Peripheral

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Do you look at the Wii Remote and see the potential for an advanced fishing rod or bowling ball? Imagine it as part of a drawing tablet. I tested it this week. It’s what Mario Paint Wii could have been.