THQ Shuts San Diego Studio

<p>In some unfortunate news&comma; THQ has shut its San Diego studio and laid off its staff&period; Rumor has it that this move was timed to coincide with E3&&num;8217&semi;s day 1 conferences to best deflect any attention from themselves&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The San Diego studio was purportedly developing a UFC game but the rights to it were transferred to the UFC and EA after an agreement was made between them and THQ&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;THQ confirms that today&&num;8217&semi;s announcement regarding the UFC license transition will affect the company&&num;8217&semi;s San Diego studio&comma;&&num;8221&semi; they remarked&period; As for affected staff members&comma; they went on to say &&num;8220&semi;THQ is working closely with those relevant staff to either find possible employment within the company&comma; or potentially with EA&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lpar;Via <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;gamepolitics&period;com&sol;2012&sol;06&sol;04&sol;report-thq-closes-san-diego-studio-fires-staff">Game Politics<&sol;a>&rpar;<&sol;p>&NewLine;