THQ signs deal with 'father of Xbox'
THQ is to publish games developed by Innovative Leisure, a mobile game startup founded by Xbox co-creator Seamus Blackley. Blackley revealed his new company last week in an interview with VentureBeat. He described the iPhone as "the new arcade," and the 99¢ pricepoint as "the new quarter." With that in mind, he has assembled a team of industry veterans who were behind much of Atari's arcade output in the 70s and 80s. More >