Love to create superstars but hate the pathetic 30 overall rating? This'll fix your troubles. Instead of having to play Career Mode over and over for attribute points, THQ is planning a patch for WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2009 (Xbox 360, PS3, PSP, Wii, DS) that'll solve all your attribute woes.

Midway Games posted its Q3 report, and things aren't looking too hot. They're not the only one, though. A lot of publishers are really feeling the economic heat right now. As a result, Midway will drop underperforming titles to optimize revenues and minimize costs.

Another publisher is forced to lay people off due to the current economic standing of the gaming industry. Brash Entertainment had to sack 20 people across the org chart to reduce costs and maintain a survivable standing. More in the full article.

THQ today announced its financial results for the fiscal second quarter which ended in the 30th of September. Net sales dropped, now they're not setting their sights too high with a reduced financial outlook and a big realignment.

A day after EA posted its disappointing quarterly report, video game software shares drop due to fears that companies may fail to deliver profitable titles during the holidays. As a result, retailers are stocking up mostly on AAA-rated titles, and not so much on not-so-anticipated ones, putting less popular games at a disadvantage on the market.

THQ sued Activision Blizzard last week, alleging infringement of trade dress and copyrights of the box art of one of their games, namely Baja Edge of Control (Xbox 360, PlayStation 3). Could all be a coincidence but THQ still stands to lose a lot of money if things don't go their way.

It looks like the videogame industry has a new defender in its midst, except he's not exactly the type of person you'd expect to be promoting the videogame industry. How come? Well, he's the so-called Legend Killer of wrestling, and he wants to see even more violence in games. More after the jump!

Sega may not be the console manufacturing giant that it was in the early to mid-90's, but it's pretty happy where it's at right now. The publisher says it's in a good position to succeed and it's looking at companies like THQ to compete with. The game maker, however, said that it doesn't aim to compete with industry giants just yet. More in the full article.

THQ has unveiled its financial scorecard for this fiscal year's opening quarter and though it looked pretty at first, things quickly went south as we checked out how much it lost. Apparently, bigger revenues don't necessarily translate into bigger profits as you'll find out in the full article up ahead.

THQ and JAKKS Pacific have announced the cover wrestlers for WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2009 (Microsoft Xbox 360, Sony PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Nintendo Wii, DS). They're none other than D-Generation X founding members Shawn Michaels and Triple H. Find out why and read other fun stuff about the two in the full article ahead.