Who saw this coming?! Well, probably most who'd been following the flagging financials of THQ. Bankruptcy has been filed for, but their assets have already been snapped up by the Clearlake Capital Group.

What does this mean?! Business as usual. No really, business as usual. THQ's four studios and games in development aren't stopping, and they've no intention of letting staff go.

If you pre-order Company of Heroes 2 through Steam then you'll get two unlocks for Team Fortress 2. There's a German and Soviet cap and badge to wear on the free-to-play multiplayer shooter.

This is the 'Reward 1' tier for those slapping down their cash right now for the RTS sequel. 'Reward 2' will net everyone pre-purchasing a copy of Dawn of War 2: Retribution. There's a lot of '2' going on.

In our interview with Relic's Quinn Duffy, the Principle Designer revealed the team had to have the player get the "sh*t kicked out of them" for the first year and half, as the Germans crushed the Russians.

They had the difficult task of creating "victory without winning" as the player could only 'hold them off'. Even when the tide turned the Germans were "always dangerous" - it was no steamroll to Berlin.