THQ Distributing Four Codemasters Titles In U.S.

THQ, publisher of games such as Red Faction: Armageddon and Darksiders, announced today that it will be distributing four Codemasters games in North America.

THQ will be distributing Dirt 3, Operation Flashpoint: Red River (read our review), Bodycount, and F1 2011. Advertising and marketing will still be handled by Codemasters itself.

This deal follows Codemaseters “reassessment” of their U.S. office and a return to a “core sales and publishing operation that will receive significant support from [its] distribution partners.”