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Background

In 2005, THQ's development house Pacific Coast Power & Light Co. was renamed to Locomotive Games. Due to financial problems, THQ closed the studio in November 2008.

Logo (June 6, 2006-March 7, 2008)

Visuals: Fading in to a concrete floor lit by a off-screen spotlight, the text "locomotive" appears letter-by-letter as they spin around as well. Two orange rings (one of them is cut) zoom out and spin into place, and a blue dot follows. Finally, the text "games" spins into place underneath the right side of the logo. The entire thing also pans slowly down throughout the logo.

Technique: CGI.

Audio: The sounds of a plastic chip whirling.

Availability: It was seen on three games: Cars and Ratatouille, both for PSP, and Destroy All Humans! Big Willy Unleashed for Wii.

◄	Pacific Coast Power & Light Co.

Locomotive Games

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 ===Background===
-The company was founded in Santa Clara, California by [[EA Sports]] founder Don Traeger and former [[Atari Corporation|Atari]] executive Dennis Harper in 1997, under the name of "Don Traeger Productions", but was quickly renamed to '''Pacific Coast Power & Light'''. In 1999, they were acquired by [[THQ]] and renamed once again to '''Locomotive Games''' in 2005. Due to financial problems, THQ closed the studio in November 2008.
+In 2005, [[THQ]]'s development house '''[[Pacific Coast Power & Light Co.]]''' was renamed to '''Locomotive Games'''. Due to financial problems, THQ closed the studio in November 2008.
-==Pacific Coast Power & Light==
-===1st Logo (September 16, 1999-March 3, 2000)===
-'''Logo:''' TBA.
-'''FX/SFX:''' TBA.
-'''Music/Sounds:''' Electric zapping, followed with a "magical" sound and drumbeats in the background, ending with radio code beeps.
-'''Availability:''' Appeared on ''Jet Moto 3'', ''Nuclear Strike 64'' and ''Road Rash 64''.
-'''Editor's Note:''' None.
-===2nd Logo (July 3, 2001-May 15, 2003)===
-{{YouTube|id=h4uWBfvSc6o}}
-'''Logo:''' TBA.
-'''FX/SFX:''' TBA.
-'''Music/Sounds:''' Thundering and deep seaship signals.
-'''Availability:''' Appeared on ''MX 2002'', ''MX Superfly'' and ''WWE Crush Hour''.
-'''Editor's Note:''' None.
-===3rd Logo (September 14-November 26, 2004)===
-{{YouTube|id=5CuNtYFgFIg}}
-'''Logo:''' A {{color|blue}} line comes into the screen as a wave rises from it. Then a lightning bolt strikes the wave, making it {{color|gold|yellow}} and zooms to a shield colored in {{color|yellow|plain yellow}} and {{color|darkblue|deep blue}}. A THQ byline is present.
-'''FX/SFX:''' The line, wave and lightning. Simple, but good animation.
-'''Music/Sounds:''' A windy whoosh and a thunderbolt sound.
-'''Availability:''' Appeared only on ''Power Rangers Dino Thunder''.
-'''Editor's Note:''' None.
+===Logo (June 6, 2006-March 7, 2008)===
-==Locomotive Games==
+<gallery mode="packed" heights="200">
-===(June 6, 2006-March 7, 2008)===
+Locomotive Games (2006) (From - Cars for PSP).png
+</gallery>
+'''Visuals:''' Fading in to a concrete floor lit by a off-screen spotlight, the text "{{color|blue|loco}}{{color|orange|motive}}" appears letter-by-letter as they spin around as well. Two {{color|orange}} rings (one of them is cut) zoom out and spin into place, and a {{color|blue}} dot follows. Finally, the text "{{color|blue|games}}" spins into place underneath the right side of the logo. The entire thing also pans slowly down throughout the logo.
-'''Logo:''' TBA.
-'''FX/SFX:''' TBA.
+'''Technique:''' CGI.
-'''Music/Sounds:''' Plastic chip whirling.
+'''Audio:'''  The sounds of a plastic chip whirling.
 '''Availability:''' It was seen on three games: ''Cars'' and ''Ratatouille'', both for PSP, and ''Destroy All Humans! Big Willy Unleashed'' for Wii.
+{{Chronology|[[Pacific Coast Power & Light Co.]]|}}
-'''Editor's Note:''' None.
 [[Category:American video game logos]]
-[[Category:American logos]]
+[[Category:United States]]
 [[Category:Video game logos]]
-[[Category:Embracer Group (Sweden)]]
+[[Category:Embracer Group]]
+[[Category:THQ Nordic]]
+[[Category:THQ]]