THQ SHIPS BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER: WRATH OF THE DARKHUL KING™ FOR GAME BOY® ADVANCE

Hit Television Series Is Now Available On The Game Boy® Advance

CALABASAS HILLS, Calif. – July. 3, 2003 – THQ® Inc. (NASDAQ: THQI) has shipped Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Wrath of the Darkhul King for the Game Boy® Advance. Take control of Buffy as she and her friends kick, stab and blast their way through some of the baddest vampires, monsters and demons from the hit TV series.

“Buffy the Vampire Slayer is one of the best shows on television, combining action with humor and horror,” said Tiffany Ternan, Senior Vice President, North American Sales and Distribution, THQ. “We have taken all of the action and thrills of the television show and placed them in the palm of your hands.”

About Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Wrath of the Darkhul King Players assume the role as Sunnydale’s hottest vampire slayer Buffy Summers, as she battles fierce vampires using deadly fighting tactics and customizable Slayer weaponry. Based on the long-running hit TV show – all of the favorite characters from the series including Giles, Xander and Willow will guide Buffy on her journey, as she battles the most fearsome creatures and rescues the innocent. Players will be able to interact with game environments – break ceilings to shine sunlight onto vampires, throw monsters into benches and use environmental objects to beat boss monsters.

About Twentieth Century Fox

BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER, which airs Tuesdays at 8:00 p.m. on UPN, is produced by Mutant Enemy, Inc., Kuzui Enterprises, and Sandollar Productions, in association with Twentieth Century Fox Television. Twentieth Century Fox Licensing and Merchandising, along with Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, comprise the retail-oriented strategic alliance of Fox Consumer Products. A recognized industry leader, Twentieth Century Fox Licensing and Merchandising licenses and markets properties worldwide on behalf of Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, Twentieth Television and Fox Broadcasting Company, as well as third party lines. The division is aligned with Twentieth Century Fox Television, the top supplier of primetime entertainment programming to the broadcast networks.

About THQ

THQ Inc. is a leading, worldwide developer and publisher of interactive entertainment software for a variety of hardware platforms including PC CD-ROM, wireless devices, and those manufactured by Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc., Nintendo and Microsoft. The THQ web site is located at www.thq.com. The THQ Wireless site is located at www.thqwireless.com .

This press release contains statements that are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are based on current expectations, estimates and projections about THQ's business based, in part, on assumptions made by its management. These statements are not guarantees of THQ's future performance, or performance of Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Wrath of the Darkhul King and involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to predict. Therefore, actual outcomes and results may differ materially from what is expressed or forecasted in such forward-looking statements due to numerous factors, including, but not limited to, those described above and the following: changes in demand for THQ's products, including Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Wrath of the Darkhul King, product mix, the timing of customer orders and deliveries, the impact of competitive products and pricing and difficulties encountered in the integration of acquired businesses. In addition, such statements could be affected by growth rates and market conditions relating to the interactive software industry and general domestic and international economic conditions. Specific information concerning these and other such factors is contained in the Form 10-K/T filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 11, 2003. A copy of this filing may be obtained by contacting THQ or the SEC. The forward-looking statements contained herein speak only as of the date on which they are made, and THQ does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this release.

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