THQ SHIPS MONSTER TRUCK MADNESS^™ FOR GAME BOY® ADVANCE

Metal crunching, mud splattering action now available for the Game Boy Advance

CALABASAS HILLS, Calif. – August 8, 2003 – THQ® Inc. (NASDAQ: THQI) and Microsoft^® Corporation today shipped Monster Truck Madness^™ for the Game Boy® Advance.  Monster Truck Madness is now available at major retail outlets throughout North America.  

“MONSTER TRUCK MADNESS is one of the best selling PC racing games,” said Tiffany Ternan, Senior Vice President of North American Sales and Distribution, THQ. “THQ is bringing all of the fun of the PC title and packing it into the portable gaming powerhouse, Game Boy Advance.

About MONSTER TRUCK MADNESS^™

Monster Truck Madness features three gameplay modes including: Instant Action, Race and Time Attack. Instant Action allows players to jump right into the bumper-busting racing action.  Race is a mini career mode that allows players to race through 30 tracks and challenges themselves with a variety of difficulty settings. Time attack challenges players to battle against themselves to set the quickest times. Real time vehicle damage, crazy power-ups and destructible objects such as fences and crates are part of what adds to the mayhem of MONSTER TRUCK MADNESS.

About Microsoft Game Studios

Microsoft Game Studios is a leading worldwide publisher and developer of games for the Windows PC gaming, Xbox video game system and online platforms. Comprising a network of top developers, Microsoft Game Studios is committed to creating innovative and diverse game portfolios for the PC (http://www.microsoft.com/games/), including such franchises as Age of Empires, Flight Simulator and Zoo Tycoon; Xbox (http://www.xbox.com/), including such franchises as Halo, Project Gotham Racing and NFL Fever; and Zone.com (http://www.zone.com/), the official games channel for the MSN network and home to such hits as Bejeweled and OutSmart. 

About THQ

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

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